Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has posted a file breaking yr financially as Stellar Blade introduced in $43 million in royalties, and the PC model is predicted to outsell the unique PlayStation 5 recreation.
As reported by Game World Observer, Shift Up launched its 2024 financial report which revealed it recorded $151.4 million in income, a rise of 30.4% yr over yr. This contains $43.2 million from Stellar Blade royalties alone.
There are seemingly no indicators of it slowing down both, as Shift Up reiterated that it expects PC gross sales to be “higher than that of the console model, particularly within the Asian recreation market.” It additionally plans to reveal its new recreation, Venture Witches, within the first half of 2025, although this does not seem to be the extremely requested Stellar Blade sequel.
Venture Witches was revealed in 2024, not lengthy after Stellar Blade was launched on PS5, and due to this fact earlier than momentum for a sequel was constructed. Shift Up has mentioned it is contemplating making one other recreation within the franchise although.
Stellar Blade sees gamers tackle the position of Eve as she battles in opposition to unknown invaders to reclaim Earth in quick paced motion role-playing recreation fight. It earned a 7/10 in IGN’s evaluate and proved standard in any other case, shortly promoting one million copies.
“Stellar Blade is nice in all of crucial methods for an motion recreation, however boring characters, a lackluster story, and a number of other irritating parts of its RPG mechanics stop it from hovering together with the very best of the style,” we mentioned.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.