High On Life 2 lands
- The PS5 release High On Life 2 arrived on April 20 as part of a busy 2026 gaming calendar. (x.com) - Industry chatter pairs the release with big-year anticipation for titles like GTA6, Wolverine, and Assassin’s Creed remakes. (x.com) - The social briefing also noted an Xbox multi-platform strategy for major franchises, changing exclusivity dynamics. (x.com)
High On Life 2 is already on PlayStation 5, but April 20 was the date Squanch Games had circled for its Nintendo Switch 2 edition before that version slipped to July. (squanchgames.com) (gamespot.com) Squanch Games says High On Life 2 launched on February 13, 2026 across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Games Store, and Xbox Game Pass. The PlayStation Store lists the PS5 version at $59.99 and labels it “PS5 Pro Enhanced.” (squanchgames.com) (store.playstation.com) The sequel keeps the series’ first-person shooter setup and adds skateboarding as a traversal and combat tool. Xbox Wire’s hands-on preview said returning cast members include Betsy Sodaro, J.B. Smoove, and Richard Kind, with Ralph Ineson joining the sequel. (squanchgames.com) (news.xbox.com) The timing puts a mid-budget comedy shooter into a 2026 release slate led by much larger games. Rockstar says Grand Theft Auto VI is now scheduled for November 19, 2026, and Sony lists Marvel’s Wolverine for September 14, 2026 on PlayStation Store and September 15, 2026 on Insomniac’s site. (rockstargames.com) (store.playstation.com) (insomniac.games) Ubisoft has not released a remake on that scale yet, but it has now scheduled a full reveal for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced on April 23, 2026. That puts one of the year’s longest-running rumors into the official pipeline. (eurogamer.net) (videogameschronicle.com) High On Life 2 also arrives in a market where Xbox is publishing more games beyond its own hardware. Forza Horizon 5 now has a PlayStation 5 store page, and Microsoft’s game development team said at Game Developers Conference 2026 that it wants developers building for play “on any device, with anyone, anywhere.” (playstation.com) (developer.microsoft.com) Phil Spencer said in a 2025 interview that Microsoft would keep showing PlayStation and Nintendo logos in Xbox showcases because “people should know the storefronts where they can get our games.” That stance helps explain why a game first shown in Xbox marketing can now land on PS5 the same day. (ign.com) (squanchgames.com) Reviews have been mixed rather than unanimous. IGN scored High On Life 2 a 6 out of 10 and said the sequel expands the first game’s ideas even as its story and gunplay fall short of the original’s best moments. (ign.com) For now, the cleanest way to read the release is this: High On Life 2 is not a new April 20 PS5 launch, but a February multiplatform release that keeps getting pulled into the conversation about how crowded — and less exclusive — 2026 has become. (squanchgames.com) (rockstargames.com) (developer.microsoft.com)
