A PlayStation 5 port of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is on the way, according to developer Ninja Theory, with a release date slated for summer. It‛s the latest example of an increasing lineup of Xbox exclusives moving to the rival platform.Via the announcement trailer, the version will be optimized for both PS5 and PS5 Pro, adding haptic feedback as well as new features. The latter will also become available for the game‛s existing platforms, Xbox Series X|S and PC, at launch."We have such incredible fans of Ninja Theory on PlayStation, going all the way back to the days of Heavenly Sword," studio head Dom Matthews said in the announcement. "We‛re so pleased that we can welcome PlayStation fans back to Senua‛s story."The developer released the first game, Hellblade: Senua‛s Sacrifice, on PS4 in 2017, a year before Microsoft purchased the studio as part of an array of acquisitions in June 2018. Since then, Ninja Theory worked on 2020‛s Bleeding Edge, an online multiplayer game that stopped receiving support a year later, as well as Senua‛s Saga: Hellblade II.Major Xbox Game Studios titles continue to land on rival console platformsNinja Theory isn't the only developer under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella to port a major title to PS5. Earlier this month, The Coalition announced Gears of War: Reloaded, a remastered version of the first entry in the series, coming August 26. It also marks the series' debut on PlayStation, alongside PC and Xbox Series X|S.Related:Meanwhile, Bethesda released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on PS5 last month, after its initial launch on Xbox and PC back on December 8. The port was announced during a Gamescom event last year, which was followed by a livestream in which Xbox head Phil Spencer emphasized that taking Indy's adventure multiplatform was for the good of the brand."Our end result has to be better games that more people can play," Spencer said at the time. "If we’re not focused on that, I think we’re focused on the wrong things."Prior to Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda, subsidiary developer MachineGames meant for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to be multiplatform. A PS5 version was already in the works, but it was killed when the acquisition took place.Developer Arkane was put in a similar situation with Redfall, which was at some point meant to release on PS5. With the acquisition, Xbox decided to turn it into an exclusive."It was 'change' with a capital C," Arkane Austin studio director Harvey Smith said in an interview at the time. "They came in and they said 'No, we’re focusing on PC and Game Pass'.”Related:In May 2024, Microsoft closed Arkane Austin, as well as Tango Gameworks and Alpha Dog games. Krafton acquired Tango in August 2024, while Redfall's final update was released on May 30 of the same year. #former #xbox #console #exclusive #senuas

After having released Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, developer Ninja Theory is now seemingly working on an entirely new project. A post on its official Instagram account shows off the team looking at a blurred-out screen that might be a tease for its next game. While not much in the way of details can be gleaned from the picture, the blurry screen does indicate that the new project would have a more vibrant colour palette than what we saw from Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which largely kept to darker, moodier colours to better exemplifies its core themes and violent story. With the release of this picture, speculation has begun in the comments section of the Instagram post, with fans of the studio guessing that the tease might be for anything from a return to classic action-adventure games from Ninja Theory’s history like Heavenly Sword and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, to even some wild theories like a follow-up to 2013’s DmC: Devil May Cry, which featured an entirely new take on Capcom’s stylish combat franchise. It is worth noting that, right as Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 was about to come out, rumours started circulating that the next project by Ninja Theory had already been greenlit. Unfortunately, no official announcement has been made yet from either Ninja Theory or Microsoft. In the meantime, more recent rumours indicate that the studio might also be working on porting Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 over to the PS5. The game, originally released on PC and Xbox Series X/S, would join other Xbox titles like Sea of Thieves and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in expanding its audience by coming out on Sony’s console. Ninja Theory is also reportedly working on another title, dubbed Project: MARA. It’s an experimental horror game that has an emphasis on photorealistic visuals, and “real-world and grounded representation of mental terror.” However, no new details about Project: MARA have been revealed since 2021. In the meantime, check out our review of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. Source: https://gamingbolt.com/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-developer-might-have-teased-next-project-with-blurry-photo #ninja #theory #may #have #teased #next #project #with #blurry #photo

After having released Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, developer Ninja Theory is now seemingly working on an entirely new project. As caught by ResetEra user Bishop89, a post on the studio’s official Instagram account shows off the team working together, looking at a blurred-out screen that might just be a tease for the studio’s next game. While not much in the way of details can be gleaned from the picture, the blurry screen does indicate that the new project would have a more vibrant colour palatte than what we saw from Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which largely kept to darker, moodier colours to better exemplifies its core themes and violent story. With the release of this picture, speculation has begun in the comments section of the Instagram post, with fans of the studio guessing that the tease might be for anything from a return to classic action adventure games from Ninja Theory’s history like Heavenly Sword and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, to even some wild theories like a follow-up to 2013’s DmC: Devil May Cry, which featured an entirely new take on Capcom’s stylish combat franchise. It is worth noting that, right as Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 was about to come out, rumours started circulating that the next project by Ninja Theory had already been greenlit. Unfortunately, no official announcement has been made yet from either Ninja Theory or Microsoft. In the meantime, more recent rumours indicate that the studio might also be working on porting Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 over to the PS5. The game, originally released on PC and Xbox Series X/S, would join other Xbox titles like Sea of Thieves and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in expanding its audience by coming out on Sony’s console. Ninja Theory is also reportedly working on another title, dubbed Project: MARA. The game is slated to be an experimental horror game that has an emphasis on photorealistic visuals, and “real-world and grounded representation of mental terror.” No new details about Project: MARA have been revealed since 2021, however. In the meantime, check out our review of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. Source: https://gamingbolt.com/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-developer-might-have-teased-next-project-with-blurry-photo #ninja #theory #may #have #teased #next #project #with #blurry #photo