{"id":1977764,"date":"2026-06-07T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977764"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:37:07","slug":"ninja-theory-reveals-hellblade-3-except-its-named-senua-because-its-evolved-into-something-else-a-full-action-adventure-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1977764","title":{"rendered":"Ninja Theory reveals Hellblade 3, except it&#8217;s named Senua because it&#8217;s evolved into something else &#8211; a full action-adventure game"},"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<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Ninja Theory reveals Hellblade 3, except it&#8217;s named Senua because it&#8217;s evolved into something else &#8211; a full action-adventure game<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a bold new step.&#8221;<\/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\/senua-face-header.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Senua screenshot showing its titular protagonist&apos;s face staring at the camera as it slowly sinks into golden liquid.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"senua-face-header.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ninja Theory\/Microsoft<\/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=\"2026-06-07T17:37:07+00:00\">June 7, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/hellblade-3-senua-announcement-ninja-theory?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/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=\"9e7b1720-9cc5-4d8d-82fd-011217f52fb7\" data-name=\"Hellblade\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Hellblade\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Hellblade\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Hellblade\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Hellblade\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Hellblade\" title=\"Follow Hellblade\"><br \/>\n  Follow Hellblade<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>We&#8217;re getting a third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/hellblade\">Hellblade<\/a> game except it&#8217;s not called Hellblade 3 because it&#8217;s a different thing to what&#8217;s come before. Senua, as it&#8217;s simply known, is a full-fat action-adventure, with more exploration, more puzzles, and deeper combat.<\/p>\n<p>Senua was revealed in a trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase, demonstrating a game that at first glance looks similar to previous Hellblade adventures. But on closer inspection it introduces a range of features like sneaking, multiple-enemy combat, and more.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Senua | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91LAY9B6lUc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/91LAY9B6lUc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Senua | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a first Senua trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=91LAY9B6lUc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This is an out-and-out action-adventure game,&#8221; said Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews in an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/06\/07\/senua-ninja-theory-details-interview-action-adventure-xbox-games-showcase-2026\/\">interview on Xbox Wire<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a bold new step for Senua, as a character, into the action-adventure space. Really, what that means is taking the heart and soul of what Hellblade has meant &#8211; in terms of intimate storytelling, high production values and being a journey that&#8217;s full of intent &#8211; but being additive to that in a way that gives players more agency and a lot more gameplay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Senua now has more choices in combat, for example. You&#8217;ve got a &#8220;far broader and deeper combat set&#8221;, which includes Focus Abilities of some kind, and you can use more weapons &#8211; axes, dual-wielded weapons, thrown weapons. Boss battles are another big thing. &#8220;We&#8217;re really going to town on cool boss fights,&#8221; Matthews said. You can also sneak up on enemies to take them down or use the environment to help you out. Basically ,it&#8217;s all about having more options.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_04.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_04.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ninja Theory\/Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The world is bigger as well, doubling in size compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/senuas-saga-hellblade-ii\">Hellblade 2<\/a>, and more effort has gone into encouraging exploration and having us linger and look around. Plus, there are more vertical levels to the world, so we&#8217;ll be climbing, vaulting, and jumping more. Matthews believes players are going to find &#8220;much freer and snappier traversal, with increased movement speed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be clear though,&#8221; he added, &#8220;this isn&#8217;t an open-world game. It is a linear story told through a map built of interconnected locations.&#8221; And that story, by the way, takes place after the events of Hellblade 1 and 2 and is set in Purgatory. Or rather Senua&#8217;s vision of it &#8211; a vision of her childhood homeland. She reckons if she heals the wounds of her life, she can find the key to the afterlife. And don&#8217;t worry: you won&#8217;t have to have played the other Hellblade games to understand what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading spinner large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<nav class=\"pagination--hoverable\">\n<div class=\"previous\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Previous\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\")\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"next\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Next\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\")\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"details_overlay\">\n<div class=\"counter\">\n<span class=\"current\">1<\/span> <span class=\"of\">of<\/span> <span class=\"max\">3<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"button-wrapper\">\n<button aria-label=\"Toggle information\" class=\"toggle button outline\"><\/button><br \/>\n<button aria-label=\"Close fullscreen gallery\" class=\"close button\"><\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnails-wrapper overflow-shadow-x\">\n<div class=\"thumbnails\">\n<button class=\"thumbnail active\" data-attribution=\"Ninja Theory\/Microsoft\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"Ninja Theory\/Microsoft\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_01.