{"id":259267,"date":"2025-10-07T19:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2155273"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:23:49","slug":"ninja-theory-currently-building-a-chunky-slice-of-hellblade-2-before-moving-into-full-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ninja-theory-currently-building-a-chunky-slice-of-hellblade-2-before-moving-into-full-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja Theory currently building a &#8220;chunky&#8221; slice of Hellblade 2 before moving into full production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ninja-theory-currently-building-a-chunky-slice-of-hellblade-2-before-moving-into-full-production.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ninja Theory has released a new video for Xbox exclusive Hellblade 2, and provided an update on its development.<\/p>\n<p>The video, below, does not include any gameplay or any new footage of the game save some hard to make out snippets. It begins instead with a message from Ninja Theory chief Tameem Antoniades, who discusses the work that&#8217;s being done to make Hellblade 2 at the Microsoft-owned studio&#8217;s new digs in Cambridge. The video then goes on to present a rather disturbing montage that sets the scene.<\/p>\n<p>I get the impression Hellblade 2 is still a long way off. In the video, Antoniades says Ninja Theory is currently building &#8220;a good chunky slice of the game before we then move into full production to build out the rest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-17-ninja-theory-currently-building-a-chunky-slice-of-hellblade-2-before-moving-into-full-production\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-06-17-ninja-theory-currently-building-a-chunky-slice-of-hellblade-2-before-moving-into-full-production\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninja Theory has released a new video for Xbox exclusive Hellblade 2, and provided an update on its development. The video, below, does not include any gameplay or any new footage of the game save some hard to make out snippets. It begins instead with a message from Ninja Theory chief Tameem Antoniades, who discusses the work that&#8217;s being done to make Hellblade 2 at the Microsoft-owned studio&#8217;s new digs in Cambridge. The video then goes on to present a rather disturbing montage that sets the scene. I get the impression Hellblade 2 is still a long way off. 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