
When it first released on the PS3 in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron attracted a lot of attention due to its striking art style and strong narrative. In the years since, the release has established cult status, and has been ported to various other systems – including the Nintendo Switch. And now, it’ll be remastered for PS5, according to an announcement made at the Tokyo Game Show.
Gematsu reports that game director Sawaki Takeyasu owns the rights to the release, and decided to make the announcement suddenly during a livestream. “I can say whatever I want,” he revealed. “For example, I’m saying this for the first time, but it’s completely fine for me to say right now that we’re making a PS5 version of El Shaddai.”
Asked if he was really allowed to reveal such a detail, he explained: “I just thought of it, and now I can say it. That’s the benefit of holding the rights.”
Given the nature of the announcement, there’s no word on a release window or supporting assets. But El Shaddai is definitely in-development for the PS5, so that’s something to look forward to.
[source youtube.com, via gematsu.com]
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Thank God. (Literally)
This is one of my favorite games, and I bet it's going to look immaculate on PS5.
I forgot this game existed, and I owned it for a while. So that's the impact it had on me. Always pleased to see games stuck on PS3 generation get ported over though.
Never in a million years would I thought I’d see the day, and couldn’t be any happier about it. To me, this game is a masterpiece.

Always wanted to play this back on PS3 and never did. Will be eager to check it out on PS5.
Great news as its very good and not enough played it originally.
Nice. Never got it for PS3, so this is welcome.
@Yousef- Stupid Sexy Satan
This is why we nutter collectors should worry less about game preservation and just “collect” to play. I cried seeing lunar collection coming and you know LRG will have a collectors edition if there’s no retail physical edition, and we got tomba!
I like his style
Incredibly happy!
This is a game I've always wanted to play but sadly thought I would never due to the ps3 copy becoming increasingly expensive overtime.
I thought this was already announced a while ago?
Edit: It came out for the Switch. I thought it was all consoles.
Never get the chance to play this but i watched Max Derrat video and i'm interested to try it.
@PuppetMaster I got exposed to it thanks to Matthewmatosis. He’s a great listening piece.
I remember playing the demo for this back in the day. Believe it came out around the time of Driver: San francisco
Sweet, one of the rare cult classics I missed on the PS3, glad ill have a chance to finally check it out.
No way!
I was looking around for PS3 copies for this game lmao.
One of the few remasters that actually deserve it
I love niche games.
Fantastic news. Already have it for PS3 and also have the completely broken 360 version. Beautiful game.
@Yousef- I'll put his channel on my bookmark 👍
Splendid! Never got to play the original, even though I still have it for PS3.
Now bring back Asura’s Wrath!
His wording is ambiguous (at least what is reported in the article). Is this a remaster, a remake, or a new istallation?
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