Six days after its release, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has a new promotional video that details the story of the first game.
Ninja Theory's silence over the past few weeks about one of the year's biggest upcoming Xbox Series X games was starting to raise some concerns, but there's no need to worry. The dam burst and now the big wrap-up of the old… story is happening. You know, you'll know what's going on before the sequel is released. I mean, that's something.
Despite the online chatter, it's not like Ninja Theory isn't marketing the game at all. The studio has been dropping little nuggets here and there on its Twitter account every day since May 1st, and they're just little nuggets. Like Happy Meal Small.For example, two updates are simply influencer repost game promotion.the other one is Image of Ninja Theory's performance capture studio. As I said, it's a small nugget.
There have been some press interviews and hands-on previews in recent weeks, but other than that, both Xbox and Ninja Theory have been noticeably quiet. This new story recap is probably the biggest promotion since his January Xbox Developer Direct four months ago. Again, the raised eyebrows are understandable considering the release is just days away.
Naturally, Ninja Theory studio head Dom Matthews talked about this very issue on Wednesday's episode of his Kinda Funny podcast (timestamps here), and he's very much In his words, he almost completely ignored the issue, saying he was just concentrating. He's working hard for the release and hopes the game speaks for itself.
“My concentration is at a loss. Let's get this over with,” Matthews said. “I think games can be art, you can take creative risks, and if you make something appealing, people will want to play it, people will want to enjoy it. I've always believed that you would think so. And I claim that's totally true. “
I'm still cautiously optimistic about Ninja Theory's ability to secure a landing here. I'm a fan of the first game, but the sequel feels like a big step forward despite its short runtime (about 8 hours). Only time will tell if it will be aimed solely at fans of the first game or if it will reach a broader audience of Xbox's player base.
For now, here is The best Xbox Series X games.
