Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Release Date Revealed

<p><em>Hellblade&colon; Senua&&num;8217&semi;s Sacrifice<&sol;em>&comma; the newest game from developers Ninja Theory&comma; finally has a release date&period; It will be available on August 8 for PlayStation 4 and for PC&comma; through the PSN Store&comma; and through Steam and GOG&period; The game was first shown off back in 2015&comma; so it&&num;8217&semi;s nice to finally have a concrete release date&comma; and one that is coming soon&period; The fact that the game is &dollar;29&period;99 USD is also a welcome surprise to those looking forward to the great 3rd-person action that Ninja Theory is known for&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In <em>Hellblade&colon; Senua&&num;8217&semi;s Sacrifice<&sol;em>&comma; players take on the role of Senua&comma; a fierce Celtic warrior who battles her way through her own self-created hell&comma; brought on by her village having been invaded by vikings&period; Ninja Theory has stated that they are using the game to take a look at mental illness&comma; and by independently developing and releasing the game&comma; they are able to more fully explore the topic&comma; and have said that the portrayal will be <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hellblade&period;com&sol;hellblade-e3-trailer-and-more&sol;">&&num;8220&semi;accurate and sensitive&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a>&period; This is a very intriguing aspect to align with in what could simply be a typical 3rd-person action game&comma; so it will be interesting to see how the story plays out and how Senua and the player manage to work through the impact caused by the viking assault&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;126302" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-126302" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-126302" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;08091411&sol;maxresdefault-1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-126302" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The lead of the game&comma; Senua&period; &lpar;Hellblade&colon; Senua&&num;8217&semi;s Sacrifice&comma; Ninja Theory&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The game is being developed by a small team&comma; of about 15 to 20 people&comma; and has been in the works for a couple of years&period; Ninja Theory have kept themselves busy&comma; by working with other studios such as Avalanche Studios on <em>Disney Infinity 3&period;0<&sol;em>&comma; helping to develop the lightsaber combat in particular&period; Through their ability to assist other studios it would appear it has helped fund projects that they are particularly passionate about&period; <em>Hellblade&colon; Senua&&num;8217&semi;s Sacrifice<&sol;em> is looking to be a sleeper hit on PS4 and PC&comma; and if their past action track record is any indication &lpar;<em>Enslaved<&sol;em>&comma; <em>DMC<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Heavenly Sword<&sol;em>&rpar;&comma; there will be plenty of solid action to go alongside the serious topic of mental illness&period; Do you have thoughts on how the industry handles topics like mental illness&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hellblade&period;com&sol;">Hellblade Official Site<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;