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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Will Launch “Later” in 2024, After Ara: History Untold and Towerborne

Microsoft announced earlier this year that the highly anticipated action-adventure sequel would be out at some point in 2024.

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Obscure_Observer191d ago

HELL YEAH!!!

One of my most anticipated games for the current generation was literally confirmed to be released next year by Matt Booty himself!

Let´s GOOOOOOO

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sparky77190d ago

Same.

Next year is looking insane for Xbox releases and Game Pass.

benobee190d ago

Yeah you just have to wait like the entire year for it.

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EvertonFC190d ago

It didn't take a rocket scientist for a 2024 release 🤣😂

outsider1624190d ago

Mehh..looks just like a copy cookie cutter third person story driven game.

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Profchaos190d ago

Didn't Matt booty just get sent to fulfill Another role?

Obscure_Observer189d ago (Edited 189d ago )

"Didn't Matt booty just get sent to fulfill Another role?"

It´s basically the same role on much a larger scale.

Matt will be overseeing all of Xbox first party studios, including ABK and Bethesda.

It´s gonna be quite challenging once he will be filling both Pete Hines and Bob Kotick´s shoes.

He now has the power to greenlit new projects, making decisions on which content we´ll be getting on Xbox, PC and Gamepass.

Alan Hartman will report directly to Matt, and will be the one responsible for QA, studio management and gaming output.

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Rimeskeem190d ago

How many times has this game been pushed back now?

porkChop190d ago

It hasn't had a release date or even a launch year, so it was never pushed back.

MrNinosan189d ago

Except it didn't hit the "within 12 months" showcase.
But only 2 out of the 20+ games shown did.

Obscure_Observer190d ago

"How many times has this game been pushed back now?"

Not a single time.

The game was announced back in December 2019 and since then, Ninja Theory *never* spoke about a release window, nevermind a release date.

Nowadays AAA games takes about 5-6 years to be developed so if Hellblade II releases in 2024, Ninja Theory will meet its deadline with extra time to spare.

Profchaos190d ago

To be fair it seemed that it was propositioned to be an early gen title which clearly was not the case. But it's not like they are alone Spiderman 2 did the same thing

RAFTECH26190d ago

You know ur gonna have a good time when there are things looking forward to!

Glad a release time frame has been given.

I honestly am more interested in the activision side.

But any who…. This is great news!

StarkR3ality190d ago

Visually amazing don't get me wrong, but what even is this game? We haven't seen anything other than a couple of in engine cut scenes. I'm reserve judgement of course, but I've really not been impressed with anything that's been shown.

babadivad190d ago

I remember gameplay of them fighting a giant or something a while ago. Other than that, this game is a complete mystery.

StarkR3ality190d ago

Meh, that wasn't gameplay for me, it's like calling one of the scenes from tomb raider or uncharted where you're rolling down a hill or some shit, yeah it might be a fun little part of a set piece, but it's not gameplay really..

It was incredibly scripted and looked more if a cut scene than anything, a damn impressive one, but I want to see the combat. Because as good as the first hellblade was, the combat was god awful.

OptimusDK189d ago

@starkr3ality
A bit like GOW then right with the boss battles

derek189d ago

@optimus, nope GOW has a mix with actual identifiable gameplay footage. I watched every presentation of HB 2 because the first was so visually impressive but ever since that we've seen zero combat from the main character.

Elda190d ago

Yawn...still no release date.

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Here are some brand new screenshots for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 will be released in a few days and Microsoft has shared some new screenshots for it.

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Barlos1d ago

Not sure why the disagrees because clearly it's visually a fantastic looking game. I'd be interested to know what better looking games from 2024 the people who disagreed think look better.

PrinceOfAnger1d ago

I'm interested too, what game looks better this year ?, but we all know who are these people , cleary the ones who don't have the game day one on their favorite platform.

PrinceOfAnger18h ago

@Cacabunga

Lol CGi ?
you need to wait for the full analysis from digital foundry.

Cockney16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

@PrinceOfAnger
You asked a question some agreed some didn't then you ridiculed those that disagreed
why go full fanboy?
That is kinda flaky, I'd suggest maybe seeing some gameplay before jumping the gun, we are all waiting to see what digital foundry say

Abear2111h ago

Nobody believes Xbox hype because they burned so many people with Halo, Starfield, and Redfall.

