Hi everyone. We hope you’ve been enjoying Senua’s new journey into Viking Iceland. Today we have some small fixes to improve the game experience.

• Added a warning prompt when selecting ‘New Story’ as this option resets the current save's story progress.
  
• Fixed the large text size option, which was causing UI elements in chapter selection to go out of bounds.
  
• Animation sync issues during some enemy executions in combat have been adjusted and fixed.
  
• Adjusted the combat events during the Thórgestr battle at the end of Chapter 1
  
• Several localization fixes.
  
• Tree collision fixes in Chapter 2 settlement puzzle.
  
• Fixed the crash when closing photo mode after extended gameplay.
  
• Fixed a few cases of memory leaks game-wide.
  
• Ultrawide fix during Chapter 3 cinematic to prevent Fargrímr from disappearing.
  
• Indoor rain inside the broken house in Chapter 1 is fixed.
  
• Ghosting issues fixed when running Frame Generation.
  
• Added missing SFX during Chapter 3 puzzle and Chapter 4 combat
  
• Fixed missing captions in several areas across the game.
  
• Missing facial animations in Chapter 5 cinematic after village battle.
  
• Misaligned peach fuzz around Senua's neck and face has been corrected.
  
• Goði combat crowd push events have been adjusted for a better combat experience.
  
• Improved FSR3 artefacts.
  
• Fixed the case of some animated objects were invisible during gameplay.
  
• Fixed instances of black marks appearing on faces around beards and fine hairs on Low preset.

If you run into any issues not listed, please visit this link for support: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/game/hellblade/support/home

Hi Everyone, as we sit on the eve of the release of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II I wanted to thank you, our fans, on behalf of everyone here at Ninja Theory. We see you and we hear you when you give us such love and support, when you tell us how much Senua means to you, when you tell us how much you are looking forward to the game and how much faith you have in us to continue Senua’s story in a way that does justice to the connection so many of you have to her and to Hellblade.

From the very beginning of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II we have had you in-mind and I truly hope that when you play the 2nd chapter of Senua’s story, you will find that familiar connection once again, and that also so many more people will find their way to Senua and her world too.

Making video games is difficult. Much like Senua, we as a team have been guided by a conviction to achieve our quest: To make a game that sinks you deep into Senua’s world and to take you on a journey that leaves you thinking and feeling.

I believe we have achieved our quest and I hope you’ll agree. I’m very proud of the game, very proud of our team and very proud of you, our fans, who have supported us on this magical journey.

Thank you

Dom Matthews,
Studio Head

Click here to watch our new launch trailer.

Today we’d like to reveal the PC system requirements for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. We have crafted a high fidelity experience of cinematic immersion, and therefore recommend the ‘High’ graphics preset. From recreating real locations in Iceland, to digitizing our actors and their costumes, we’ve brought Senua’s world to life in incredible detail. We hope these hardware recommendations help you prepare to get the best possible experience come May 21st.

We also recommend you wear headphones for the full binaural experience, to help fully immerse you in this new journey.

This is also a good opportunity to let you know that pre-purchase is now available. We can’t wait to find out what you think when Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II arrives on May 21st.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2461850/Senuas_Saga_Hellblade_II/

The following post was originally published on Xbox Wire.

Hello, Dom Matthews here, Studio Head at Ninja Theory. As I write this, we are now in the final few months of development on Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, preparing for our launch Day One on Xbox Game Pass and across Xbox Series X|S, Windows and Steam on May 21. It was a pleasure to give you all a deeper insight into Senua’s next journey, our studio and our talented team in Developer Direct.

Since the release of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice , Ninja Theory has transitioned from being an independent team to one that sits within Xbox Game Studios. Although this has seen change for Ninja Theory, particularly in terms of the support now available to us for striving towards our ambitions, what has not changed is our passion and commitment to our studio mission - to craft life-changing art with game changing tech.

This might sound like a lofty mission, but it is something we are proud to have achieved before in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – a game built in a space we called ‘Independent AAA’, where we worked with the creative spirit and freedom of independent development but strove for the types of high-end production values often only associated with AAA games. We also took advantage of the freedom that digital-only distribution offered us to create a game of the length that fit perfectly with our intended experience but could be sold at a lower price to reflect the shorter length of our story. This framework allowed us to focus on the things we really care about – taking our fans on an unforgettable journey into Senua’s unique world.

In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, our approach is the same. Although we are no longer an independent studio, our creative spirit has in fact been emboldened by our joining of Xbox Game Studios, and in this new chapter of Senua’s life we have been able to push our production values way beyond what we were able to achieve previously. So, my message to players is that if you loved Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, or if you enjoy narrative-led experiences of cinematic immersion, we are building Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for you.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II will be a game crafted from the heart – a game similar in length to the first Hellblade, with a focused narrative, and sold digital-only at a price of $49.99 USD. And you can once again expect to join Senua in understanding her world through perception puzzles led by her experiences of psychosis, in brutal and visceral combat and in traversal gameplay, this time across the harsh but beautiful landscapes of 10th Century Iceland. Crucially, all these elements are intertwined in a unique visual and audio experience, where everything is in service of Senua’s story. So, you can expect more of the same, but this time with the support to push our ambitions for immersion, fidelity and richness far further than before.

I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our fans across the world. Your well wishes and support is what drives us on. In Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II we want to make it as easy as possible for you all to enjoy Senua’s journey and so we have increased the breadth of our localization to 26 subtitled languages – including Arabic, Ukrainian and, of course, the language of the land of our journey: Icelandic!

Know that here at Ninja Theory, our partners and collaborators across music, mental health, art and technology are working hard to bring you, once again, a special experience. We look forward to you joining Senua’s new journey on May 21.

Last week we debuted a new trailer for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II at The Game Awards, our biggest look yet at Senua’s upcoming journey into the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. We’re really proud to be able to show you what we’ve been working on, including a first look at our brutal combat gameplay, a new taste of our graphics that push the boundaries of realism, and immersive audio. All footage captured on Xbox Series X by the team here at Ninja Theory. Put on some headphones and watch below.

We were also excited to bring Heilung to the stage of The Game Awards, with an exclusive performance of ‘Seidh’, an all-new piece of music from the soundtrack to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. As you might know, Heilung have been collaborating with Ninja Theory for a few years, so this felt like the perfect opportunity to showcase this creative partnership.

Watch their performance:

To stay up to date with future updates, wish list Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II on Steam.

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Our Development Diaries take you behind the scenes of how we’re making the next chapter in Senua’s story, and why we take the approach we do.

By capturing the likeness of real actors and handcrafting costumes using traditional techniques, we’ll achieve a level of realism that will further immerse you in our story. In our latest Development Diary we explore how we achieved this with Senua.

Be sure to wish list Senua's Saga: Hellblade II to stay up to date with future episodes and announcements.

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The Steam Summer Sale ends today, and with it your chance to pick up Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice for under £/$/€5 in our biggest ever discount on Steam.

Find out where Senua's journey began with a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/414340/Hellblade_Senuas_Sacrifice

Welcome to the Steam page for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, where we’ll be keeping you up to date on our development journey.

This year we kicked off a new series of development diaries, taking you behind the scenes at our studio, and showing you how and why we make our games. Catch the latest episode where we explore our performance capture process and how we plan to use it to immerse you in Senua’s world and story.

We also have a new Podcast! Each month we speak to a member of the development team at Ninja Theory to reflect on our journey in games, and the inspiration behind our craft.

Be sure to wishlist Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II to stay up to date on all future content and updates from us here at Ninja Theory.

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