Another day, another Xbox exclusive game announced for PlayStation 5.
This time around it’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 that’s making the journey from the green brand to the blue in the form of an Enhanced Edition. The news was announced by developer Ninja Theory in a short video posted to X.
The game, which will release this summer, is going to include some enhancements that will also be made available on Xbox and PC as an update. What these improvements will be was not revealed.
“We have such incredible fans of Ninja Theory on PlayStation, going all the way back to the days of Heavenly Sword, and we’re so pleased we can welcome PlayStation fans back to Senua’s story.”
You may recall that the first game, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, was available on PlayStation. Microsoft went on to acquire Ninja Theory and thus the sequel ended up being an Xbox and PC exclusive.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 launched to decent reviews and has picked up numerous awards, but otherwise failed to make much impact. The game barely seemed to be marketed prior to launch, and when it did come out terrible player numbers on Steam was the first sign it wasn’t doing well, followed by a terrible debut on the sales charts. To this day, Microsoft and Ninja Theory have remained silent about how well it sold or even how many players it got.
Perhaps most damning of all, though, is that nobody seemed to be talking about it. Within just days it had already faded out of the gaming consciousness and it has never returned. Maybe it can find a new lease on life on PlayStation.
It’s also the next game in Microsoft’s new strategy of publishing their games everywhere. So far this year, they’ve brought the likes of Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones & The Great Circle to PlayStation, and has announced that the original Gears of War is also going to roadie-run onto PS5 this year.
WGB 