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_01.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"Ninja Theory\/Microsoft\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_02.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_02.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullscreen_info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senua is due out at some point next year, on PlayStation 5, Steam, Xbox Series S\/X, and Game Pass &#8211; it&#8217;s an Xbox Play Anywhere title. It&#8217;s a relatively quick turnaround after Hellblade 2&#8217;s release in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-review\">which we called &#8220;triumphant&#8221; in our five-star Senua&#8217;s Saga: Hellblade 2 review<\/a>, &#8220;But we want to ship games,&#8221; Matthews said. &#8220;Players want to play games, so we want to get on with it. We have the pipelines, we have the technology, we have the team and we had a very clear vision as to what we wanted to build, and that gets you a long way to just get on and execute it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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But on closer inspection it introduces a range of features like sneaking, multiple-enemy combat, and more.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Senua | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91LAY9B6lUc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/91LAY9B6lUc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Senua | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a first Senua trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=91LAY9B6lUc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This is an out-and-out action-adventure game,&#8221; said Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews in an <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/06\/07\/senua-ninja-theory-details-interview-action-adventure-xbox-games-showcase-2026\/\">interview on Xbox Wire<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a bold new step for Senua, as a character, into the action-adventure space. Really, what that means is taking the heart and soul of what Hellblade has meant &#8211; in terms of intimate storytelling, high production values and being a journey that&#8217;s full of intent &#8211; but being additive to that in a way that gives players more agency and a lot more gameplay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Senua now has more choices in combat, for example. You&#8217;ve got a &#8220;far broader and deeper combat set&#8221;, which includes Focus Abilities of some kind, and you can use more weapons &#8211; axes, dual-wielded weapons, thrown weapons. Boss battles are another big thing. &#8220;We&#8217;re really going to town on cool boss fights,&#8221; Matthews said. You can also sneak up on enemies to take them down or use the environment to help you out. Basically ,it&#8217;s all about having more options.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_04.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_04.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ninja Theory\/Microsoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The world is bigger as well, doubling in size compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/senuas-saga-hellblade-ii\">Hellblade 2<\/a>, and more effort has gone into encouraging exploration and having us linger and look around. Plus, there are more vertical levels to the world, so we&#8217;ll be climbing, vaulting, and jumping more. Matthews believes players are going to find &#8220;much freer and snappier traversal, with increased movement speed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be clear though,&#8221; he added, &#8220;this isn&#8217;t an open-world game. It is a linear story told through a map built of interconnected locations.&#8221; And that story, by the way, takes place after the events of Hellblade 1 and 2 and is set in Purgatory. Or rather Senua&#8217;s vision of it &#8211; a vision of her childhood homeland. She reckons if she heals the wounds of her life, she can find the key to the afterlife. And don&#8217;t worry: you won&#8217;t have to have played the other Hellblade games to understand what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading spinner large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<nav class=\"pagination--hoverable\">\n<div class=\"previous\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Previous\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\")\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"next\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Next\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\")\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"details_overlay\">\n<div class=\"counter\">\n<span class=\"current\">1<\/span> <span class=\"of\">of<\/span> <span class=\"max\">3<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"details\">\n<div class=\"button-wrapper\">\n<button aria-label=\"Toggle information\" class=\"toggle button outline\"><\/button><br \/>\n<button aria-label=\"Close fullscreen gallery\" class=\"close button\"><\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnails-wrapper overflow-shadow-x\">\n<div class=\"thumbnails\">\n<button class=\"thumbnail active\" data-attribution=\"Ninja Theory\/Microsoft\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_03.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"Ninja Theory\/Microsoft\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_01.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_01.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"Ninja Theory\/Microsoft\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Senua_Screenshot_02.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"Senua_Screenshot_02.jpg\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"3840\"><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullscreen_info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senua is due out at some point next year, on PlayStation 5, Steam, Xbox Series S\/X, and Game Pass &#8211; it&#8217;s an Xbox Play Anywhere title. It&#8217;s a relatively quick turnaround after Hellblade 2&#8217;s release in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/senuas-saga-hellblade-2-review\">which we called &#8220;triumphant&#8221; in our five-star Senua&#8217;s Saga: Hellblade 2 review<\/a>, &#8220;But we want to ship games,&#8221; Matthews said. &#8220;Players want to play games, so we want to get on with it. 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