Stellar Blade Demo Returning To PS5 After Being Removed

With the recent release of the demo for hack-and-slash action game Stellar Blade, developer Shift Up has taken to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to tell its players to go easy on the game’s demo.

With a demo currently pulling in almost double the players of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo, Stellar Blade is turning heads, and not just for the reason you’d think. While many on social media are pointing at the heroine’s assets for the game’s popularity, its gameplay has been seeing ample praise, predicting great things for release day on April 26.

With Shift Up’s Stellar Blade out in two weeks, a new behind-the-scenes video is available discussing the various processes behind development. Director Kim Hyung-tae reveals that its inspiration came from a taxi strike. With the job to be replaced by machines, he pondered what would happen if humanity were replaced.

Shift Up has a new trailer available for its upcoming action-adventure Stellar Blade, but it doesn’t highlight other cast members. Instead, it’s focused on the Naytiba, more specifically on the bosses of the species. Check them out below in all their shadowed glory.

Alongside a new vignette trailer featuring Adam in Stellar Blade, Shift Up released another focusing on Lily. Like Eve, she’s a member of the Airborne Squad but in the fifth division and provides engineering support. She’s rescued from a drop pod by chance and quickly becomes friends with Eve and Adam.

Leading up to the April 26 release of PS5-exclusive action game Stellar Blade, developer Shift Up has released another new vignette trailer for the game. The short trailer, clocking in at under 30 seconds, focuses on Adam. Check it out below.

Developer Shift Up has announced that its upcoming third-person action game, Stellar Blade, has officially gone gold. The studio made the announcement through a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

Shift Up’s Stellar Blade is over two weeks away, but the hype continues to build, especially after the recent demo. Speaking to RULIWEB (as spotted by Genki on Twitter), director Kim Hyung-tae revealed that the team completed the game and demo on the same day. However, the team will release a day one patch with “some updates.”

Stellar Blade launches in just a few short weeks on PS5. You may have already sampled the action adventure firsthand by way of the recently released demo in which Eve, a member of the 7th Airborne Squad, is sent to a desolated Earth on a mission to reclaim the planet from the mysterious, malevolent Naytiba and save humankind. If so, you’ll have had a taste of the game’s mechanics and combat, its story, and creature design. To dig in further, we sat down with Stellar Blade director Kim Hyung Tae (who is also founder of Stellar Blade development studio Shift Up)  and technical director Lee Dong Gi to learn more about the studio’s background, the game’s inspirations and more. 

Shift Up has a new vignette trailer for Stellar Blade, highlighting Tachy. As the leader of the 7th Airborne Squad, which protagonist Eve is a part of, she assists her in the opening section, fighting against hordes of Naytiba. Check it out below.

Shift Up CEO Kim Hyeong-tae mentioned in an interview that Stellar Blade will receive a New Game+ option in a post-launch update, as well as free costumes. The director of Stellar Blade goes further and also comments on the possibility of DLC and whether the game will have microtransactions.

Shift Up’s Stellar Blade isn’t out yet, but the developer is already prepping for post-launch. Speaking to RULIWEB (translation via Genki on Twitter), director Kim Hyung-tae confirmed that future updates will add New Game Plus and new costumes.