The Stellar Blade PC port is getting a release window

The Star Blade The PC version now has an official release window, with Shift Up confirming that it's targeting a 2025 release. The South Korean studio is naturally hoping that the move to another platform will add Star BladeHis sales figure, though he has yet to clarify some crucial details regarding the upcoming port.

The game itself was originally released for the PlayStation 5 in late April 2024. Shift Up revealed that they are considering a Star Blade PC port in June 2024. The developer then confirmed that it has committed to bringing the game to PC two months later.

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Another project update was shared on November 12, just as Shift Up released its latest consolidated financial report. During a question-and-answer session that followed, a company representative was asked about the status Star Blade PC port and responded that this version of the game is currently targeting a 2025 release.

Shift Up has high expectations for the Stellar Blade PC port

Asked about the game's prospects for PC, the official confirmed that Shift Up has high expectations for the port. Between Valve's growing share of the AAA game market and the recent success of somewhat mechanically similar ones Black Myth: Wukong on Steam, the South Korean studio anticipates that Star Blade it will run fine on PC. “We expect to see more success on PC than on consoles,” said a company representative.

As for what kind of baseline the studio is aiming for, last time it said that Star Blade sold a million copies on PS5. The action game reached this milestone in late June 2024, roughly two months after its initial release. While Shift Up did not provide a breakdown of the previously reported sales figure, Circana estimates that Star Blade was the best-selling game in the US in April 2024, despite hitting the market at the end of the month. Therefore, consumers in the United States contributed significantly to global sales.

Stellar Blade PC Port editor remains unclear

Another thing that Shift Up has yet to clarify is who will be publishing the PC version of the game. PlayStation handled the distribution of the original PS5, but that was only after Sony sought a scheduled exclusivity deal for Star Blade. This happened after former president of SIE Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, played a prototype of the game and advised the company to pursue a publishing deal with Shift Up in 2021. The collaboration allowed Star Blade to grow in scope, according to a March 2024 report by French YouTuber Julien Chieze. Star BladeHis credits support this theory as they specifically thank Yoshida.

Source: Julien Chieze / YouTube

RECOVER THE EARTH FOR HUMANITY The future of humanity hangs in the balance in Stellar Blade, an all-new story-driven action-adventure on PlayStation®5. Destroyed by strange and powerful creatures, the Earth was abandoned and what remained of the human race decimated. fled to a colony in outer space. After traveling from the colony, EVE, a member of the 7th Airborne Troop, arrives on our desolate remains. planet with a clear mission: to save humanity by reclaiming the Earth from Naytiba – the malevolent force that devastated it. But as EVE tackles Naytiba one by one, piecing together the mysteries of the past in the ruins of the people. civilization, she realizes that her mission is far from simple. In fact, almost nothing is as it seems…

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ISSUED

April 26, 2024

Developer(s)

Shift Up

Publisher(s)

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Motor

Unreal Engine 4

ESRB

M for Mature

PS Plus availability

N/A

OpenCritic rating

Strong

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