HADES II Development Update! ? We've been making steady progress since our reveal at The Game Awards, and getting close to an Early Access launch some months from now, in Q2 2024.

'And, even though Early Access inherently means a game is not yet complete, we still want to do everything we can to make sure Hades 2 is worth your while as soon as you can play it in any capacity.'

When you die - and you die a lot, it’s the underworld after all - you go back to your dad’s house to unlock more permanent power-ups and try, try again.'The reason is, Hades II will have at least as much content from day one in Early Access as the original game did back when it launched in Early Access on Steam,' Supergiant said. (Their relationship status is officially Complicated, if you remember your mythical history.) On the way, he powers up with boons from the Olympian gods, underworld pomegranates, hammers from Daedalus, and the occasional helping hand from mythical VIPs like Sisyphus, Eurydice, and Patroclus.

You play Zagreus, son of Hades, as he battles his way out of the levels of the mythical Greek underworld to find his mother Persephone. If you haven’t played the original, Hades is a top-down combat game of randomized arenas and setpiece boss battles. Not only is it a welcome news for players of the original, it’s a bit of a surprise: Supergiant has never made a direct sequel before. Well offer up sacrifices to the cthonic gods, because Hades II was announced at last night’s game awards.

Even so, gamers everywhere were blown away by Hades, the studio’s combat-heavy roguelike from 2020. Developer Supergiant Games is known as one of the best indie developers out there, packing incredible art, polish, and storytelling into games like Bastion and Transistor.

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