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Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Supergiant Confirms Hades 2 Will Be a Nintendo Switch 2 Console Exclusive at Launch
Last week's Nintendo Switch 2 reveal continues to make waves — and now, Supergiant Games has confirmed Hades 2 will be a console exclusive at launch. The Nintendo Switch 2 remains gaming's hottest topic following last week's Nintendo Direct, which revealed key details about the once-enigmatic console. Supergiant Games made a surprise announcement today in a post from Nintendo of America on X (formerly Twitter), confirming that its next big title, Hades 2, will be a timed Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive at launch. The Creator's Voice video post can be viewed below: The first instalment in the Creator's Voice series featured FromSoftware's game director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who revealed that The Duskbloods — also announced during the Nintendo Direct — would be a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive as well. In the post above, a message appears near the end of the video stating: 'Hades 2 launching first for consoles on Nintendo Switch 2. More information coming later this year.' It's worth noting that Hades 2 has been in early access on Steam since 2024. The message specifically refers to a 'console exclusive,' suggesting the game will likely exit early access on PC at the same time it launches on the Switch 2. As for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 versions, players on those platforms will have to wait an undisclosed amount of time after the Switch 2 launch. CGMagazine's Hades 2 preview reads: 'Hades 2 is not only a blast to play, but easily justified as a follow-up to arguably the best game in their repertoire,' so fans of the original Supergiant Games release will want to keep an eye out for the sequel's full launch. For those who want to dive into early access now, Hades 2 is available via its Steam page.
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Massive new Hades 2 update finally adds a brutal final boss and, more importantly, a new pet sidekick
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Hades 2: The Warsong update has been revealed, and it adds a final boss to the last level even though the game's still in Early Access. The roguelike sequel first launched in Early Access last May, and as of yet there's no release date for its 1.0 update, but that's not stopping developer Supergiant from dropping some, well, giant updates. There have been a handful of smaller patches with balancing changes and bug fixes, but Warsong is only the second "Major Update" we've seen, and it's pretty major indeed. You can get the full patch notes here, but the biggest highlight is definitely the addition of "the final confrontation on the surface," so basically, the Hades 2 equivalent of the Hades boss fight in the first game. While that's technically the main draw here, all of us real ones know that it's the addition of a brand new pet sidekick, or as they're known in Hades 2, the Animal Familiar. Melinoe's new furry companion is the fifth to be added in Early Access, and the li'l guy is called Gale the Polecat. For the unaware, let me bless your timeline real quick. Polecats are in the same family as weasels, badgers, and otters, except they're way cuter than any of those combined. Just look at this little stinker! Anywho, the other Big Thing is Ares, the original God of War Hades fans have been missing since the first game. Ares was popular for his powerful boons and powerful jawline, and now Hades 2 players can benefit from his unique blessings at long last. Elsewhere, Warsong tidies up some menu screens and adds new and reworked art to the Altar of Ashes, as well as over 2,000 new voice lines, what seems to be a singing minigame at the Crossroads, and a whole lot of Boon reworks. Warsong is available as a free Hades 2 update now, and Supergiant already has plans for a third Major Update, which should be releasing "some months from now." In the meantime, see where the original Hades lands in our best roguelike games list. Spoilers: it's high.
