Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice — patch notes and updates
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| The Sequel to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is Out Now | 2024-06-27 | In case you missed it, the sequel to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is here, as Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without. Here are some of the reasons you should check it out: A crafted experience of cinematic immersion Sink deep into Senua’s world and story, with beautifully realized visuals and encapsulating sound. Senua’s unique perspective Experience the world through Senua’s eyes and ears, as a Celtic warrior who experiences psychosis. A journey into |
| Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Release Date | 2024-01-18 | The sequel to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has a release date! Revealed at Xbox Developer_Direct, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II will be coming to Steam May 21, 2024. Here's what our Ninja Studio Head, Dom Matthews, had to say in a blog post on the Xbox website. Hello, Dom 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 t |
| New Development Diary – Crafting Senua | 2023-11-21 | We have released a new Development Diary taking you behind the scenes of our upcoming game, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. In this episode, we explore how we’re capturing the likeness of real actors and handcrafting costumes using traditional techniques, to achieve a level of realism that will further immerse you in our story. Wish list Senua's Saga: Hellblade II now and stay up to date with all future news and content. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2461850/Senuas_Saga_Hellblade_II/ |
| Development Diaries Return | 2023-06-29 | Some of you might remember our series of development diaries leading up to the launch of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. We took you behind the scenes at our studio with an open and honest look at our game development process. Now we find ourselves in a new studio space, working on a new game, so it’s only right that we bring you a new series of development diaries focusing on the how and why we’re making Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. Our most recent episode explores how we want to immerse you in Senua’s world and story with our use of performance capture, and take you behind the scenes of our new trailer from the Xbox Games Showcase. To keep up |
| Wishlist Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | 2023-06-12 | Hey Everyone. This past weekend we revealed a new look at the sequel to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice at the Xbox Games Showcase. Put on some headphones and sink deep into the next chapter of Senua’s story with this showcase of cinematic immersion, beautifully realised visuals and encapsulating sound. We also revealed that Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II will be arriving in 2024, and you can wishlist the game right now to make sure you hear about future updates, including our all-new series of development diaries. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2461850/Senuas_Saga_Hellblade_II/ We hope to see you over there. The Ninja Theory Team. |
| Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Patch 7th December 2021 | 2021-12-07 | Following our recent update bringing visual enhancements and accessibility improvements to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, we have released a patch addressing some of the minor issues some users were encountering. These include: • Fix for ultra-wide screen support • Fix for audio levels not being applied properly after the update in certain cases • Fix for sliders not working when dragged along • Fix for RT shadows switching when looking through a portal on Valravn's map • Fix for stuttering some people experience with DX12, done by pregenerating a package of shaders for both RT On and Off presets. For more information and support, please visit |
| Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Now Enhanced On PC! | 2021-11-16 | Just over four years since launch we’re happy to introduce a huge new update to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Starting with visuals, we’ve integrated the enhancements we made to the recent Xbox Series X|S release of Hellblade, including updated materials, particles, level of detail and Ray Tracing. This new build includes Ray Tracing presets (Low, Medium, High), with Ray Traced reflections, plus Ray Traced shadows exclusive to the High preset. We think this brings a new depth to Helheim never seen before, so we’re excited for people to retread Senua’s steps in an even more immersive environment. Hellblade on PC now also supports both DirectX |
| Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Enhanced on PC | 2021-11-16 | Just over four years since launch we’re happy to introduce a huge new update to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Starting with visuals, we’ve integrated the enhancements we made to the recent Xbox Series X|S release of Hellblade, including updated materials, particles, level of detail and Ray Tracing. This new build includes Ray Tracing presets (Low, Medium, High), with Ray Traced reflections, plus Ray Traced shadows exclusive to the High preset. We think this brings a new depth to Helheim never seen before, so we’re excited for people to retread Senua’s steps in an even more immersive environment. Hellblade on PC now also supports both DirectX |
| Hellblade Soundtrack Out Now | 2018-12-05 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/1749/0f9222fc4c8506da8239bbcaba691e270dd08154.jpg We are very excited to share that the Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Original Soundtrack is out now for streaming and digital download, available on Steam and a variety of music platforms including Spotify, iTunes, YouTube Music, Google Play, Amazon Music, and more. The soundtrack was written and produced by award-winning composer David Garcia, in collaboration with Andy LaPlegua. https://store.steampowered.com/app/862810/Hellblade_Senuas_Sacrifice_Original_Soundtrack/ |
