{"id":829068,"date":"2025-12-10T15:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851459155"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:10:50","slug":"why-i-wont-be-playing-hades-2-in-early-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/why-i-wont-be-playing-hades-2-in-early-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Won\u2019t Be Playing Hades 2 In Early Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/why-i-wont-be-playing-hades-2-in-early-access.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, May 6, <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/hades-2-gameplay-technical-test-crafting-incantations-1851420083\">Hades II<\/a> is now <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/hades-2-pc-early-access-release-date-surprise-1851458365\">available in Early Access<\/a>. That\u2019s an exciting development for fans eager to play the sequel to developer Supergiant Games\u2019 <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/hades-the-kotaku-review-1845204803\">2020 action roguelite<\/a>. But while plenty of gamers around the world will be diving into Early Access, I won\u2019t be one of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/im-skipping-hades-2-early-access-1851459155\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/im-skipping-hades-2-early-access-1851459155\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of Monday, May 6, Hades II is now available in Early Access. That\u2019s an exciting development for fans eager to play the sequel to developer Supergiant Games\u2019 2020 action roguelite. But while plenty of gamers around the world will be diving into Early Access, I won\u2019t be one of them. Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":829069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[677,453,3515,6639,1389,1404,10799,6578,11531],"class_list":["post-829068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-early-access","tag-hades","tag-indie-games","tag-single-player-video-games","tag-supergiant","tag-supergiant-games","tag-video-games-with-isometric-graphics","tag-windows-games","tag-zagreus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why I Won\u2019t Be Playing Hades 2 In Early Access | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As of Monday, May 6, Hades II is now available in Early Access. 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