Hard to tell from a monster PC screenshot, but yeah, it will likely be the best looking console game when it launches.

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mkis00721h ago(Edited 21h ago)

I mean best looking game of all time so far imho...that said, that is all that we know. It's a set goal that is easy to achieve if you are not getting bogged down in physics, ai, and other power hungry operations. Most dev's have more they are going for then just the best graphics. Also this is one of the first true Unreal Engine 5 games that is pushing the said graphics aspect. UE always looks damn good for each iteration.

I want to see what the face idle animations look like.

Profchaos20h ago

Quite possibly I can't think of anything else that came out this year with a high level of Fidelio like this

Zeref17h ago

It's a new graphical benchmark

Huey_My_D_Long15h ago

Honestly, I agree, just wished MS would have marketed this more. Ill try to pick it up on PC if I have the extra cash.

gleepot15h ago

I definitely think you'll be hard pressed to find a bigger visual marvel than hellblade 2 for a while, regardless of how it ends up being game-wise.

InUrFoxHole13h ago

Yes but I hope the story is good

Makersbreath213h ago

After watchdogs, I’ve been overly cautious of hyping myself up for how a game looks until I get it in my hands.

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romulus231d ago

The game is gorgeous there's no denying that.

Sonic188123h ago(Edited 23h ago)

I should be able to get 4K 60fps in medium to high settings on my RTX 4080. I noticed they mentioned the rtx 4090 in the article

Rynxie8h ago

Will my Nvidia 980 be able to play it on high?

Sonic18816h ago(Edited 6h ago)

@Rynxie

What about the FPS? Trying to get it in 60fps. Hopefully it doesn't turn out like Dragon's Dogma 2

andy8512h ago

I'd rather go ultra and 1440 tbh. 4K is massively overrated unless you play on a huge TV

Sonic188111h ago(Edited 11h ago)

I'll be playing it on my LG G3 Oled 55 inch TV. I was going to use DLSS 3.0. As long as I can get a stable 60fps is really all that matters to me

Flewid6381h ago

Yup that is how I game on my PC. From the couch, controller, 1440p/60 locked on every genre.

FACTUAL evidence23h ago

Looks good, but don’t know if it’s actual in game graphics. We’ll find out soon enough.

romulus2323h ago

Safe to say the majority of those shots are cut scenes not actual game play and that last shot of the face is absolutely a cut scene, I wish we had in game graphics like that when you're actually playing but we are no where near that level yet. Still it's very impressive looking.

Lightning7713h ago

It's all real time, no cut aways. This is UE5 game so it's all seemless.

The consoles are more than capable of doing it like Alan Wake 2 or even Last Of Us 2 on last gen PS4.

romulus2311h ago

@Lighning77

LOL, nah. There's a difference between in engine and in game while you are actually physically playing and controlling the character. I'm not saying the game doesn't look good in fact I've said the very opposite but people need to be realistic, there's going to be a lot of cut scenes in the game just like God of War or Uncharted where the game will look way better in those cinematic non playable cut scenes than actual game play. There's no way that last face shot image is game play, that is a cinematic in engine cut scene, you can disagree if you like but that's what it is..

Lightning779h ago

It's all the same even during story elements. That's pretty much what they've been touting this whole time. DF will break it down so we'll have to wait and see.

PrinceOfAnger20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

If you played the first game you will know this is all real-time in game.

purple10118h ago

the lockdown was not kind to senua, just like Alloy from horizon, she's put on about 15lbs

Psychonaut8513h ago

I may be wrong but I’m pretty sure that’s a different character, not Senua.

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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II – How Performance Capture and Stunts Created Next-Level Combat

In Hellblade II, combat has been expertly captured to both feel fantastic and serve the wider narrative.

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How Ninja Theory Strives to Make Senua the Most Human Character in Gaming

As part of our Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II takeover, uncover how Senua has evolved for the next riveting chapter of her journey.

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anast2d ago

All the research put into this game is amazing. Unfortunately, it won't sell well.