Hellblade 2 Might Have Been Teased for a 2023 Release
The release window of Hellblade 2 has been a great mystery for fans. Originally announced in December 2019 at that year's edition of The Game Awards as the very first Xbox Series X exclusive, Hellblade 2 wasn't heard of again until two years later. UK developer Ninja Theory finally showcased stunning in-engine footage of the sequel, powered by Unreal Engine 5 technology, at The Game Awards 2021.
The video showed Senua leading a ragtag band of humans in a seemingly impossible fight against a giant, who is later hinted to be someone she once knew. The trailer did a lot to rekindle the hype surrounding Hellblade 2. However, Ninja Theory founder and creative director Tameem Antoniades admitted a few months earlier that the game still wasn't in full production despite the studio preparing a 'chunky slice'.
That statement pretty much guaranteed Hellblade 2 wouldn't be released in 2022. Still, fans have been hoping to get a surprise launch in late 2023, and those dreams are now renewed following a possible tease. A new Xbox Game Pass video advertisement shows a bunch of games either available or due to be available this year, such as Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Minecraft Legends, Redfall, Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and third-party games like Lies of P, Exoprimal, and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. Ninja Theory's upcoming game is in there, too, appearing briefly around the 0.13 mark.
Could that be a sneaky tease from Microsoft that Hellblade 2 is indeed launching before the year's end? We'll know relatively soon, as the Xbox Game Showcase is scheduled to air on Sunday, June 11th. In mid-2021, journalist Jeff Grubb pegged the game to be a 2023 release alongside Fable, Perfect Dark, and Avowed. While these other games are now
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