{"id":1848745,"date":"2026-03-26T17:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848745"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:41:23","slug":"hades-2-will-release-on-xbox-and-playstation-really-soon-and-youll-be-able-to-play-it-on-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848745","title":{"rendered":"Hades 2 will release on Xbox and PlayStation really soon, and you&#8217;ll be able to play it on Game Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hades-2\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Hades II<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Hades 2 will release on Xbox and PlayStation really soon, and you&#8217;ll be able to play it on Game Pass<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Praise the gods.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Nintendo-Direct-%E2%80%93-12_09_2025-59-21-screenshot.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Close up of Melinoe the witch in Hades 2\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Nintendo-Direct-%E2%80%93-12_09_2025-59-21-screenshot.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Supergiant<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-26T17:41:23+00:00\">March 26, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1bd604d3-5de2-4b2e-b037-4f7f461c49c2\" data-name=\"Hades II\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Hades II\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Hades II\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Hades II\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Hades II\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Hades II\" title=\"Follow Hades II\"><br \/>\n  Follow Hades II<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The wait is over. The spectacular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hades-2\">Hades 2<\/a> &#8211; five stars, if you ask Eurogamer, which you should &#8211; is coming to Xbox and PlayStation 5 on 14th April. It&#8217;ll also be a Game Pass game and a Play Anywhere title.<\/p>\n<p>The date was announced during the Xbox Partner Preview today, and it marks the end of a kind of exclusivity period for Hades 2 on PC and Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Hades 2 was released last September. It follows the adventures of Zagreus&#8217; sister Melino\u00eb as she tries to battle her way back to the underworld you, as Zagreus, tried to battle your way out of in Hades 1. All sorts of things have gone wrong since then, you see, all due to the arrival of titan timelord Chronos.<\/p>\n<p>All of the exquisite presentation and taught gameplay returns from Hades, here expanded and supplemented by new ideas and tactical possibilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hades-2-review\">Dom reviewed Hades 2 for Eurogamer<\/a> and wrote: &#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s witchcraft. Maybe it&#8217;s magic. Either way, Supergiant manages to draw down the moon with its Herculean action and epic narrative in Hades 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The wait is over. The spectacular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hades-2\">Hades 2<\/a> &#8211; five stars, if you ask Eurogamer, which you should &#8211; is coming to Xbox and PlayStation 5 on 14th April. It&#8217;ll also be a Game Pass game and a Play Anywhere title.<\/p>\n<p>The date was announced during the Xbox Partner Preview today, and it marks the end of a kind of exclusivity period for Hades 2 on PC and Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Hades 2 was released last September. It follows the adventures of Zagreus&#8217; sister Melino\u00eb as she tries to battle her way back to the underworld you, as Zagreus, tried to battle your way out of in Hades 1. All sorts of things have gone wrong since then, you see, all due to the arrival of titan timelord Chronos.<\/p>\n<p>All of the exquisite presentation and taught gameplay returns from Hades, here expanded and supplemented by new ideas and tactical possibilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hades-2-review\">Dom reviewed Hades 2 for Eurogamer<\/a> and wrote: &#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s witchcraft. Maybe it&#8217;s magic. Either way, Supergiant manages to draw down the moon with its Herculean action and epic narrative in Hades 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Hades II Hades 2 will release on Xbox and PlayStation really soon, and you&#8217;ll be able to play it on Game Pass Praise the gods. 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