Warning: This article contains Squid Game season one spoilers.
Squid Game season 2 is fast approaching – coming out the day after Christmas, we already know it’s going to be perfect for that lazy holiday binge. And now, we finally know a little more about what we can expect from the second instalment of the most gripping, unsettling show in years.
Released on 17 September 2021, the Korean thriller was nominated for 14 Emmys, including Best Drama Series – a first for a non-English language title – and won six.
Not only was the show a critical hit, it was really, really popular, with the first season being described by Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarando as the streaming platform’s “biggest show ever.” It’s easy to see why – the concept was completely fascinating and each episode left us quite literally on the edge of our seats.
The first season saw 456 players, all in debt, enter into a contest to fight it out for a huge cash prize. On the surface, the competition seemed like a series of simple children’s games, however contestants soon realised that losing a game also meant losing your life. Of all 456 players, only one winner survived. At the end of season 1, our hero, Seong Gi-hun, made the decision to head back into the arena to end the games once and for all.
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Is there a release date for Squid Game season 2?
Season two will drop on Netflix just after Christmas on 26 December, 2024 with the third and final season coming in 2025.
What will Squid Game season 2 be about?
The second season’s new description reads as follows: “Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport. Using this fortune to fund his search, Gi-hun starts with the most obvious of places: look for the man in a sharp suit playing ddakji in the subway. But when his efforts finally yield results, the path toward taking down the organisation proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to end the game, he needs to re-enter it.”
