Hellblade 2 hits PS5 on August 12

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 will probably be launched for PS5 . We knew the port was , and now we’ve got an precise date. Ninja Principle says the title will probably be optimized for each the standard-issue PS5 and the extra highly effective PS5 Professional. It is a actual homecoming for the franchise, as Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was initially launched for PS4 again in 2017.

That PS5 launch date coincides with the cross-platform launch of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Enhanced. This model features a efficiency mode that pushes the body fee as much as 60FPS. Ninja Principle says this ends in smoother gameplay that is “particularly noticeable throughout fight and fast-moving moments.” This mode will not be out there for Xbox Sequence S.

The PC model is getting a brand new “Very Excessive” preset to push the settings to the max and the replace contains optimizations to make the sport Steam Deck Verified. We like to see it.

Hellblade II Enhanced additionally features a new gameplay mode that considerably amps up the problem, full with perma-death. Past that, there is a developer commentary monitor and a refreshed photograph mode. These options arrive as a free replace. The PS5 model of the sport will price $50, although there is a Deluxe Version out there for $70 that additionally contains the soundtrack and an optimized model of the unique Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.

For the uninitiated, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is a third-person journey that first hit the Xbox and PC in 2024. The brutal and beautiful sport is about in Iceland through the tenth century. We known as it an impressive “interactive brutality visualizer” , occurring to name out the sport’s “prolonged, extraordinarily anxious and violent vibe.” Let’s hear it for simulated violence!