Ninja Theory has unveiled its next game. Titled Senua, it will be a brand new action-adventure game set in the Hellblade universe, with players once more taking on the role of Celtic warrior Senua, who is now trapped between life and death in what the studio describes as “a fractured vision of purgatory.” Senua was unveiled with a trailer, which you can check out below.
The trailer for Senua, coming in at 2 minutes in length, gives us a thorough look at the upcoming title’s gameplay, which will involve much more of what players have already been familiar with if they’ve played the previous entries in the series. This means plenty of platforming to get to new locations, and visceral melee combat where just about every attack could mean the difference between life and death for Senua.
While it might look quite similar to the previous Hellblade games, studio head Dom Matthews has confirmed that Senua doesn’t have “Hellblade” as part of its title because it is “an out-and-out action-adventure game”. This means that players will have “more agency and a lot more gameplay” in the upcoming game.
The core story of Senua seems to revolve around the eponymous protagonist trying to fight her way through hordes of enemies in order to reach the afterlife and reunite with the loved ones that she has lost over the years. Ninja Theory has also noted that all of the gameplay showcased in the trailer is from an early pre-release build of the game, and that will likely be much more polished by the time its release date rolls around.
Senua is being developed for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, and is slated for release some time in 2027.
