PlayStation 5 motion recreation Stellar Blade has bought a couple of million copies, developer Shift Up has introduced.
As reported by VGC, the studio hosted a Stellar Blade presentation the place it revealed that estimates now steered the sport had bought upwards of the a million mark. That quantity could develop much more if Shift Up releases a PC model, one thing it’s “at the moment taking a look at” however is not sure on on account of a “contractual relationship,” probably with PlayStation proprietor Sony.
Shift Up additionally reiterated prior feedback that it is contemplating releasing extra downloadable content material and even a sequel to Stellar Blade. A photograph mode coming in August, additional outfits for protagonist Eve coming in October, and extra are already introduced for the sport, although Shift Up did tease an enormous collaboration on the finish of 2024.
The a million gross sales will probably make a sequel extra probably, giving followers who loved the sport extra hope, however an official announcement is probably going nonetheless very distant as Stellar Blade solely launched on April 26, 2024.
Its sci-fi motion and journey took inspiration from Alita: Battle Angel, 80s and 90s science fiction, and a taxi driver strike in keeping with director Kim Hyung Tae. Its already loved a handful of post-launch updates too, together with one which added a boss problem, new outfits, and extra.
In our 7/10 evaluate, IGN mentioned: “Stellar Blade is nice in the entire most necessary methods for an motion recreation, however uninteresting characters, a lackluster story, and a number of other irritating parts of its function enjoying recreation mechanics stop it from hovering together with the most effective of the style.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.