{"id":852162,"date":"2026-06-08T04:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/852162\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:54:18","slug":"stellar-blade-dev-explains-new-hero-design-praises-sonys-publishing-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/852162\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade Dev Explains New Hero Design, Praises Sony’s Publishing Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stellar<\/a><\/p>\n

In the aftermath of Stellar Blade: Blood Rain\u2019s<\/a> reveal this week, Shift Up boss Hyung-Tae Kim has been chatting with Korean media<\/a> about the game.<\/p>\n

Among the most interesting quotes, he discussed the design of new heroine Evie, who\u2019s replacing established character Eve. (Although I suspect the latter will still appear in the game.)<\/p>\n

In order to help make the close-quarters melee-based combat pop, Kim says the team intentionally designed Evie to be shorter and younger-looking.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked to ensure that she fights in a very tough manner and gives off a cool and stylish vibe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In the west, there\u2019s been a bit of controversy about whether Evie looks a little too young \u2013 especially set against the context of the original Stellar Blade\u2019s<\/a> sexualised character design.<\/p>\n

\"Stellar<\/a><\/p>\n

But in this instance, it sounds like Shift Up believes the petite character model contrasts nicely with her aggressive combat style.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll be interesting to see how the design evolves over the course of game\u2019s development, because the original Eve did also go through several revisions before release.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case, Shift Up has been clear it\u2019ll be self-publishing this project, and it\u2019s aiming to reach as many platforms as possible.<\/p>\n

Kim praised Sony\u2019s publishing support in the interview, but admitted it can be more nimble and agile if it self-publishes the game. The original Stellar Blade sold particularly well in countries like China on the PC, so it\u2019s clear it wants to better address that market.<\/p>\n

Throughout the interview, Kim repeatedly says the game has only been in development for a year, and while it\u2019s clear work is progressing well, it\u2019s probably not coming out any time soon.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s probably for the best, because fans have discovered several examples of generative AI<\/a> in the game\u2019s launch assets, which I\u2019m personally hopeful will be completely replaced come release.<\/p>\n

[source inven.co.kr<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the aftermath of Stellar Blade: Blood Rain\u2019s reveal this week, Shift Up boss Hyung-Tae Kim has been…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":852163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[15610,322306,73603,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-852162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ps5","tag-shift-up","tag-stellar-blade","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116712707784500016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}