Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 has finally gotten a release date during today’s Developer Direct and it’s coming very soon.

During a decent look at the game, the developers revealed that Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 will launch on May 21st with a price tag of $49.99 and like the first game will only be available digitally. That’s disappointing news for fans of physical media like myself, but there is still some hope as the first game got a physical version about a year after it launched.

The release date also means that the leak from the other day was entirely accurate.

They also mentioned that Hellblade 2 will be about the same length as the first game, which clocked in at around 7-8 hours. It seems like Ninja Theory wants to keep the same tight, focused feeling of the first game and the RRP reflects that.

So far Ninja Theory hasn’t really shown off much of the gameplay as such, and have especially avoided the combat which was one of the biggest criticisms of the first game. A lot of people have been speculating about Hellblade 2 becoming Xbox’s equivalent of God of War or something, but this Developer Direct really hammers home the fact that it isn’t trying to be. The brief look we got of the combat showed something quite slow, very cinematic and heavily scripted. I’m fully expecting the focus to be on the narrative and the experience, just like Senua’s Sacrifice.

That’s perfectly fine, to be honest. In an age where budgets are becoming more and more bloated and sequels frequently try to double the run-time, it’s nice to see Ninja Theory pushing a tightly designed double-A experience. With all that Microsoft budget behind them, I’m sure Ninja Theory were tempted to try making a 20-40 hours triple-A extravaganza and it likely took restraint to keep Hellblade 2 focused.

Roll on May 21st so we can delve back into the psychosis of Senua as she battles giants.

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