Stellar Blade developer diary ‘The Journey: Episode 2’

If you hope to reclaim Earth in , you will need to pick out the right skills to get Eve through her hardest challenges. While you'll probably want to unlock every ability you can, you have to prioritize the most important abilities in the early game. These abilities help you dodge and parry difficult enemies more effectively, making this challenging game a little easier.

Vitcoins are a type of currency in that can be spent on cosmetics for EVE, but it can be hard to figure out how to get more of this item. Coins are scattered throughout different regions you explore, but they have a chance to respawn even after you've collected them. Those looking to farm Vitcoins can follow a few strategies to eventually buy whatever visual items they want.

As you get toward the end of , you'll slowly approach one of three possible endings. The endings largely depend on your decision following your interaction with Adam at the Nest. While the two main endings are based on a moral question, there are actually two versions of the same ending depending on your progress in the game.

Stellar Blade will get a Boss Challenge mode in a future update.

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.

Playing through to the credits in can take a while, but anyone particularly enraptured with the game might want to keep the adventure going after the ending. tells the story of a futuristic soldier named Eve working to retake a ruined Earth, a task that requires fighting plenty of hostile creatures with uniquely challenging attacks to parry and overcome. It can be tempting to rush through to keep the focus on the action, but there's also an appeal in ferreting out secrets in its harsh world.

Who is the real-life model Eve is based on in Stellar Blade? Eve's curves and revealing attire has attracted a lot of fans to Shift Up's console debut, but is she inspired by a real person and who is it? On this page, as part of our Stellar Blade guide, we're going to answer the question: who is the real-life model Eve is based on?

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.

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.

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