Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2 made a dent at the Xbox Games Showcase to unveil a new trailer and specify its release date.
Starfield is on everyone’s lips. And for good reason, the first new Bethesda license in decades will be one of the big Xbox Series exclusives of the year. After the debacle of Redfall, the famous “Skyrim in space” is particularly expected at the turn. However, other house productions should stand out this year. Hellblade 2 certainly does not have the same aura, but with a strong first episode, the sequel also promises to be a must-have for the console. Ninja Theory has been keeping a low profile lately, and it was pretty much a given that Senua’s epic would be one of the stars of the Xbox Games Showcase. However, we were almost expecting Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2 during the Summer Game Fest 2023 conference, but we had to wait until Microsoft’s conference.
Hellblade 2 misses its release this year
A demo and then goes away. Announced with fanfare at the 2019 Game Awards, Hellblade 2 was particularly discreet. Covid 19 had a definite impact on the development of the game and Ninja Theory moved away from its usual communication model. Where the studio liked to share its progress through numerous developer diaries with its previous production, its Xbox Series exclusivity was walled in disconcerting silence. She nevertheless made a remarkable appearance at the Epic Games conference devoted to the Unreal Engine 5. The least we can say is that it was stunning. But a tech demo doesn’t equal an actual trailer or gameplay. And luckily, Xbox didn’t come with their hands in their pockets to Summer Game Fest 2023.
The publisher bet everything on its own conference and Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2 made a very noticeable appearance there. The long-awaited sequel was shown for the time of a trailer once again serving as a technical demo. No gameplay, but images with real-time rendering and a sound design that once again promises to be completely crazy. Enough to make players’ mouths water, but it will take a little patience. Hellblade 2 will not be released this year after all. The game is scheduled for 2024, at an as yet undetermined date with again day one availability on Xbox Game Pass.
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