Hades is coming to Netflix

Oh rattling: Netflix is bringing Hades to its gaming service in 2024.

Hades is an isometric dungeon crawler roguelike during which you play the critically scorching Zagreus, prince of Tartarus and son of Hades, as he tries to flee his dad’s area to succeed in the mortal world to seek out his mom. Earlier than every try to flee hell, you select considered one of a number of totally different weapons, and in the course of the journey, the gods of Olympus give you boons that can assist you alongside the way in which. Ought to Zagreus die within the try (and he’ll), he pops up in the beginning — being the prince of hell and all — to start out his jailbreak once more.

That is solely a high-level overview and does nothing to convey all of the attraction Supergiant put into this sport. Over time, Zagreus establishes relationships along with his family and friends that deepen every time he returns to hell, resulting in some critically lovely, heartbreaking, and humorous moments.

The sport launched on PC in early entry again in 2018, was formally launched in 2020 (when it ought to have received Recreation of the 12 months, a reality I’ll by no means not be mad about), and developer Supergiant just lately introduced a sequel in 2022. However the sport by no means made it to cellular till Netflix.

Sadly, the sport is just launching on iOS. However regardless of leaving Android customers within the chilly, it’s a actually good factor that extra individuals may have the chance to play this phenomenal (and completely robbed!) sport.