Genre: Action-Adventure, Puzzle
Developer: Ninja Theory
Publisher: Xbox Games Studios
Release Date: Summer 2025
PS Studios Game? No
PSVR2 Compatible? No
Metacritic Score: N/A (No Scored Reviews)
PSSR? No
RT? Yes
RT Types: Unreal Engine 5 Lumen reflections (hopefully hardware-based, but at least software-based)
Highest Resolution: 1440p to 4K TSR (likely)
Highest FPS: 60fps (potentially)
Hellblade II launched on Xbox last year, but was limited to 30fps with software-based ray tracing. According to Digital Foundry, these are two key areas where the enhanced PS5 version could see improvements. They speculate that with an additional year of optimization, H2 might now support 40fps/60fps modes that would also come to base PS5/Series X, along with superior hardware-accelerated ray tracing that would be exclusive to Pro/PC. While Pro could probably render at native 4K, it'll likely keep Series X's 1440p due to H2's extensive use of post-processing, which minimizes the impact of a resolution increase. However, this all remains speculative. We won't know the enhancements until closer to release.