After previously saying a Stellar Blade sequel could be in the works, developer SHIFTUP has confirmed that in a new investor report.
Stellar Blade was one of my favorite games of last year, a stellar action adventure title that did not deserve the culture war nonsense that surrounded it. Now, fans have some good news.That includes parts of a graph that label “platform expansion” and “sequel” which appear to be placed in the 2026 section of the chart, which would be about two years or so after the first game.
That’s not exactly common in the gaming sphere these days.The reason for this is that Stellar Blade was a big success for SHIFTUP, financially, critically and with fans. Specifically, Stellar Blade landed aStellar Blade has consistently been updated with new features like a boss rush but mainly a slate of new costumes where dozens have been added to the game, acquired in various ways. I am not quite sure what “platform expansion” is, though the best guess is that the game may release on other hardware like Xbox, when previously it was a PlayStation exclusive. There’s also the question of the upcoming Switch 2 which would likely have the power to run a new game in 2026, and obviously that console is going to sell quite well. However, it’s unclear what sort of deal may be in place with PlayStation, whether it was just for one game or any potential sequels. The document does not address that minus the “platform expansion” bit.This was not exactly some big announcement, buried in an investor document without expanding into detail, but it is not a surprise given past discussion of a potential sequel by the creators of the game. I am still impressed it could be here as soon as 2026, albeit as we know with AAA games, that may end up delayed past whatever the first date or release window is announced. Hopefully we will get more information soon as we head toward the middle of the year, but for now, I suppose we’ll just have to be content with this slide and some speculation.
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Stellar Blade heads to PC on June 11Lawrence is a contributing reporter at Engadget, specializing in our AI overlords, musical doodads and, of course, garden variety gaming and tech. To that end, Lawrence once lost badly in multiplayer Mario to Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto, who laughed gleefully as he threw him down a pit.
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