Hades has done it again by achieving something that was physically impossible a couple of years ago…

Hades has had not one, but two successful years when it comes to winning awards. Last year it received multiple awards including Best Indie, Best Action, Best Audio, Best Writing, and Best Game across different gaming publications, and now it has won another award from the Hugo Awards.

The Hugo Awards celebrates the best of science fiction across various types of mediums and for the first time ever, has included video games in the mix of awards this year.

Hades wins Best Video Game

Hades won the award for Best Video Game, beating the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Spiritfarer, and The Last Of Us: Part II, the game that previously beat Hades for the Best Game of the Year award at last year’s Game Awards.

Hades‘ Creative Director, Greg Kasavin, accepted the award by giving a virtual acceptance speech and mentions he was grateful for the roguelike action dungeon crawler to be recognised by the workers in the game industry.

Wish I could have attended the #HugoAwards in person. I wasn't able to make an acceptance speech there on behalf of the team though did have a few words here. I'm grateful that the awards are recognizing work in this category, much less the work we did! pic.twitter.com/S9bfSp1i8H

— Greg Kasavin (@kasavin) December 19, 2021

It hasn’t been decided whether the Best Video Game award will be sticking around after this year, so for the time being, Hades is its first and only winner. Yet the Hugo Awards have introduced digital content categories before, such as podcasts and streaming videos (The Old Guard won for Best Dramatic Performance, Long Form), so it’s easily possible the category will be made permanent for future awards.

Hades was released on Nintendo Switch and PC in September 2020 and was later released on PlayStation and Xbox earlier this year.

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Between this and Vaatividya’s coining of “s’horsery”, fingers crossed that 2021 becomes the year of mish-mashing random words with sorcery! Find the Swordcery trailer here.

The game is being helmed by Don Thurakichprempri and Mike Henriet, animators on the 2018 God of War reboot. Both have expressed desire to work on a game with full creative control, hence Swordcery, which was inspired by dream of Thurakichprempri about a knight using a giant pizza cutter as a weapon.

“The next day I hit up my buddy Mike and told him about it and we just thought it’d be so cool to see that circular blade spinning and unleash a devastating cutter blade projectile that would look like it was slicing the ground” – Don Thurakichprempri to GamesRadar

Swordcery is an action Roguelike, meaning that the majority of in-game locations will be procedurally generated. The player character will have access to “hundreds” of swords. The plot so far goes thusly:

A giant blade plunges into a mountain range, stealing the Earth’s power as smaller blades start raining down like in that episode of Adventure Time! You play as Colt, basically your standard Hero’s Journey 101 bloke who’s an unassuming hero that takes the call to action upon realizing he can control the raining swords! Taking some inspiration from Hades (psst! which we have), the game has a light permadeath mechanic, meaning that with every death, you get booted back to the beginning and have to work your way back up to where you were before (though Swordcery does let players keep any credits and permanent upgrades).

As for gameplay? The collectible in-game swords fall into multiple class types, the main ones being Titan Sword, Katana, and Dual Swords. Each weapon type has access to unique light combos and a single specialized heavy attack. As the game’s title would imply, the Swordcery magic system also means each sword has a unique magic power. These powers can include a boomerang throw that would impress Sokka, summoning a bolt of lightning that would make Zeus blush and unleashing portals of fire and brimstone onto unsuspecting foes if you’re in a more biblical mood! And as far as applicability to the Christmas season goes, you can even summon a ring of protective snowflakes to deck the halls (as well as your enemies) in the face!

Play the free demo on Steam and donate to the Swordcery kickstarter if you want to support the project further! Currently planned for PC release first, with Switch and console versions coming after completion.

Thurakichprempri’s favourite swordcery ability is The Fed Executioner, which lets players trap enemies in boxes like a reverse Solid Snake!

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One week on from being added to PlayStation and Xbox, The Prince of the Underworld has come out with a bang…

Hades has only been out for PlayStation and Xbox consoles for one week, yet it has already managed to become the highest-rated game on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S to be released via the popular rating site Metacritic.

Yes, the indie dungeon crawler game from Supergiant Games that was voted Best Game of the Year by several gaming publications, continues to make impressive strides and has tempted us all with its pomegranate seeds to join the craze that is escaping the Underworld.

Hades Highest-Rated on Metacritic

The ratings for Hades on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S was first noticed by TwistedVoxel.

As it stands, the PS5 version has a Metacritic score of 93, putting it above the likes of Demon’s Souls, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, all with a score between 89-92.

Meanwhile, the Xbox Series X/S version has a Metacritic score of 94, 4 points higher than the likes of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and 5 higher than It Takes Two and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2. 

In comparison, the Switch version also has a Metacritic score of 93, yet is tied in fourth place with Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition, Ori and the Will of the Wasps, Undertale, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. 

2021 continues to be just as impressive a year for the indie title as 2020 was.

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The Prince of the Underworld is expanding his escape mission to new consoles.

If you were busy during the pandemic (some people might have been) then you wouldn’t have known about the indie game that took everyone by storm.

Hades, a roguelike action dungeon crawler video game developed and published by Supergiant Games, was originally published only on PC and Switch on September 17, 2020, after an early access version was released in September 2018. It received multiple awards including Best Indie, Best Action, Best Audio, Best Writing, and Best Game across different gaming publications and is now going to be available for a lot more gamers.

Hades on Xbox and PlayStation

Hades is now available on PC, Nintendo, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 as of today, as well as free to play if you are subscribed to Xbox Game Pass on Xbox and PC.

The highly anticipated, critically acclaimed, award-winning game 'Hades' is now available on Xbox & Game Pass pic.twitter.com/PdDmJrlTec

— Xbox News (@_XboxNews) August 13, 2021

Supergiant Games says Hades will be available on PS4 and Xbox One at a frame rate of 60fps at 1080p, while on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 the game will run at 60fps in 4K.

Physical editions of Hades will come with an exclusive download code for the iconic soundtrack and a 32-page character compendium booklet.

The Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions are on the same disk, however, both physical and digital PS4 versions offer a free upgrade to the PS5 if the player ever requires it.

There is one downside to owning Hades on Xbox or PlayStation. Unlike the Nintendo Switch, players won’t be able to transfer their saved games between PC and Xbox or even PC and PlayStation.

So what are you waiting for? The best game of 2020 is available now on more platforms than ever and it will continue to get bigger as more people take on the odyssey that is escaping the Underworld.

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