Hellblade
Ninja Theory crafts a highly competent action game and a nuanced, powerful exploration of mental health.
Spotlight
Digital FoundryDoes Hellblade on Xbox One X deliver the definitive console experience?
And how well does the standard console hold up?
EssentialHellblade: Senua's Sacrifice review
Highway to Helheim.
VideoVideo: Hellblade has noble ambitions but it also has us worried
UPDATE: Ninja Theory tweets that it has "started Hellblade production afresh".
VideoVideo: Games that do mental health right
Hellblade isn't the first to tackle this complex topic.
Key events
22nd January 2020
12th October 2018
Ninja Theory announces Hellblade-inspired scholarship to fund mental health training
9th October 2017
All proceeds from Hellblade's sales tomorrow will go to UK mental health charity Rethink
8th August 2017
27th July 2017
6th June 2017
16th March 2016
8th January 2015
12th August 2014
Hellblade developer Ninja Theory announces Project: Mara
A grounded representation of mental terror.
Ninja Theory launches project to improve mental wellbeing through game design
"Gaming the mind to master mental health."
Jelly DealsHellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Moonlighter headline the July Humble Monthly bundle
Get both games and many more for Ł10/$12.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice headed to Nintendo Switch
Unravel Two, too.
FeatureVideo games and visions of death
One cannot look away.
Ninja Theory announces Hellblade-inspired scholarship to fund mental health training
To carry out work "showing people the possibility of life beyond diagnosis".
FeatureHellblade was a good depiction of mental illness but games need to be sharper
Audiences and critics must ask more.
Ninja Theory's remarkable Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice gets full VR support next week
Coming to Oculus and Vive as a free update.
FeatureThe road to video game hell
Sightseeing in the abyss.
FeatureThe allure of medieval weaponry
The sword cuts many ways.
Digital FoundryDoes Hellblade on Xbox One X deliver the definitive console experience?
And how well does the standard console hold up?
Hellblade wins big at the Baftas
What Remains of Edith Finch nabs Best Game.
Hellblade coming out very soon on Xbox One, and enhanced for X
I'll Senua a heads up.
How Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was made as an 'indie triple-A' game on a tight budget
There was a shopping trip to Ikea along the way.
Hellblade leads BAFTA game nominations with nine nods
Horizon and Edith Finch not far behind.
FeatureEurogamer's games of 2017: The big debate
"I don't know, but it's not Shakira…"
500,000 sales in 3 months: the risk Ninja Theory took with Hellblade paid off
"We're now ready to face the next set of challenges."
All proceeds from Hellblade's sales tomorrow will go to UK mental health charity Rethink
As part of World Mental Health Day.
FeatureIn praise of bad game design
Taking the rough with the smooth.
There's more to Hellblade's permadeath than meets the eye
Spoilers ahead.
EssentialHellblade: Senua's Sacrifice review
Highway to Helheim.
Hellblade deletes your save file if you die too many times
Frustrating mechanic or inspired design?
Watch 10 minutes of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice gameplay
The lost viking.
Hellblade's Q&A will be with its heroine mo-capped in real-time
Begins today at 5pm BST.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice sets release date and price
It's "half the size of a AAA game, but sold at half the price."
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice delayed until next year
The lost viking.
Ninja Theory's Hellblade shaping up well but 2016 release iffy
When will it be devilered?
Hellblade combat video looks smooth as hell
Magic dance.
Ninja Theory announces new name for Hellblade
UPDATE: Watch lead actress motion-capturing Senua in real-time.
Ninja Theory revisits Hellblade heroine Senua's face
Expressions and complexity "an order of magnitude higher" than anything studio has done before.
VideoVideo: Hellblade has noble ambitions but it also has us worried
UPDATE: Ninja Theory tweets that it has "started Hellblade production afresh".
The Eurogamer Gamescom day two podcast extravaganza
What the blue blazes did Chris, Ian and Bertie see now?
VideoVideo: Games that do mental health right
Hellblade isn't the first to tackle this complex topic.
Ninja Theory's Hellblade to tackle mental health, backed by Wellcome Trust
First footage released, historical storyline detailed.
Ninja Theory's Hellblade also confirmed for PC
4K support and modding mooted.
Ninja Theory: Don't call Hellblade Heavenly Sword 2
It's got nothing to do with it, but…
Ninja Theory unveils Hellblade
First to console on PS4. Rekindles memories of Heavenly Sword.