Screenshot: Shift Up / Claire Jackson / Kotaku Stellar Blade, the Nier: Auotmata-ish PS5 character action game, has a bunch of chests to unlock that give you all kinds of sweet rewards, from healing items to gold to crafting resources. Many of these chests require that you input a sequence of buttons [...]read moreStellar Blade Combat, Another Crab’s Treasure Gear & More Tips
Image: Shift Up / Sony, Atlus, Kotaku / SB Arts Media (Shutterstock), Fellow Traveller, HoYoverse, Don’t Nod Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Screenshot: Paramount / Kotaku This week, debates raged about supposed censorship in Stellar Blade. We also took a look at the upcoming game from the makers of Life Is Strange, remembered how [...]read moreThe Stellar Blade ‘Censorship’ Row And More Gaming Opinions
I’m having a great time with Stellar Blade, the new character action game from developer Shift Up that launched as a PS5 exclusive on April 26. As I embark on a second playthrough thanks to New Game Plus, I fall ever more in love with the combat, the story, and the world. I’m also finding [...]read moreStellar Blade’s Eve Is Hottest When Not Everything Is Revealed
Over the weekend I spent a fair bit of time playing Stellar Blade, enjoying the action while doing my best to ignore the Discourse™. But that fun was killed when the game asked me to start moving around random boxes to complete elementary school math puzzles. And not just once, but multiple times in various [...]read moreStellar Blade’s Dragging Puzzles Are The Worst
There are over 30 side missions for you to accept in Stellar Blade, the new PS5-exclusive character action game from South Korean developer Shift Up, each with their own outcomes and rewards. Some are simple fetch quests, while others are multi-part affairs that see Eve impacting the lives of other characters. One, however, is an [...]read moreStellar Blade’s ‘Secret Request’ Side Quest, Explained
Stellar Blade is a PlayStation 5 sci-fi action exclusive about fighting monsters and saving humanity in a stylish post-apocalyptic world. So why are thousands of its self-identified fans signing a petition to “Free Stellar Blade” from censorship? The answer is surprisingly complicated and kind of sad. Blade’s Book Club Is The Best Thing About Marvel’s [...]read moreHow Stellar Blade ‘Censorship’ Became A Silly PS5 Controversy
Screenshot: Sony / Shift Up / Kotaku In many ways, Stellar Blade is awesome. The action is awesome, the soundtrack is awesome, the world is awesome. However, when you peel back the curtain just a bit and peer behind all the flash and style, you find that Shift Up’s character action game [...]read moreStellar Blade And More Of This Week’s Game Reviews
Stellar Blade is a good game. If you wanted Nier: Automata without all the heady themes, then Shift Up’s latest PS5-exclusive character action game fits the bill perfectly. It doesn’t tell as good a story as PlatinumGames’ 2017 character action game, and its characterization isn’t as deep either, but there is one quest chain so [...]read moreStellar Blade Has A Really Moving Side Quest You Shouldn’t Miss
Screenshot: Shift Up / Claire Jackson / Kotaku After your early moments in the PS5-exclusive action game Stellar Blade, you’ll be given a quest called “Scavenger Adam,” where you’re asked to travel to the Hall of Records. The only problem? There’s a stubborn math puzzle standing between you and a [...]read moreHow To Crack Stellar Blade’s Station 8 Monorail Code
Not everything in action slasher (and super-pretty simulator) Stellar Blade is cute outfits and gory glory kills. You’ll have to find a few hidden objectives from time to time. One such location is the Solar Tower in the Wastelands, the game’s first open-ish area following Eve’s arrival in Xion. Why This Claymation Indie Game Is Like [...]read moreHow To Activate Stellar Blade’s Wasteland Solar Tower