Hellblade II is the latest Xbox game coming to PS5 this summer
Hellblade II is the latest Xbox game to make its way to PS5 this year, with Microsoft bringing Forza Horizon 5 to Sony's rival console soon, alongside Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and the Age of Mythology: Retold release on PS5 in March. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle also arrived on PS5 this spring, with Doom: The Dark Ages following on May 15th. The original Gears of War is also coming to PS5 in August as a remastered version, and Microsoft also released its Oblivion remaster on PS5 recently.
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is coming to PlayStation 5 this summer with some exciting new features.
These features will also be available at the same time as a free update for players on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC and Steam.
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The original Hellblade was a timed console exclusive for the PS4 in 2017, before it arrived on Xbox One the following year. Hellblade II is part of Microsoft's wave of Project Latitude titles, which see the software giant evolving the Xbox platform to bring more games to rival platforms.
I revealed last year that Hellblade II was under consideration for a PS5 release, alongside other titles like Gears of War, Halo: Combat Evolved, and Microsoft Flight Simulator. Microsoft is also working on some Xbox ports for Nintendo's Switch 2, which I expect we'll hear about soon.
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