Whats up, Dom right here, Studio Head at Ninja Concept. As I write this, we at the moment are within the remaining few months of improvement 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 Might 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 unbiased crew to at least one that sits inside Xbox Recreation Studios. Though this has seen change for Ninja Concept, notably by way of the assist now out there 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 sport 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 sport inbuilt an area we known as ‘Impartial AAA’, the place we labored with the artistic spirit and freedom of unbiased improvement however strove for the kinds of high-end manufacturing values typically solely related to AAA video games. We additionally took benefit of the liberty that digital-only distribution supplied us to create a sport of the size that match completely with our supposed expertise however could possibly be bought at a lower cost to replicate the shorter size of our story. This framework allowed us to concentrate 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 strategy is identical. Though we’re not an unbiased studio, our artistic spirit has in actual fact been emboldened by our becoming a member of of Xbox Recreation Studios, and on this new chapter of Senua’s life we’ve been in a position to push our manufacturing values approach past what we have been in a position to obtain beforehand. So, my message to gamers is that when you liked Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, or when you take pleasure in narrative-led experiences of cinematic immersion, we’re constructing Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for you.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II shall be a sport crafted from the guts – a sport related in size to the primary Hellblade, with a targeted narrative, and bought 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 cruel however lovely landscapes of 10th Century Iceland. Crucially, all these components are intertwined in a novel visible and audio expertise, the place all the things is in service of Senua’s story. So, you’ll be able to anticipate 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 wish 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 simple as doable for you all to take pleasure in Senua’s journey and so we’ve elevated the breadth of our localization to 26 subtitled languages – together with Arabic, Ukrainian and, after all, the language of the land of our journey: Icelandic!
Know that right here at Ninja Concept, our companions and collaborators throughout music, psychological well being, artwork and expertise are working exhausting to carry you, as soon as once more, a particular expertise. We stay up for you becoming a member of Senua’s new journey on Might 21.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is on the market 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 subsequent chapter of Senua’s story, a crafted expertise instructed by means of cinematic immersion, fantastically realised visuals and encapsulating sound.