Hey, Dom right here, Studio Head at Ninja Concept. As I write this, we at the moment are within the closing few months of improvement on Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, getting ready for our launch Day One on Xbox Recreation Cross and throughout Xbox Sequence X|S, Home windows and Steam on Could 21. It was a pleasure to provide you all a deeper perception into Senua’s subsequent journey, our studio and our gifted crew in Developer Direct.
Because the launch of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Ninja Concept has transitioned from being an impartial crew to at least one that sits inside Xbox Recreation Studios. Though this has seen change for Ninja Concept, notably when it comes to the assist now obtainable to us for striving in the direction of our ambitions, what has not modified is our ardour and dedication to our studio mission – to craft life-changing artwork with recreation altering tech.
This may sound like a lofty mission, however it’s one thing we’re proud to have achieved earlier than in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – a recreation in-built an area we known as ‘Impartial AAA’, the place we labored with the inventive spirit and freedom of impartial improvement however strove for the kinds of high-end manufacturing values usually solely related to AAA video games. We additionally took benefit of the liberty that digital-only distribution provided us to create a recreation of the size that match completely with our supposed expertise however may very well be bought at a lower cost to replicate the shorter size of our story. This framework allowed us to deal with 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 strategy is similar. Though we’re now not an impartial studio, our inventive spirit has in truth been emboldened by our becoming a member of of Xbox Recreation Studios, and on this new chapter of Senua’s life we’ve got been capable of push our manufacturing values method past what we have been capable of obtain beforehand. So, my message to gamers is that if you happen to cherished Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, or if you happen to take pleasure in narrative-led experiences of cinematic immersion, we’re constructing Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for you.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II can be a recreation crafted from the center – a recreation related in size to the primary Hellblade, with a centered narrative, and bought digital-only at a value of $49.99 USD. And you’ll 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, this time throughout the cruel however lovely landscapes of tenth Century Iceland. Crucially, all these components are intertwined in a novel visible and audio expertise, the place every part is in service of Senua’s story. So, you possibly can count on extra of the identical, however this time with the assist to push our ambitions for immersion, constancy and richness far additional than earlier than.
I’d prefer to take this chance to say thanks to all our followers the world over. Your nicely needs and assist is what drives us on. In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II we need to make it as straightforward as potential for you all to take pleasure in Senua’s journey and so we’ve got elevated the breadth of our localization to 26 subtitled languages – together with Arabic, Ukrainian and, in fact, the language of the land of our journey: Icelandic!
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Know that right here at Ninja Concept, our companions and collaborators throughout music, psychological well being, artwork and know-how are working onerous to carry you, as soon as once more, a particular expertise. We sit up for you becoming a member of Senua’s new journey on Could 21.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is out there to pre-install on Xbox Recreation Cross and wishlist on Steam now.
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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 way 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 subsequent chapter of Senua’s story, a crafted expertise instructed by way of cinematic immersion, fantastically realised visuals and encapsulating sound.