Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which lastly has a launch date courtesy of Xbox’s 2024 Developer Direct, will likely be a digital-only launch, Microsoft has confirmed. It’s going to retail for $50, and will likely be obtainable on Xbox Collection X|S consoles, Xbox Sport Go, and on PC by way of Home windows and Steam.
In an Xbox Wire weblog put up, Ninja Principle studio head Dom Matthews acknowledged when Hellblade 2 launches on Might 21, will probably be bought as a digital-only title, one that’s comparable in size to the primary sport within the sequence with a “give attention to narrative.” In accordance with How Long To Beat, which tracks sport lengths as reported by customers, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice clocked in at round 7.5 hours for a median, important story playthrough, with a number of further hours for a completionist playthrough.
Ninja Principle doubled down on Hellblade 2 when it comes to its brutal fight, which has been reinvented for the sequel and can see Senua battling in opposition to Vikings and supernatural threats. All of the whereas, Senua will likely be coping with psychosis, one thing that closely informs how the sport’s story unfolds and is informed.
“You may as soon as once more count on to hitch Senua in understanding her world by way of notion puzzles led by her experiences of psychosis, in brutal and visceral fight and in traversal gameplay…crucially, all these components are intertwined in a singular visible and audio expertise, the place every thing is in service of Senua’s story,” Matthews stated.
Hellblade 2 is not the one main sport to lately obtain a digital-only launch. Treatment’s Alan Wake 2 can be a digital-only launch for Xbox Collection X|S and PlayStation 5, and was solely obtainable on PC by way of the Epic Video games Retailer.