Enoch can purify and pick up three weapons in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron – the Arch, Veil, and Gale. While the Arch acts like a sword and the Veil a shield, the Gale turns El Shaddai into a shooter of sorts.

We interviewed Shane Bettenhausen, New Business Development Director at Ignition Entertainment, to see what else the niche publisher is working on besides El Shaddai and the state of the publisher after they closed a number of offices.

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron isn’t even in stores yet, but Ignition has high hopes for the first production from their Japan studio.

Even Square Enix has a partnership with Ignition and El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

I started my hands-on in Act 3: Ezekiel, a level quite early in the game since Enoch only has two of the three weapons he can use. He started the level, like all levels, with no weapons.

Enoch’s Veil doubles as both a pair of shields and a weapon with which you can pull off combos.

Lucifel, the time traveling archangel, paid a visit to Namco Bandai’s offices with a message.

Take a look at El Shaddai’s Japanese box art.

Japan gets El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron on April 28th.

Enoch, the main character in El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, can use three kinds of weapons when he fights fallen angels.

That’s Enoch, the robot battling hero of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. Robots… in a game with archangels? Yes, says the ESRB in their description.

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron’s voice acting should be light years ahead of Arc Rise Fantasia. Ignition hired actors like Jason Isaacs for their game.

This video makes Ignition’s action game look more like a stylish platformer.

The first playable build of El Shaddai made its debut at Tokyo Game Show, but Ignition’s Japan studio has been working on it for awhile.