Good day, Dom right here, Studio Head at Ninja Idea. As I write this, we at the moment are in the ultimate few months of growth on Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, getting ready for our launch Day One on Xbox Recreation Cross and throughout Xbox Collection X|S, Home windows and Steam on May 21. It was a pleasure to provide you all a deeper perception into Senua’s subsequent journey, our studio and our proficient crew in Developer Direct.
Because the launch of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Ninja Idea has transitioned from being an unbiased crew to 1 that sits inside Xbox Recreation Studios. Though this has seen change for Ninja Idea, notably in phrases of the help now out there to us for striving in direction of our ambitions, what has not modified is our ardour and dedication to our studio mission – to craft life-changing artwork with sport altering tech.
This would possibly sound like a lofty mission, however it’s one thing we’re proud to have achieved earlier than in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – a sport constructed in a area we known as ‘Impartial AAA’, the place we labored with the inventive spirit and freedom of unbiased growth however strove for the categories of high-end manufacturing values typically solely related to AAA video games. We additionally took benefit of the liberty that digital-only distribution provided us to create a sport of the size that match completely with our supposed expertise however may very well be offered at a cheaper price to replicate the shorter size of our story. This framework allowed us to focus on the issues we actually care about – taking our followers on an unforgettable journey into Senua’s distinctive world.
In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, our method is similar. Though we’re now not an unbiased studio, our inventive spirit has in truth been emboldened by our becoming a member of of Xbox Recreation Studios, and in this new chapter of Senua’s life we now have been capable of push our manufacturing values approach past what we had been capable of obtain beforehand. So, my message to gamers is that should you cherished Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, or should you get pleasure from narrative-led experiences of cinematic immersion, we’re constructing Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for you.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II will probably be a sport crafted from the guts – a sport comparable in size to the primary Hellblade, with a centered narrative, and offered digital-only at a value of $49.99 USD. And you’ll as soon as once more anticipate to hitch Senua in understanding her world by means of notion puzzles led by her experiences of psychosis, in brutal and visceral fight and in traversal gameplay, this time throughout the tough however stunning landscapes of 10th Century Iceland. Crucially, all these parts are intertwined in a distinctive visible and audio expertise, the place the whole lot is in service of Senua’s story. So, you’ll be able to anticipate extra of the identical, however this time with the help to push our ambitions for immersion, constancy and richness far additional than earlier than.
I’d wish to take this chance to say thanks to all our followers internationally. Your properly needs and help is what drives us on. In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II we wish to make it as straightforward as doable for you all to get pleasure from Senua’s journey and so we now have elevated the breadth of our localization to 26 subtitled languages – together with Arabic, Ukrainian and, of course, the language of the land of our journey: Icelandic!
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Know that right here at Ninja Idea, our companions and collaborators throughout music, psychological well being, artwork and expertise are working laborious to convey you, as soon as once more, a particular expertise. We sit up for you becoming a member of Senua’s new journey on May 21.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is out there to pre-install on Xbox Recreation Cross and wishlist on Steam now.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Xbox Video games Studios
The sequel to the award successful Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival by means of the parable and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those that have fallen sufferer to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness inside and with out.
Sink deep into the following chapter of Senua’s story, a crafted expertise advised by means of cinematic immersion, superbly realised visuals and encapsulating sound.