You will be seeing a new Ninja Theory IP, this much is made certain as Namco Bandai announced its new publisher role with the Heavenly Sword developers. The announcement was made earlier today at the ongoing GamesCon, and can reportedly be expected for release in 2010 for both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

For real? In a new year where Nintendo's WiiWare project draws dozens of mainstream and independent developers and where former mainstream developers unite to erect new indie studios, is the independent developer scene still as cut-throat as it was last year? Ninja Theory's Nina Kristensen, co-founder and chief developer, believes it is. More at the full story.

It looks like the devs over at Ninja Theory are looking to follow up on Heavenly Sword in more ways than one. In a recent interview, studio lead Nina Kristensen revealed that it's quite possible for her firm to put together a CGI movie that will go with their next game set for the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360. If that made you curious, see the full story right after the jump.