Hellblade 2 could be released for PS5 ‘pretty soon’, it’s claimed

Microsoft is reportedly bringing Hellblade 2 to PlayStation 5, and it could do so sooner rather than later.

That’s according to Windows Central executive editor Jez Corden, who mentioned Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft) [3,454 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/”>Microsoft’s plans for Ninja Theory [114 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/ninja-theory/”>Ninja Theory’s game on X on Tuesday.

Sony Interactive Entertainment [4,068 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/sony/”>Sony today announced plans to hold a 40-minute State of Play presentation on Wednesday, which will focus on upcoming PlayStation 5 [7,384 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps5/”>PS5 games.

“ Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 [59 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/senuas-saga-hellblade-2/”>Hellblade 2 time maybe? :)”, Corden wrote in response to the State of Play [164 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/events/state-of-play/”>State of Play news.

On the subject of whether the game will be released for Sony’s console at some point, he added: “Not if, ‘when!’ and when is pretty soon from what I’ve been hearing.”

Xbox [9,482 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/”>Xbox announced last February plans to bring a wave of games to PlayStation [10,290 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/”>PlayStation and Nintendo Switch [5,002 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/switch/”>Nintendo Switch, in what appeared to be a significant change of strategy, starting with Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves and Grounded.

Later, Microsoft announced Doom: The Dark Ages for Xbox Series X | S [6,002 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/seriesxs/”>Xbox Series X/S, PC [10,637 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/”>PC, and PS5, and confirmed that a PS5 version of its Indiana Jones game will be released this spring.

Forza Horizon 5 [109 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/forza-series/forza-horizon-5/”>Forza Horizon 5 will also be released for PS5 this spring, Microsoft announced last month. And just last week, Xbox revealed plans to bring Age of Mythology: Retold and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition to Sony’s console this year too.

Last November, Microsoft’s gaming CEO Phil Spencer [707 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/phil-spencer/”>Phil Spencer reiterated that the company won’t rule out any first-party Xbox game potentially coming to rival platforms such as PlayStation and Nintendo [4,982 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/”>Nintendo in the future.

Matt Booty [108 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/matt-booty/”>Matt Booty, Microsoft’s president of game content and studios, also told Variety in December: “We are very much making the [exclusivity and windowing] decisions on a game by game basis. And each of our studios is in a little bit of a different position.

“There’s also the production timeline on a game, so the decision on spacing comes there first. We want to make sure there’s a great experience for our Xbox players, and then the gap between [when it becomes available on PlayStation] is as much a production decision as it is anything else.”