Hellblade 2 is $50, digital-only, and about 8 hours long
Jan. 18, 2024The “independent AAA” ethos is back
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Ninja Theory provided a healthy dollop of information aboutHellblade 2at today’sXbox Developer Direct, including confirmation that this will be a modestly priced, digital-only release that’ll be similar in length to the original game.
“Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 will be a game crafted from the heart - a game similar in length to the first Hellblade, with a focused narrative, and sold digital-only at a price of $49.99 USD,” the devs explain in a post on theofficial Xbox blog. TheHowLongToBeatdatabase puts the original Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice at anywhere from seven to nine hours for a single playthrough, so it seems we can expect a similar runtime here.
The devs aim to recapture the “independent AAA” ethos of the original game, “where we worked with the creative spirit and freedom of independent development but strove for the types of high-end production values often only associated with AAA games. We also took advantage of the freedom that digital-only distribution offered us to create a game of the length that fit perfectly with our intended experience but could be sold at a lower price to reflect the shorter length of our story.”
Hellblade 2’s “brutal” combat should make you feel the hero’s “struggle in every step of her journey.”
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