Real or madness? It's all too real for Senua in Hellblade.
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Hellblade’s bizarre ending will make you question what’s real

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Editor’s note: This video and story have spoilers about the ending.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is an outstanding new game that debuted this week on the PlayStation 4 and the PC. The groundbreaking game from Ninja Theory chronicles the journey of Senua, a Celtic warrior who struggles with inner demons, into the Norse underworld to retrieve the soul of her slain love Dillion.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.