Shift Up Expects To Release Stellar Blade 2 Next Year, Per An Internal Presentation

Shift Up Expects To Release Stellar Blade 2 Next Year, Per An Internal Presentation

From TheGamer (Written by Jack Coleman) on | OpenCritic

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We're still a couple of weeks from Stellar Blade's release on PC, but developer Shift Up appears to be well underway developing the game's sequel.

According to an internal presentation from May 16, Shift Up expects to release a sequel to Stellar Blade before 2027 (nice spot, Insider Gaming).

On the nineteenth slide of the presentation, which is available to view here, Shift Up's plans for Stellar Blade, Goddess of Victory: Nikke and "Project Witches" are laid out on a bar graph. While the developer is immediately concerned with Goddess of Victory: Nikke, a sequel for Stellar Blade appears to be planned for release before 2027.

Although this doesn't preclude the game from being released this year, it seems unlikely that Shift Up would've created a sequel in such an exceptionally short timeframe.

Even 2026 is a surprisingly quick turnaround for the action-adventure game, considering Stellar Blade released during the middle of last year, exactly one year before the game's PC release date, June 11.

As this is an internal presentation and not something solely intended for public use, there's no guarantee that these timelines are set in stone at Shift Up. There's always the possibility that the release...

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