Tag: Hellblade
Poll As Hellblade 2 Draws Near, What Do You Think Of The First Game?
Are you a fan of the original?
We're now just over a week away from the first Xbox Game Studios release of 2024 in Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, so as the May 21st release date draws near, we thought we'd take a quick look back at the original game in the series. Arriving in 2017, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was a huge success for Ninja Theory,...
News Hellblade 1's Director Is No Longer Part Of Ninja Theory, Confirms Xbox
He was involved in Hellblade 2's "early stages"
We've been getting a bunch of Hellblade-related news today as part of the first Xbox hands-on previews for Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, and buried within there is the news that one of Ninja Theory's co-founders has left the company. Tameem Antoniades, who also directed the first Hellblade back in 2017,...
News Microsoft Acquired Hellblade Creator Ninja Theory For Just $117 Million
Chump change
Some more information that was never meant to be made public has been revealed in the Microsoft v FTC court battle. In the same email and documents revealing Xbox had a huge list of companies it was considering acquiring, page 10 reveals Ninja Theory was purchased for the sum of $117 million USD. Again, what's interesting about this...
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Achieves His Second 100% Completion Of 2023
We're not even three months in!
We all know that the Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, is a massive gamer in his spare time, but it's very rare that he achieves a full completion when it comes to achievements - before this year, the last time he did it was back in 2018. That all changed a few weeks ago when Spencer finished off every single achievement...
News Ninja Theory Updates Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice With Accessibility Improvements
Update today
Back in August, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice got a surprise upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - adding "enriched visuals, DirectX Raytracing, resolution mode" and more. Now, in another update, developer Ninja Theory has announced it's made some accessibility improvements on Xbox Series X|S and PC to allow more players to...
News 6.3 Million People Have Now Played Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Great news for Ninja Theory
Yesterday, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice got a surprise upgrade for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - adding "enriched visuals, DirectX Raytracing, resolution mode" and more. As part of this, developer Ninja Theory has had a chat with Xbox Wire about the new update. One of the highlights was the reveal of a certain...
News Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Is Now Optimised For Xbox Series X, Series S
With all-new 'DirectX Raytracing' support
Update: We've now got confirmation on more details about this optimisation, including the fact that DirectX Raytracing is reserved for the 30fps mode, and there's even a special 120hz mode at 1080p if you want to use it. "With three graphics modes you can pick your preference of frame rate, resolution, or...
News Xbox Has Begun Adding Touch Controls To Project xCloud
Starting with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
It was revealed back in March that the team at Xbox was looking into adding touch controls to Project xCloud, and it's finally here - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is now playable with touch controls in the Project xCloud Preview. It works as you'd expect - you can use makeshift d-pad and Xbox buttons to...
Random We're Loving This Hellblade Xbox Series X Concept
Bring on the special editions
There have been some really cool Xbox Series X concepts doing the rounds over the past few months, and this is the latest of them! Created by user igoiaba on Reddit, the design is inspired by the upcoming release of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, which has been confirmed for Xbox Series X. Microsoft hasn't yet revealed...
