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After years of rumours and a recent Weekly Jump leak,Segahas finally officially announcedDemon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2, which will launch forPlayStation,Xbox,Steam, andSwitchin 2025.
As anyone who has played Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will know, 2024 was a strong year for anime gaming adaptations, a trend that looks set to continue in 2025 withBleach: Rebirth of SoulsandHunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact. That’s already an interesting lineup, but there’s at least one more titan of anime who’s joining the fight.
Last week,a Weekly Jump leak suggested that Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 was finally going to be announcedafter years of rumours following the first game’s release in 2021. That leak was true, as Sega has officially revealed the game and given more details on it, including the fact that it’ll launch at some point in 2025.
Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Is Real, Launches In 2025
Like the first game, Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles 2 will be developed by Cyberconnect2 and will release at some point in 2025 on pretty much every system, including the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Steam, and even Nintendo Switch. We don’t yet know the exact timing, but it was suggested in Weekly Jump that it’ll be playable at Jump Festa later this month.
As you’d expect, Hinokami Chronicles 2’s story mode takes place right where the last game stopped, with players going from the Entertainment District and Swordsmith Village arcs to the Hashira Training arc. With the anime not being too far ahead of the Hashira Training arc, it makes sense that the game won’t go further than that.
There’s still a fair bit of Demon Slayer to go after the Hashira Training arc, so don’t be too surprised if we eventually end up seeing The Hinokami Chronicles 3.
Alongside the expanded story mode, Sega confirmed that the game’s roster will contain over 40 playable characters, a big step up from the 18 characters that were included for the first game’s launch and who will all be brought over to the sequel. Muichiro Tokito and Mitsuri Kanroji are two of the new characters confirmed to playable in the sequel, but it’s confirmed that all nine Hashira will be on the roster this time around.
