Hades 2's technical test is shutting down today, but don't worry, you won't be deprived of your hot gods for long—early access will follow 'relatively soon after'

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An image of the protagonist of Hades 2 doing battle with a god, lit up by the fierce light of the moon.

Hades 2 is lookingsick as hell already, which shouldn’t surprise anybody familiar with Supergiant’s absurdly high pedigree—or the pecs, uh, I mean,perksof the first game’s long stint in early access. It had itstechnical testrecently, and from what I’ve seen it’s certainly hitting the same thighs—I mean, highs—as its predecessor.

Said technical test will be shutting down today, however, Supergiant has promised that Hades 2 will be back in Early Access soon enough. Yourhot godswill return soon.

(Image credit: @SupergiantGames on Twitter/X.)

A post that reads: “Thank you for your patience during the Hades II Technical Test, which helped us identify and address a number of key issues we weren’t able to find before.🌒 We plan to start winding down the Test on Monday, then launch Hades II in Early Access relatively soon after that!"

“Thank you for your patience during the Hades II Technical Test,” the announcement reads on thegame’s official Twitter, “which helped us identify and address a number of key issues we weren’t able to find before. We plan to start winding down the Test on Monday, then launch Hades II in Early Access relatively soon after that!”

While this might seem like a quick leap from technical test to early access, the first Hades game was in the same state for a while, hitting Epic Games in early access early December 2018 before getting its 1.0 version in September 2020, nearly two full years later.

Supergiant hasn’t revealed what “relatively” means, though I’d imagine it has plenty of feedback from the testing period to pore over before it starts charging money. Then again, as fellow PC Gamer writer Tyler Colp wrote when he tried the technical test out: “Even though it’s clearly in an unfinished state, it’s good. Like, really good,” which sounds like it may be ready to go sooner rather than later.

Personally, while I definitely plan on dipping my toes in for a while, I imagine I’ll be interacting with early access in the same way I did with Baldur’s Gate 3—muck around for a bit, see what I have to look forward to, then lock myself away in a godless cabin for a year or so while waiting for it to arrive proper. I want the full experience rather than a drip feed—but that’s just me, and Supergiant’s early access gambit has certainly paid off for it before. Until then, there’s always the first game.

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