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Fueled by the sequel, Stellar Blade diehard begins multi-year quest to kill the final boss every day until Blood Rain and Evie finally arrive

Some of us have other hobbies, but go off I guess

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After saying the first game is better than Nier Automata, Yoko Taro reckons he's gotta buy Stellar Blade: Blood Rain too

You've got a fan in me – Yoko Taro, probably

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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain CEO addresses concerns over Evie’s youthful design, but ends up causing even more of them

Shift Up's chief executive responded to criticisms over Evie's youthful design, reassuring us that we'll get a different impression once the game comes out.

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Xbox fans rally against Shift Up for 'Stellar Blade' — which is now exclusively NOT on Xbox Series X|S (UPDATE)

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Everything we know about Stellar Blade: Blood Rain: Release date, platforms, story, dev comments

New protagonist, new gameplay, old vibe.

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"There is a limit to progress based on price": In today's AI hardware disaster, Stellar Blade Blood Rain devs prioritize "making the game playable" for as many people as possible

Blood Rain will see effects "we couldn't fully achieve in the previous game"

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Stellar Blade boss admits he "struggled" with its boring main character, but going into Blood Rain "realized that players can fully immerse themselves even in a character with a strong, distinct personality"

Evie will hopefully be more memorable than Eve

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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's Evie is more than just "physical attractiveness," Shift Up insists, but devs are taking notes from infamously horny Goddess of Victory: Nikke regardless

You know, their borderline NSFW gacha game?

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'Stellar Blade: Blood Rain' Revealed With Debut Trailer: Introducing Evie as New Main Character

"Stellar Blade Blood Rain" revealed at Summer Game Fest 2026, introducing Evie, new story direction, early development status, PS5 PC Xbox Series X/S release.

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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain "is still in early development," Shift Up says, but the devs have "made incredible progress and [are] looking forward to sharing more details when ready"

The lack of a release date in the trailer was for a reason

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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain announced, sequel introduces Evie as new protagonist

A new beginning.

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Stellar Blade sequel looks like it will melt my PC

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain was revealed at Summer Game Fest, and stars a new protagonist, Evie.

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Stellar Blade 2 is actually Stellar Blade: Blood Rain – it's in "the same universe" but looks nothing like the first game and has a new protagonist

Eve is out, Evie is in

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Sony's PlayStation State of Play is back, with over an hour of news and announcements, including Marvel's Wolverine — here are three other games I hope to see

Sony's upcoming PlayStation State of Play looks promising, with Marvel's Wolverine reveal announced, alongside several new game reveals.

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Xbox and PC may get the sequel to this hit PS5 exclusive at launch — its devs are ditching Sony to "reach a broad global audience from day one"

The dev behind the hit PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade is going independent and making a sequel — and it sounds like the series could be headed to Xbox.

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Stellar Blade 2 will be self-published, allowing marketing strategies based on franchise’s ‘unique appeal’

Eve will return.

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I can't believe it, a gacha game has finally broken the curse of perpetually god-awful rhythm minigames

Much better than its disastrous first attempt.

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Shinji Mikami's next game was just stealth-announced in a YouTube video and it sure looks like the creator of survival horror is back doing what he does best

You can't keep a good man down.

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Resident Evil director's new AAA studio is "joining forces" with Stellar Blade developer Shift Up "to create a masterpiece of a game" – and no, this isn't an April Fool's joke

Unbound and Shift Up have entered a "publishing partnership"

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Leaker alleges that Stellar Blade developer Shift Up is working on gacha game inspired by Expedition 33: ‘The devs are not that excited with the game’

Clones gonna clone.

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Stellar Blade studio will expand its "self-publishing capabilities" – which could include the sequel to the ridiculously popular action game

Shift Up is shaping up

Windows Central

Is this former PlayStation exclusive hinting at a possible Xbox version?

Shift Up has stated it is reviewing platform expansion beyond PS5 and PC for Stellar Blade, positioning 2026 as a transitional year for the franchise and sparking speculation about a possible Xbox release.

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Stellar Blade lead believes AI is essential for South Korea to compete with studios in the US and China, with the government to provide financial backing to support the use of the tech

Shift Up just doesn't have the same level of staff

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Stellar Blade boss receives presidential commendation for his contributions to the Korean videogame industry

Shift Up CEO Hyung-tae Kim earned the award for his work on both Stellar Blade and its 2022 predecessor, Goddess of Victory: Nikke.

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Stellar Blade director receives Presidential Commendation for contributions to South Korean game industry, though he thanks the action RPG's fans: "We will continue to do our utmost"

Hyung-tae Kim and his studio, Shift Up, are honored

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