Sony Interactive Entertainment and SHIFT UP announced that upcoming action RPG Stellar Blade has gone gold, meaning that the game’s development is complete. In addition, new Stellar Blade vignettes for characters Adam and Lily were revealed.
The new Stellar Blade demo includes content up to the game’s first boss in the first section. Following the release of the demo, SHIFT UP began to release character vignettes, introducing fans to Stellar Blade protagonist EVE and squad leader Tachy.
Stellar Blade Reaches Gold Status
To celebrate Stellar Blade going gold, SHIFT UP shared a new photo of the development team on Twitter, as work on the release version wraps up:
We're a little late with this post.
GONE GOLD🤍#StellarBlade #PS5 #SHIFTUP pic.twitter.com/6M4EtA1jIL— StellarBlade (@StellarBlade) April 9, 2024
Additionally, two brief vignettes introduce the wasteland scavenger Adam and 5th Airborne Squad engineer Lily. Both of these characters will support EVE in her operations on Earth. Watch the Adam and Lily vignettes below, courtesy of PlayStation’s YouTube channel:
The full game and demo supports Korean, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latin Spanish voice overs. In addition, Stellar Blade supports Korean, English (US), French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, Thai, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese text options.
Stellar Blade is developed by SHIFT UP and directed by CEO Kim Hyung Tae. The new action game was inspired by NieR: Automata and Bayonetta, with a strong emphasis on a single-player story and intricate combo system. Pre-orders for Stellar Blade went live on February 7, just one week after January 31 State of Play.
Moreover, SHIFT UP is hiring for a new project coming to consoles, PC, and mobile platforms. The new project will be a “next-gen AAA urban science-fiction action RPG” developed in Unreal Engine 5.
Lastly, Stellar Blade launches on April 26, exclusively for PlayStation 5. A PC version was not announced. Stellar Blade will be sold physically and digitally worldwide, thanks to PlayStation’s second-party agreement as publisher of the new action game.
