Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has posted a report breaking 12 months financially as Stellar Blade introduced in $43 million in royalties, and the PC model is predicted to outsell the unique PlayStation 5 recreation.
As reported by Game World Observer, Shift Up launched its 2024 financial report which revealed it recorded $151.4 million in income, a rise of 30.4% 12 months over 12 months. This consists of $43.2 million from Stellar Blade royalties alone.
There are seemingly no indicators of it slowing down both, as Shift Up reiterated that it expects PC gross sales to be “higher than that of the console model, particularly within the Asian recreation market.” It additionally plans to disclose its new recreation, Project Witches, within the first half of 2025, although this does not seem like the extremely requested Stellar Blade sequel.
Project Witches was revealed in 2024, not lengthy after Stellar Blade was launched on PS5, and subsequently earlier than momentum for a sequel was constructed. Shift Up has stated it is contemplating making one other recreation within the franchise although.
Stellar Blade sees gamers tackle the position of Eve as she battles in opposition to unknown invaders to reclaim Earth in quick paced motion role-playing recreation fight. It earned a 7/10 in IGN’s overview and proved standard in any other case, rapidly promoting 1,000,000 copies.
“Stellar Blade is nice in the entire most necessary methods for an motion recreation, however boring characters, a lackluster story, and a number of other irritating parts of its RPG mechanics forestall it from hovering together with the perfect of the style,” we stated.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
