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While it announced details and sign-ups for the upcoming technical test, Hades 2 recently received some surprise gameplay from the build. Supergiant Games’ Greg Kasavin and Amir Rao are on hand, playing through the first area and showcasing new weapons, enemies and gameplay features.
The story sees the Titan Chronos seemingly kidnapping Hades and his family. It’s up to Melinoë, Hades’ daughter, to save them. Given her training as a witch, her play style is vastly different from Zagreus. She can sprint along with dashing and charge her Basic, Specials and Casts for Omega versions of the same, dealing more damage but consuming Mana.
The Underworld has undergone some changes, and there are new enemies to combat, like Howlers, who can impair you with their screams. Fortunately, you have new weapons – like the Witch Staff and Sister Blades, the only two in the technical test. Each has unique abilities, the former allowing for more ranged damage and hanging back, while the latter is all about aggression, quick strikes and dashing through enemies.
By gathering materials on runs, Melinoë can unlock new Arcana Cards. These provide upgrades like slowing time when charging Omega Attacks. Nine cards will be available in the technical test, but plenty more will be available in early access.
The technical test for Hades 2 is coming soon and will last longer than a week and potentially less than a month. Though early access doesn’t have a launch date beyond Q4 2024, it will begin after the test winds down.
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Hades 2 developer Supergiant Games has signaled the end of the game’s technical test and early access launch soon afterwards.
Bandai Namco has revealed its roadmap for Tekken 8 throughout the rest of 2024, including the game’s second DLC character, new story, and plenty more.
Supergiant Games’ technical test for Hades 2 will be coming to an end on April 29th. As promised, it went on for longer than a week and less than a month, but appears to have been successful. The team has identified and addressed “a number of key issues we weren’t able to find before.” After it ends, early access will launch “relatively soon” after.
Marvel Rivals is the highly anticipated 6v6 hero shooter developed by NetEase games, and a recent dev diary has revealed the many characters, maps, and features Closed Alpha participants can look forward to. The Closed Alpha for Marvel Rivals is fast approaching, and the list of iconic Marvel faces players will be able to choose from is exciting.
Despite being a very good game, Granblue Fantasy: Relink got a bit lost in what was a chaotic release schedule earlier this year — but developer Cygames will be hoping that the action RPG's first big update will get people's attention. Launching on the 26th April (that's tomorrow at the time of writing), patch 1.2.0 adds a bunch of new stuff to the game.
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Atlus has shared extensive new details on Metaphor: ReFantazio with a deep dive showcase dedicated to the upcoming fantasy RPG. Along with announcing an October launch date for the title, the developer has also offered new information on what to expect from the game’s overarching structure, the locations you’ll be visiting across its fantasy setting, and more.
It won't be long before players can get their hands on Hades II, the sequel to 2020's critically-acclaimed roguelite by Supergiant Games. In a new post on X/Twitter, Supergiant Games announced an upcoming Hades II Technical Test along with instructions on how to join.
Hades 2, the hugely anticipated follow-up to developer Supergiant Games' acclaimed 2020 roguelike dungeon crawler, is almost upon us — albeit initially as an early access release — and ahead of its arrival Supergiant is hosting a technical test, with sign-ups officially now open.