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‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’ Gets Amazing New Trailer, 2024 Release Window [Watch]
Microsoft has given those fans longing for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 some excitement today during the Xbox Games Showcase. Not only did Ninja Theory’s title get a new trailer, but the game finally has a release window of 2024. Yes, it’s still a massive wait for the game since its initial reveal back in 2019, but you know how the saying goes with those who wait.
As for the new trailer for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, it’s once again a visual feast for the eyes, as well as an audible feast. Seriously, slap on some headphones to get the full effect of the audio, which plays with the directionals to really get inside your mind (once again returning to the previous game’s topic of mental health).
The footage kicks off with Senua struggling to crawl out of a confined area and into a cave as an internal voice talks to her. This continues as Senua wanders the cave, her internal voices bouncing off of each other until she comes face to face with her mirror image in the water. Her mirror image breaks through, pulling her into the water as the trailer ends.
Even more impressive with all of this is that according to Melina Jürgens (who is Senua’s performer in the game), this footage was all captured in-engine.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is currently in development for the Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Xbox. It will also be available day one on the Xbox Game Pass.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.