The PC model of Stellar Blade solely launched yesterday, June 11, however it’s already Sony’s greatest single-player Steam launch ever.
Proper now, the concurrent participant peak is almost 105,000, however that is the seventh all-time peak the sport has set since I began penning this story. There is no doubt participant numbers will proceed to climb, particularly as we transfer into the weekend.
By comparison, Ghost of Tsushima topped out at 77,154 gamers, God of Conflict peaked at 73,529, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered sports activities a peak of 66,436 gamers. Actually, the one Sony-published recreation to have the next concurrent document than Stellar Blade is Helldivers 2, which is, of course, a multiplayer recreation.
PC-specific options embody AI upscaling through Nvidia DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, an unlocked framerate, Japanese and Chinese language voiceover, ultrawide show assist, greater decision surroundings textures, and DualSense assist for haptic suggestions and set off results.
The PC model was initially area locked in 100+ international locations, however is now accessible in “over 250 regions.” And sure, there are mods. Dozens and dozens have popped up, with modders making all types of tweaks and buffs for the reason that demo dropped a couple of weeks in the past. Not all of them are secure for work, although…
Stellar Blade has executed so properly for developer Shift Up {that a} sequel is already confirmed. The Sony-published motion recreation launched to a optimistic response again in April 2024, with gamers saying its gameplay blended parts of NieR: Automata and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
IGN’s Stellar Blade assessment returned a 7/10. We stated: “Stellar Blade is nice in all of an important methods for an motion recreation, however uninteresting characters, a lackluster story, and several other irritating parts of its RPG mechanics forestall it from hovering together with the most effective of the style.”
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