Stellar Blade, the new action-adventure game that calls on players to save humankind from aliens by putting them in control of a female warrior named Eve, will feature a New Game Plus mode when it launches exclusively for PlayStation 5 consoles on April 26, developer Shift Up has announced. The news comes a day after PlayStation announced that Shift Up would be removing a piece of graffiti from the game, one that is said to reference racist slurs.
New game plus features include:
- 34 new outfits for Eve to earn in New Game Plus, including five accessories
- Additional costumes for Adam, Lily, and the Drone
- Level expansions for Eve’s Gear
- New Cores for powering up Eve’s weapons, HP, and Beta Energy even more
- New Infinite skills, enhancements to existing Beta skills
- Enemies may also be repositioned
A look at some of the new costumes:
A launch trailer for the PS5 game:
An example of the “racist language” in the game:
Stellar Blade embargo is up so I can finally show you the "Hard R Shop" graffiti lmao wonder how long this'll take to get patched out. pic.twitter.com/e7xv2aoxGz
— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) April 24, 2024
PlayStation has clarified:
- “The placement of two graphics near each other in Stellar Blade resulted in an unintentional objectionable phrase.”
- “Shift Up had no intention of creating offensive artwork and will be replacing the graffiti for the Day 1 patch.”
A story synopsis:
After travelling from the Colony, 7th Airborne Squad member EVE arrives on the desolate remains of our planet with a clear-cut mission: to save humankind by reclaiming Earth from the Naytiba – the malevolent force that has devastated it. But as EVE tackles the Naytiba one-by-one, piecing together the mysteries of the past in the ruins of human civilization, she realizes that her mission is far from straightforward. In fact, almost nothing is as it seems…