God-like roguelike dungeon crawler sequel Hades II is now available in Early Access for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store for $29.99, developer Supergiant Games announced.
16.04.2024 - 19:01 / thesixthaxis.com / Hades Ii II (Ii)
Supergiant Games has confirmed players can sign up for the Hades II technical test. To join you will need to head to the Hades II Steam Page, and click on the request access button. This will register our interest to play Hades II early. The population of the players that will be successful will small, but Supergiant will expand as time goes on.
At the moment it is not known how long the Hades II technical test will last, and it will not have as much content as the Early Access version of Hades II. The technical test will contain the first area of the game. It is essentially the same size as Tartarus from the first game, and you will not be able to progress past this area until the Early Access launch. The minimum system requirements for Hades II technical test are:
Hades 2 features a new protagonist, the daughter of Chronos and Princess of the Underworld, but builds on similar principles to the original, from the characters you meet, to the action RPG combat style and more. Hades is a fantastic game. In our 10/10 review, Jason said, “Hades is one of the best roguelites of all-time. It’s a phenomenal achievement in story telling, gameplay, and an absolute treat for both your eyes and ears. It’s astounding, and it’s always been fairly astounding through Early Access, but this final release cements it as one of the greats. If you like roguelites, and even if you don’t, you should probably get in on this as soon as you can.”
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God-like roguelike dungeon crawler sequel Hades II is now available in Early Access for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store for $29.99, developer Supergiant Games announced.
Hades II is now available in Early Access for PC players. After performing a technical test from April 16 to 29, Supergiant Games said Early Access for the “bewitching sequel” would follow “relatively soon after.” The developer lived up to its word, as a week after wrapping the preliminary test, PC players can now buy and play the highly anticipated roguelike title for $30.
Anticipated roguelike sequel Hades II was announced back in 2022, and we knew an early access launch was coming sometime in mid-2024, but a specific release date hadn’t been provided by developer Supergiant Games. Well, surprise! Following some technical tests, Hades II officially launches into early access… today! You can check out a new trailer for the early access version of the game, below.
Hades II is now available to purchase as an early access title on both Steam and Epic Games Store, Supergiant Games has announced. For those who have a Steam Deck, the game is verified for that too. The early access version of Hades II has been priced at £24.99/$29.99
Hades 2 developer Supergiant Games has signaled the end of the game’s technical test and early access launch soon afterwards.
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.
Earlier this week Hades 2 developer Supergiant announced its technical test, which players can sign up for now ahead of the game hitting early access.
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