The developers of Hellblade: Senua & apos; s Sacrifice, Ninja Theory are not only working on a successor, but now also have a version specially optimized and pimped up for the Xbox Series X/S (test) of the first series part published. The three new graphics modes should make the game more customizable and more beautiful.
Faster, more beautiful or higher resolution
For owners of the Xbox version released in April 2018, the next-gen upgrade on an Xbox Series X or Series S is free. The next-gen version brings three new graphics modes, one of them with ray tracing, which have been divided into the categories of performance, resolution and image quality.
at up to 1080p 60 FPS
at up to 1080p Resolution 60 FPS
at up to 4K 30 FPS
at up to 1440p Enriched 30 FPS
at up to 4K
+ ray tracing 30 FPS
at up to 1080p
+ ray tracing
Work was also carried out on the display of materials, particles, textures and other details, which should further improve the general graphic quality, regardless of the selected preset. But there are not only graphical improvements.
Direct selection of the chapters
The developers have also given the feature set of the comfort functions an innovation, chapters of the game can now be selected directly by the player for the first time.
The trailer, which, according to Microsoft and Ninja Theory, is on an Xbox Series X was recorded in graphic mode “Enriched” with 30 FPS in 4K and activated Direct X ray tracing, shows the first gameplay scenes of the version optimized for the Xbox Series X/S.
For the time being exclusively for Xbox Series X/S
According to the images, Hellblade: Senua & apos; s Sacrifice, which was first released on August 8, 2017 for the PC and PlayStation 4, will receive its prettiest console version to date with the upgrade. While the Xbox One was the laggard at the time, the PlayStation 5 (test) is left behind.
The next-gen upgrade remains unsurprisingly for the time being exclusively on the Xbox Series X and Series S, because the developer Ninja Theory has been a subsidiary of Microsoft since June 2018.
Update 08/10/2021 10:04 am
Next-gen update for Xbox Series X/S, PC and Game Pass
According to the official FAQ, the next-gen upgrade with ray tracing, which was initially released exclusively for the Xbox Series X/S, is currently also being developed for the PC version, which is part of Microsoft Game Pass is.
The PlayStation 5, on the other hand, will be completely excluded and will not receive a next-gen update with new presets and ray tracing for Hellgate: Senua's Sacrifice.
FAQ on the Next-Ge n-Update (Image: Ninja Theory) The editorial team thanks the community members “Kurosamuarai117” and “Siran” for the information about this update.