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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Greetings. This is Hyung Tae Kim, director of Stellar Blade. We are pleased to officially announce the upcoming free playable demo for Stellar Blade, coming March 29 to PlayStation 5.

The demo takes place from the very beginning of the game when Eve, a member of the 7th Airborne Squad is sent to Earth on a mission to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba, up to the first boss fight. This first stage will include the tutorial phase to help you familiarize yourself with basic combat features as you explore post-war Eidos 7, a human city now infested by the Naytiba, giving you an early grasp of gameplay mechanics that will serve you throughout the game’s story.

We also have a little surprise included for players who complete the first stage.

From the smooth 60fps combat to the haptics, you’ll feel through the DualSense wireless controller, there are various charms of the game that you can only confidently appreciate through hands-on experience.

For those who complete the demo stage, you can carry over your save data when the full game releases on April 26, starting from the last checkpoint. Please note that save data must be stored on your PS5 system.

The Stellar Blade demo will be available starting Friday, March 29 from 7am PDT / 2pm GMT.

Alongside the demo, the full game will feature the following language options:

Voice Over: Korean, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Latin Spanish.

Text: Korean, English (US), French, Italian, German, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, Thai, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

We greatly appreciate your anticipation! Mark your calendar for April 26, and make sure not to miss the preorder bonuses. The time for humankind to reclaim Earth has nearly arrived.

 

[lh032]

 

[adamsapple]

Thick Thighs Save Lives

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Thick Thighs Save Lives

Told you I'll be making a thread as soon as they announce the release date for the demo. I always try to keep my promises.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[winjer]

 

[Kiya's Guard]

Can't wait for the comparisons once the demo is out (again)

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

We also have a little surprise included for players who complete the first stage.

From the smooth 60fps combat to the haptics, you’ll feel through the DualSense wireless controller, there are various charms of the game that you can only confidently appreciate through hands-on experience.

For those who complete the demo stage, you can carry over your save data when the full game releases on April 26, starting from the last checkpoint. Please note that save data must be stored on your PS5 system.

 

[kazuyamishima]

I’ll have my hands-on full with this

 

[Hrk69]

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Funny how much stick Sony gets for not having anything to give this year... no pun intended.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Mr Hyde]

Cool. Will definitely give it a try.

 

[Zuzu]

Awesome, looking forward to it. I really hope the combat is well executed and the side quests are good. Hopefully we get a good feel for the combat in this demo. Sony’s killing it with these exclusives these last few months.

 

[Elios83]

Excellent, excellent

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Awesome. Can't wait to try it.

 

[Blindy]

Save data transferring over to main game is a new thing going on within gaming that I just love. Feels like you get more bang from your buck for the time spent on a game.

Nothing oozes confidence more than a demo almost 1 month before the release of your big game. Love it, can't wait to play.

 

[Blindy]

Best way to describe Eve is the old saying of "LA face with an Oakland booty".

 

[Skifi28]

About fucking time..

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Q1 this year has been unbelievable. May be the most packed quarter in gaming history

 

[K' Dash]

weak, they should've released the thing when it leaked, now I don't want to play it.

 

[acidagfc]

Ready for the gifs galore!

 

[Complistic]

Got to play half of it before they ripped it away from me. Excited to get back in there.

 

[Diseased Yak]

As an ass man, I approve.

 

[Rippa]

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

 

[Fake]

Finally.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Stellar Blade |OT| Boys Club Rhetoric

Needs to be that

 

[Eiknarf]

Save data transferring over to main game is a new thing going on within gaming that I just love. Feels like you get more bang from your buck for the time spent on a game.

Nothing oozes confidence more than a demo almost 1 month before the release of your big game. Love it, can't wait to play.

True! I didnt think of that!

Now that makes me wonder when the reviews will be permitted to drop? I'm guessing like a week before release and NOT the day before release like Rise of the Ronin?

 

[Fermbiz]

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Finally

 

[Bartski]

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

To all players.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Perfect in my birthday.... Ahhh...

I mean.

 

[cormack12]

 

[RCU005]

All butt jokes aside. I really want this game to be as good as Nier Automata was.

It somehow feels like a Deja Vu with that game.

 

[Danjin44]

I hope the game delivers on the combat, even with sexy designs it means nothing if the combat is not fun.

Unicorn Overlord has plenty of gorgeous character designs but I keep coming back to that game thanks to its excellent gameplay.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[DonF]

I really want this game to be good. My devil may cry/Bayonetta action game thirst hasn't been quenched in years.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Everyone have their popcorn bucket ready?

 

[Perrott]

 

[Don Carlo]

Can't wait. The demo will either make or break the purchase decision for me.

 

[Eiknarf]

Can't wait. The demo will either make or break the purchase decision for me.

Same

What if you guys play the demo and don’t find it fun? What if you don’t like the gameplay loop or combat?
Is a “pretty protagonist” enough to pre-order? Will you still buy it if the gameplay is not as good as you wanted?

 

[semiconscious]

finally something to look forward to...

 

[Nankatsu]

There goes my no nut March attempt.

 

[Gudji]

 

[Crayon]

I just pre purchased the physical version over the weekend to show some support! I think the last time I did that was with strive and returnal in 2021.

Idk if I'm going to play the demo, though. I already bought it so might as well get into the whole thing blind as I can.

 

[Eiknarf]

finally something to look forward to...

What time on March 12th does the demo become available? Like, 12:01am?

 

[Markio128]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

What time on March 12th does the demo become available? Like, 12:01am?

The info is in the OP.

The Stellar Blade demo will be available starting Friday, March 29 from 7am PDT / 2pm GMT.