Hades originally starred Theseus instead of Zagreus
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Hades, Supergiant Games’ wildly successful god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler, almost went in a different direction. Co-founder Amir Rao revealed in a talk on the social app Clubhouse that early concepts didn’t feature Zagreus. Instead, it would have revolved around Theseus.
Theseus is in the game, but not in the starring role. Creative director Greg Kasavin ultimately came up with the idea to keep what Supergiant had already created, “but recast it as Zagreus.” Rao added, “I think a day or two he had convinced everyone that it was a better idea.”
More: Hades, Supergiant Games
Hades voice infographic reveals characters with most and least lines, total word count, more
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Have you ever wondered about which character has the most lines in Hades? How about the least amount of lines? And how many words were voiced in total? Supergiant Games provided the information to that and more in a new infographic today.
Here’s the full infographic:
More: Hades, Supergiant Games
Hades update out now on Switch (version 1.0.37119), cross-saves with PC live
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
A new update is now live for the Switch version of Hades. All players can access version 1.0.37119.
One of the main highlights of today’s update is the long-awaited cross-saves feature. That means after installing today’s patch, you can bring your progress from the PC version to Switch.
Supergiant Games also mentioned that today’s Switch update “includes various other improvements from our post-launch PC patches.”
More: Hades, Supergiant Games, title update, top
Video: “Six Quick Things! with the Director of Hades”
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
As part of a new series titled “Six Quick Things!”, Nintendo has published a new video with Greg Kasavin of Supergiant Games. Below, fans can hear about some game insights and design tidbits such as whether Zagreus always meant to be the protagonist in Hades.
More: Hades, interview, Supergiant Games
Nintendo Minute – “Hades Characters Ranked w/ Supergiant Games – Final Round”
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta are back with Supergiant Games to rank the characters of Hades in the final round. Check out the full episode below.
In case you missed it, you can watch the first part of the character rankings here, second part here, and third part here.
More: Hades, Nintendo Minute, Supergiant Games
Nintendo Minute – “Hades Characters Ranked w/ Supergiant Games – Round 3”
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta return with Supergiant Games to rank the characters of Hades. Check out the full episode below.
In case you missed it, you can watch the first part of the character rankings here and second part here.
More: Hades, Nintendo Minute, Supergiant Games
Supergiant Games says it’s still working on cross-saves for Hades, “trying to get the important details of it right”
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
There’s still some major functionality planned for Hades, Supergiant Games’ rogue-like dungeon crawler. Prior to launch, it was announced that cross-saves would be supported between Switch and PC. The feature ended up being delayed until after release. We last heard that it was planned for October, but it looks like that won’t be happening.
Supergiant provided an update today and said the team is “still actively working on this feature and trying to get the important details of it right.” Unfortunately, there’s no word on when it’ll be ready.
The full statement reads:
More: Hades, Supergiant Games
Nintendo Minute – “Hades Characters Ranked w/ Supergiant Games – Round 1”
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta are joined by Supergiant Games to rank the characters of Hades. Check out the full episode below.
More: Hades, Nintendo Minute, Supergiant Games
Hades patch out now on Switch, cross-save update expected in October
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments
Supergiant Games has confirmed that it has issued a new update for Hades on Switch. The patch “addresses a rare issue reported by some players where save data was not loading properly, plus several other minor fixes and improvements.”
We also have a bit of news regarding a more substantial update for Hades. You may recall that Supergiant decided to implement cross-save functionality later on so that the game’s launch wouldn’t be delayed. Fortunately, it seems that it’s not too far off, as the studio now says that the feature should be ready “sometime in October.”
Hades is available now for Switch via the eShop.
More: Hades, Supergiant Games, title update
Hades Switch footage
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Hades saw a surprise release on Switch as part of today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase. For a look at some footage, check out the video below.
Hades is out now on Switch via the eShop.




