One Hellblade 2 Key Feature May Change Gaming Forever & Other Games Should Take Notice

This story is part of our Summer Gaming Marathon series.

Assassin's Creed Shadows will be the first new entry since 2020's Valhalla. In that game, players had to choose at the start whether to play with a female or male main character (Eivor Varinsdottir), but in the new installment, there will be two separate protagonists: the shinobi Naoe and the samurai Yasuke.

The Nintendo Switch 2 should see a fair amount of ports and support if its performance will indeed be in the ballpark of the Xbox Series S, but things may drastically change once next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft are out.

Replaced reminds of me a lot of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, in a good way. Ninja Theory’s latest was a visual spectacle with extremely cinematic combat and gorgeous setpieces that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon. While Hellblade 2 did that with Unreal Engine 5, Replaced is going to do that with pixel art.

Although the oppressive, constantly isolated pacing of the original game has been largely replaced by a new narrative in , it still has some of the most terrifying scenes in gaming. Utilization of the Unreal 5 Engine has pushed the graphics of to the next level, creating a menacing atmosphere that feels all too realistic at times, even though many of the themes are based on mythology.

Pax Dei, the sandbox MMORPG in development at Iceland-based studio Mainframe Industries, has found a publishing partner in New Tales, the French team that helped publish the free-to-play collectible card game Waven.

Apple is poised to introduce major display improvements with the upcoming iPhone 16 series. According to recent leaks, the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will boast significantly thinner bezels compared to the current iPhone 15 lineup. This reduction in bezel size is expected to enhance the screen-to-body ratio of the new devices.

Ninja Theory has deployed a new Hellblade 2 patch, packing fixes for several issues, including frame generation ghosting issues, and more.

focuses a lot of the game's main narrative on overcoming the giants plaguing the land. Although the original focused on the mythological creatures for the final events in the game, the second game further explores these concepts in some meaningful ways. That said, because of the allegorical nature of the game, it's natural that confusion may arise when trying to understand certain key elements, like Senua's relationship with the giants.

This morning, Chinese developer HoYoverse (previously known as miHoYo) announced that its next game, Zenless Zone Zero, will be released on July 4 on all platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Android, and iOS devices.

It’s been decades since games started implementing in-game communication devices that resemble our own real-life phones — and it’s often a successful mechanic for separating and consolidating menus, as well as tracking progress. But recently, I’ve noticed a weird trend: mobile games that are set entirely inside of a simulated mobile device. In other words, phone games where playing them feels like being on your phone. And frankly, I’m over it.

Ninja Theory’s 2017 game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is famous for exploring the experiences of people with psychosis through the medium of a vision quest undertaken by Senua, a Celtic warrior in the early Middle Ages. It earned acclaim for its sensitive, thoroughly researched, and audio-visually immersive portrayal of Senua’s condition — something the Ninja Theory team had arrived at through close collaboration with Paul Fletcher, a professor of psychology at the University of Cambridge.