| Nominate Hellblade for a Steam Award | 2018-11-27 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/cf9dee4b9ddd556ec1e3e7cf5e1972959787888c.jpg Just in case some of you hadn't noticed, the Steam Awards nominations are live and they close today at 6pm GMT / 10am PST. If you'd like to nominate Hellblade, Hellblade VR or any of our other games you can do so right here. |
| HDR Now Available | 2018-11-21 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/f22e9def7c131ffa613fcc3c206264b03ef52b47.jpg You can now play Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on PC in HDR! Patch 1.03 is available for download, full release notes below: HDR (high dynamic range) support for both NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards Fixed flickering issue in tower cinematic Fixed texture streaming issue for Surtr Surtr gates are easier to open Memory improvements General optimisations |
| Hellblade Team Awarded Psychiatric Communicator of the Year | 2018-11-08 | We are honoured to share that yesterday we were awarded Psychiatric Communicator of the Year from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This very special award is one we share with our incredible Hellblade mental health collaborators CPFT NHS Recovery College East. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/f7687c81cfe327f12d4391671c3197cf89c262b0.jpg |
| Hellblade Wins Creativity Award | 2018-11-02 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/d6ed24c94afcf011df3b045a2397dfea9a89f97c.jpg Last night we picked up the Creativity Award for Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice at the TIGA Games Awards 2018. Thank you to all our fans and followers for supporting us! Full list of winners here |
| Hellblade Cubeecraft Now Available | 2018-10-31 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/7a583baaaa183a5849f14cdd71ad80a4ce551e0b.jpg Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate, we've made all three of our Hellblade Cubeecraft model templates available to download. Now too can have papercraft decorations of Senua, Valravn, and Surtr, complete with their own individual accessories. No glue is required to put them together, just a printer and a pair of scissors. Download Senua Papercraft Here Download Valravn Papercraft Here Download Valravn Papercraft Here Download Surtr Papercraft Here The Cubeecraft models were originally designed and created by Christopher |
| Announcing Senua's Scholarship | 2018-10-10 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/438f00f3019fffdae08841c5130819af5f37cd73.jpg We are proud to announce Senua’s Scholarship! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP1K3HTrB7s A Ninja Theory funded scholarship that will support the training of mental health tutors and their incredible work at CPFT Recovery College East, one of our key mental health collaborators on Hellblade. To celebrate the announcement of Senua’s Scholarship and World Mental Health Day you can see our ‘Senua’s Psychosis’ making-of feature online for the first time – this has previously only be available to watch in-game: https://www.youtu |
| Vote for Hellblade for TIGA Game of the Year 2018 | 2018-09-20 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/553971e35eb07839c07fb793bf1c36304f6eceb9.jpg Voting is now open for the TIGA Game of the Year 2018! 🏆 You can vote for Hellblade by clicking here, and voting will be open until 19th October. We are also shortlisted for awards in the following categories: 🔸 Creativity Award 🔸 Best Audio Design 🔸 Diversity Award 🔸 Best Independent Studio The ceremony will take place on 1st November. Thank you for your support and wish us luck! |
| Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR Edition is Out Now! | 2018-07-31 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/614a96958dcf1c06b86bedc8ed6b926bad018a2a.jpg Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is Out Now! If you own or purchase the original Hellblade on Steam, you’ll get the VR Edition for free! The VR Edition of Hellblade features Senua’s full journey from the original game plus additional experimental game modes and fully customisable comfort options. Check out our new 360 video to get a taste of the Hellblade experience in VR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u639PCv5v34 https://store.steampowered.com/app/747350/Hellblade_Senuas_Sacrifice_VR_Edition/ |
| Hellblade VR Edition Coming July 31st | 2018-07-25 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/614a96958dcf1c06b86bedc8ed6b926bad018a2a.jpg Today we're super excited to announce Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition! The VR Edition of Hellblade features Senua's full journey from the original game plus additional experimental game modes and fully customisable comfort options. You can experience Hellblade in VR from July 31st on Oculus Rift or HTC Vive and the VR Edition will be available for free to those that own or purchase the original Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice on Steam. Find out how the VR Edition of Hellblade came to be in our new development diary vid |
| Ninja Theory & Hellblade Win 4 Develop Awards | 2018-07-12 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/5e3f35b212220623dac81251ade3e271c9c1378f.jpg We are extremely proud to announce that last night we won 4 Develop Awards at the Develop Conference! Categories: Studio of the Year Music Design Indie Studio Writing or Narrative Design Thank you so much for all of your support of our studio and Hellblade. |
| Hellblade Hits 1 Million Sales | 2018-06-24 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23028051/95ac4a262baa8ccdd4fb9bcd870840b7327cca71.jpg Hellblade has just hit 1 Million unit sales across all platforms! Thank you for all your support! |