November 20 is Going to Be a Big Day for Stellar Blade Fans

Stellar Blade’s Nier: Automata DLC will be released on November 20, along with a larger update. Gamers have been eagerly expecting Stellar Blade’s Nier: Automata DLC for weeks, and now its release date has finally been unveiled, as well as new screenshots that give gamers a glimpse of what it’ll offer.

Stellar Blade was released back in April, and it quickly became a major hit. Not only did Stellar Blade receive positive reviews, achieving an average score of 82 on OpenCritic, but it was also a financial success for its developer Shift Up, selling over a million copies.

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Now, the PlayStation Blog has revealed a big Stellar Blade update for November 20, a date which will also mark the arrival of Stellar Blade’s Nier: Automata DLC. According to the announcement, the bizarre Nier: Automata character Emil will appear for the first time in Stellar Blade’s world, and gamers will be able to acquire 11 different collaboration-special items from Emil’s Shop. These items will lead to a “more enriched world” that will “intertwine the best of both games.” No more details about the DLC have been revealed yet, but the post shared a few images of the Nier: Automata’s protagonist 2B in the Stellar Blade world.

Stellar Blade Will Get Nier: Automata DLC, Photo Mode, Four New Outfits, and More on November 20

Fans will also be glad to know that the eagerly awaited Photo Mode is finally coming to Stellar Blade as part of the update. Photo Mode was first revealed back in July, and originally planned for release in August, but it was delayed, which caused some complaints among the Stellar Blade fanbase. The update will also bring four new outfits for Eve, as well as one new accessory. With the update, players will get lip-sync support for six additional languages: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish. Other improvements include characterization options, such as removing Eve’s ponytail and some combat tweaks.

The upcoming November 20 patch comes on the heels of Stellar Blade’s 1.008 update. This recent update did not add more content to the base game but included PS5 Pro support for Stellar Blade. Soon before the launch of Sony’s new PS5, Shift Up shared some images of the game running in the new Pro and Pro Max modes, which offered improved resolutions and frame rates. After the next update, it’s unknown if Shift Up will continue to release periodical Stellar Blade updates. Not only is the team working on a PC port for the game, but there are currently rumors that Stellar Blade 2 is in development.

RECLAIM EARTH FOR HUMANKINDThe future of humanity hangs in the balance in Stellar Blade, an all-new story-driven action adventure on PlayStation®5.Ravaged by strange, powerful creatures, Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of the decimated human race has fled to a Colony in outer space.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…

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Released

April 26, 2024

Developer(s)

Shift Up

Publisher(s)

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

ESRB

M for Mature

PS Plus Availability

N/A

OpenCritic Rating

Strong

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