The Stellar Blade will wear its inspiration on its sleeve. Developer Shift Up has announced that the hack-and-slash action-adventure game will launch NieR: Automata DLC on November 20. As part of the partnership, the game will receive special items from the NieR Automata world and an in-game store. The update will also add photo mode, new outfits, and more features.
Stellar Blade Update
Shift Up announced the free update on the PlayStation Blog on Monday, detailing NieR: Automata co-op and other new content in the game. “NieR: Automata greatly inspired Stellar Blade. The collaboration between director Kim Hyung-tae and director Yoko Taro, marked by mutual respect and creativity, led to this successful outcome,” the developer said.
“At the center of it all is Emile (voiced by Mai Kadowaki), the strange character from NieR: Automata. Emil’s shop makes a surprise appearance in the world of Star Blade, offering 11 different co-op special items. These items interweave the best of both games and take you into a richer world,” adds Shift up.
The update also adds a photo mode to Stellar Blade
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Stellar Blade gets photo mode
As part of the new update, Stellar Blade also gets the much-anticipated photo mode. Players will be able to choose different poses for Eve and her friends in this mode. The patch will also add four new outfits and a new “Heritage Symbol” accessory, which changes the look and presentation of Tachy mode when equipped.
In addition, Stellar Blade will add lip sync support for more languages (French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish).
There are also some small gameplay additions, such as the ability to choose specific songs to listen to at camp and a new “No Ponytail” character customization option in the “Ponytail Length” setting. Finally, Shift Up says that as part of the update, auto-aim and ballistic correction features will be applied to enemy insta-kill abilities during combat.
Stellar Blade launches exclusively on PS5 on April 26. In June, Shift Up confirmed that the game had sold over 1 million copies. The studio plans to launch the game on PC at some point in the future. Starblade tells the story of Eve, a super soldier sent to save the Earth from being overrun by monsters.
