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The highly anticipatedPS5-exclusive action-RPGStellar Bladeby developer Shift Up finally has a confirmed release date of July 20, 2025. Originally slated to launch sometime in 2023,Stellar Bladewas unofficially delayed when the year came to a close and there had still been no updates or new footage shared by the studio.
As soon as it was revealed,Stellar Bladecaught the attention of gamers with its sci-fi setting and combat style that called to mindNier: Automata,Bayonetta,andSekiro. The occasionalscreenshots and trailers forStellar Bladehave only served to get fans even more excited about the upcoming game, and after what feels like a long wait, the PS5-exclusive will be hitting shelves in just a few short months.
The game by Shift Up began asProject Eve,announced in 2019, but received new gameplay footage and a name change toStellar Bladeduring September 2022’s PlayStation State of Playshowcase. Coming full circle, during the January 2024 State of Play, a new gameplay trailer was shared along with an official release date of June 14, 2025. Preorders for the game will open on February 7.
Stellar Blade 2024 State of Play Trailer
Those who preorderStellar Bladewill receive Eve’s Planet Diving Suit, Classic Round Glasses, and Ear Armor Earrings as bonuses. APlayStation.Blog postalso detailed theStellar BladeDigital Deluxe Edition, which will retail for $79.99. Along with the full game, it will include Stargazer outfits for the three main characters and some accessories, as well as 2,000 SP EXP and 5,000 Gold.
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In addition to gameplay, the new six-minute trailer revealed some ofStellar Blade’s combatand provided more details about the story. In the game, humankind has been driven from Earth by invaders called the Naytiba. The game’s protagonist, Eve, has grown up in an off-world colony. She is a member of a paratrooper squad determined to recapture humanity’s home planet from the enemy by defeating the Elder Naytiba.
After an unspecified disaster leaves Eve the sole survivor of her squad, she sets out to complete the mission alone. But on her journey,Stellar Blade’s Eve meets Adam, born on Earth, and a few other people who live in Xion, the last surviving human city. Xion will serve as a sort of hub from which Eve will venture out into a semi-open world, completing quests for various survivors, rebuilding Xion, and eventually reclaiming Earth from the invading Naytiba.
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RECLAIM EARTH FOR HUMANKIND The future of humanity hangs in the balance in Stellar Blade, an all-new story-driven action adventure. Ravaged by strange, powerful creatures, Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of the decimated human race has fled to a Colony in outer space. After travelling from the Colony, 7th Airborne Squad member EVE arrives on the desolate remains of our planet with a clear-cut mission: to save humankind by reclaiming Earth from the Naytiba – the malevolent force that has devastated it. But as EVE tackles the Naytiba one-by-one, piecing together the mysteries of the past in the ruins of human civilization, she realizes that her mission is far from straightforward. In fact, almost nothing is as it seems…
