A PlayStation 5 port of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is on the way in which, in response to developer Ninja Idea, with a launch date slated for summer season. It‛s the newest instance of an rising lineup of Xbox exclusives transferring to the rival platform.
Through the announcement trailer, the model will likely be optimized for each PS5 and PS5 Professional, including haptic suggestions in addition to new options. The latter will even grow to be obtainable for the sport‛s present platforms, Xbox Collection X|S and PC, at launch.
“Now we have such unbelievable followers of Ninja Idea on PlayStation, going all the way in which again to the times of Heavenly Sword,” studio head Dom Matthews stated within the announcement. “We‛re so happy that we will welcome PlayStation followers again to Senua‛s story.”
The developer launched the primary recreation, Hellblade: Senua‛s Sacrifice, on PS4 in 2017, a yr earlier than Microsoft bought the studio as a part of an array of acquisitions in June 2018. Since then, Ninja Idea labored on 2020‛s Bleeding Edge, a web based multiplayer recreation that stopped receiving help a yr later, in addition to Senua‛s Saga: Hellblade II.
Main Xbox Sport Studios titles proceed to land on rival console platforms
Ninja Idea is not the one developer underneath the Xbox Sport Studios umbrella to port a significant title to PS5. Earlier this month, The Coalition introduced Gears of Battle: Reloaded, a remastered model of the primary entry within the collection, coming August 26. It additionally marks the collection’ debut on PlayStation, alongside PC and Xbox Collection X|S.
In the meantime, Bethesda launched Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle on PS5 final month, after its preliminary launch on Xbox and PC again on December 8. The port was introduced throughout a Gamescom occasion final yr, which was adopted by a livestream by which Xbox head Phil Spencer emphasised that taking Indy’s journey multiplatform was for the great of the model.
“Our finish consequence needs to be higher video games that extra individuals can play,” Spencer stated on the time. “If we’re not targeted on that, I feel we’re targeted on the fallacious issues.”
Previous to Microsoft’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media, guardian firm of Bethesda, subsidiary developer MachineGames meant for Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle to be multiplatform. A PS5 model was already within the works, nevertheless it was killed when the acquisition passed off.
Developer Arkane was put in the same state of affairs with Redfall, which was sooner or later meant to launch on PS5. With the acquisition, Xbox determined to flip it into an unique.
“It was ‘change’ with a capital C,” Arkane Austin studio director Harvey Smith stated in an interview on the time. “They got here in and so they stated ‘No, we’re specializing in PC and Sport Cross’.”
In Might 2024, Microsoft closed Arkane Austin, in addition to Tango Gameworks and Alpha Canine video games. Krafton acquired Tango in August 2024, whereas Redfall’s remaining replace was launched on Might 30 of the identical yr.
