Hades 2 will get new area, weapon, familiars, and extra in first main early entry content material replace

5 months after bursting into PC early entry, Hades 2 – the sequel to Supergiant Video Games’ much-loved 2020 roguelike action-adventure – has simply acquired its first main content material replace, including a brand new area, weapon, and a lot else its patch notes weigh in at over 3,500 phrases.

Hades 2’s Olympic Replace (“virtually mountain-sized!”, exclaims Supergiant) begins with the addition of a brand-new area – one you may in all probability have already got guess primarily based on the identify of right this moment’s launch. If it is concrete data you need, although, we’ll must delve into spoiler territory – so flip again proper now in the event you’re delicate to that type of factor, in any other case I am going to simply get on and make sure Hades 2 gamers can now discover Olympus, the mountain of the gods.

Olympus consists of a number of new places, and Supergiant notes right this moment’s replace additionally provides new places to a number of different present areas. That is alongside an “otherworldly” new weapon – Xinth’s Black Coat, to be extra particular – plus two new allies with distinctive Keepsakes, and two new Animal Familiars (Raki the Raven and Hecuba the Hound) to seek out.

Elsewhere in Hades 2’s Olympic Replace, these trying to spruce up the Crossroads just a little now have entry to “dozens” of recent beauty objects, whereas Supergiant additionally guarantees “hours” of recent dialogue (spanning 2,500 new voice strains) as the sport’s plot picks up the tempo due to the arrival of Olympus and its denizens. Different key additions embrace a brand new world map that seems as protagonist Melinoë strikes between areas, plus native assist for Apple’s M1 Macs.

Supergiant’s full patch notes are appropriately supergiant in nature, so I will not be appending the entire thing to the underside of this web page. As an alternative, you may discover all 3,500+ phrases overlaying Hades 2’s newest additions over on Steam; alternatively, Supermassive has brilliantly launched a practically 27-minute lengthy dramatic studying of the entire thing.

Hades 2 is at present anticipated to go away early entry subsequent yr, and a launch for unspecified consoles can also be on the playing cards. Already, although, it is a bit of a deal with, with Eurogamer contributor Christian Donlan calling it “snug and acquainted” and armed with the “energy of shock”.