Squid Game season 2 release date, cast, story, and everything you need to know
Feb. 2, 2024Here’s everything you need to know about Netflix’s Squid Game season 2
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Squid Game season 2 is almost upon us, as we prepare to head back once again to the sadistic arena. Lee Jung-jae returns again in the new season as Gi-hun, now on a mission to do everything in his power to stop the games. We finally have a good idea of what to expect too witha new trailer revealing some key story details, and boy does it look brutal.
That’s where we come in, with an ultimate guide to one of thebest shows on Netflix. Below, we get into all of the detail about Squid Game season 2, including its confirmed release date, all of the trailers that have been released so far, and which characters from season 1 are returning. That’s not all either as we have some insight into how many more seasons are on the cards too.
So what are you waiting for? Let’s play a game of Ddakji and get stuck into everything you need to know about Squid Game season 2.
Squid Game season 2 release date
We finally have a full-length trailer for Squid Game, and it’s seriously chilling. The first major look shows us Gi-hun back in the arena, as a very familiar game starts up. Red light, green light claims the first victims as the true horror of the games is revealed, and Gi-hun tells his fellow contestants that he’s been there before. However, when they games start, they can’t stop… Check it out above.
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Finally, in October, a new teaser featured Gong Yoo’s salesman preparing to recruit more players. In the short trailer, he gets his red and blue envelopes reading, puts on his suit and head to the subway.
“Using this fortune to fund his search, Gi-hun starts with the most obvious of places: look for the man in a sharp suit playing ddakji in the subway. But when his efforts finally yield results, the path toward taking down the organization proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to end the game, he needs to re-enter it.”
Other than this snippet, story details are still pretty thin at the moment. Yes, Gi-Hun is returning, but we also know that there are more contestants and the issue with the police starting to get involved, as hinted at in season 1. Given the new cast being introduced and the fact that creatorHwang Dong-hyuk promised it would feature “new games”, it seems like we are in for a new version of the deadly competition that we’ve come to know. Stay tuned for more details!
There are quite a few cast changes coming in Squid Game season 2 as most of the first season’s main players were killed during the games. However, some will be returning:
There are several newcomers joining the show this year too, but their characters haven’t yet been announced. They are:
We don’t yet know how many episodes there will be in Squid Game season 2. However, it seems likely it will follow its first season, as Netflix shows often do, which had nine episodes in total. Each of the episodes ran for about an hour, meaning there should be plenty to dive into in the show’s sophomore season.
While we wait on Squid Game season 2, check out our guides to thebest Netflix moviesand thebest TV showsof all time.
I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I’ve also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur Photographer, before specializing in entertainment.
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