Stellar Blade developer diary ‘Episode 1: The Journey’

Some side quests in are tied to a fishing mini-game, including one where you have to find a rare item called the Fantastic Bait to attract the game's most elusive aquatic animal. Fishing fanatics will want to get this Bait to conclude the story tied to this optional content. Important rewards can be earned when you collect Fantastic Bait for your toughest fishing trip yet.

Even though the Simple Puzzle in seems easy to solve at first, the right solution can be difficult to find at first. You have to input a code based on a pattern established by the combination of other shown numbers. Solving the Simple Puzzle will let you earn a few rewards and give you a good idea of what other puzzles might look like later in the game.

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer SHIFT UP have released the launch trailer for Stellar Blade, which is due out for PlayStation 5 on April 26.

There was a moment in Nier Automata when I knew that I was in for something special.

Stellar Blade has been on many radars over the last couple of years, and in the lead-up to its launch, developer Shift Up and publisher Sony are continuing to release new details on the action game. Several more have now arrived with a new developer diary, shedding light on Stellar Blade’s world, combat, and more.

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer SHIFT UP have released the second chapter in its developer diary series “The Journey” for action adventure game Stellar Blade.

An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.

Stellar Blade will receive an "uncensored" release in all regions, according to developer Shift Up. This was just announced in a tweet and specifically mentions that this includes the Japanese release, meaning that all of the content in-game will be the same regardless of where you buy it from

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer SHIFT UP have released a new music video for Stellar Blade titled “Eve” in collaboration with Korean pop artist BIBI.

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer SHIFT UP have released a new trailer for Stellar Blade featuring the game’s Japanese voice-over track.

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up, previously known for the likes of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, has repeatedly discussed the challenges of shifting to a more ambitious, current-gen action RPG, especially in a mobile-dominated market like South Korea's. In a new making-of documentary from PlayStation, some of the studio's heads explain in more detail that "many people felt we were out of our mind" for pursuing this project and platform. 

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.