Developer Shift Up has quietly introduced its acclaimed sci-fi hack-and-slash journey Stellar Blade is getting a sequel – and it appears to be like prefer it’s resulting from arrive earlier than the top of subsequent yr.
Shift Up shared the information as a part of its latest investor presentation, tucking point out of a Stellar Blade sequel away on a slide highlighting its “IP enlargement” plans for 2025 and 2026. The studio’s free-to-play sci-fi shooter Goddess of Victory: Nikke bought a point out, as did the mysterious “Mission Witches”, however it’s Stellar Blade we’re concerned with right here.
Two key developments have been listed below the Stellar Blade header: firstly, a “platform enlargement”, which appears more likely to be a reference to the sport’s imminent arrival on PC – a launch Shift Up has extraordinarily excessive hopes for. After which subsequent to that, an unassuming second blue field tagged with the all-important phrase “sequel”.
A number of the options coming to Stellar Blade on PC.Watch on YouTube
Shift Up’s sequel announcement did not include any particular particulars, however one attention-grabbing takeaway is the timeline the studio appears to be like to be engaged on. In keeping with Shift Up’s slide, Stellar Blade 2 is because of launch earlier than 2027, strongly suggesting the developer is concentrating on a 2026 launch – lower than two years after the launch of the primary sport. That seems like a remarkably swift turnaround time for a totally fledged AAA sequel.
The investor presentation slide in query. | Picture credit score: Shift Up
Hopefully, although, Stellar Blade 2 can reside as much as the usual set by its acclaimed predecessor, which was awarded 4 stars in Eurogamer’s assessment. “Stellar Blade has a good bit of weirdness,” Jessica Orr wrote, “however its killer tunes and vibey, flow-state fight – plus a transformative onerous mode – are sufficient to depart you entranced.”
PC gamers can choose up Stellar Blade by way of Steam or Epic when it launches on eleventh June. Moreover, a Full Version arrives for PC and PlayStation 5 on the identical day, bundling collectively the bottom sport, varied cosmetics for protagonist EVE, and extra. PC gamers ought to notice, nevertheless, Stellar Blade is presently blocked in over 120 nations, which appears to have stunned Shift Up as a lot as everybody else. Over the weekend, the studio stated it was “carefully discussing the area lock challenge” with Sony within the hope of discovering an answer earlier than eleventh June.
