Shift Up Studio announced about the release of Stellar Blade on PC in 2025. The company expects the game to sell better than its PS5 version.
Stellar Blade’s heroine Eve has gained sympathy not only from console players but also within the wider community — so Shift Up has every reason to expect financial success. However, Eve caused a stir, and then silence, in another part of the community due to her overemphasized… femininity.
«We plan to launch the game during 2025. Given recent trends, such as Steam’s growing share of the AAA gaming market and the global success of «Black Myth: Wukong», we expect our PC numbers to exceed those of consoles».
On PC, Stellar Blade has a chance to get better graphics and performance. The game is based on Unreal Engine 4, so it probably won’t have high requirements like those based on UE5. On the other hand, UE4 games sometimes have problems with shader compilation, etc., so the game may not be optimal at release.
Shift Up also plans to expand beyond South Korea with the opening of a new office in Los Angeles. In July, the company held an IPO for $320 million, so there is room for expansion. However, there is an ongoing lawsuit over the Stellar Blade brand — the owner of StellarBlade.com has sued Shift Up and Sony for trademark infringement.
Also recently, the blog PlayStation announced that Stellar Blade will receive DLC «Nier: Automata» and photo mode on November 20. Both were announced in September at State of Play. Given the late release of the game on PC, we can assume that both add-ons will also be available next year.
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