Boss Challenge Mode Confirmed, But What About Further Updates and DLC?

From the heated debate surrounding one Suspected censorship of the PS5 hit “Stellar Blade” Most players of the title are unimpressed. The User score on Metacritic is now at 9.3. It's the best value for a PS5 game, assuming games with a handful of reviews are left out. In the PlayStation Store, players gave it an average of 4.79 out of five possible stars.

And also Shift Up, the South Korean developer behind it “Stellar Blade”, apparently cannot be deterred and initially concentrates on other things. This most recently included an interview with the South Korean Magazine Nate (via Gamesradar), in which director Hyung-Tae Kim talked about an upcoming innovation.

Stellar Blade gets boss challenge mode

In the interview, the director announced that the team is planning a boss challenge mode for “Stellar Blade”. He did not give any further details. However, players who have dealt with a boss rush mode or the like in other games should have an idea of ​​what to expect.

It is unclear how many opponents this game mode will contain at the same time or whether Eve will be allowed to regenerate and heal between encounters.

Kim also mentioned in the interview that the Shift Up team has not yet made a decision about future DLC expansions and free updates for “Stellar Blade”. It therefore stands to reason that the Boss Challenge mode is one of the first expansions.

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The game director compared Shift Up to a baseball player, explaining that the “DNA is about throwing fastballs that players will like.” That means there could be some surprise drops in the coming months that will keep players happy in the long run .

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“Stellar Blade” came onto the market exclusively for the PS5 on April 26, 2024 and seems to be “Helldivers 2” to be the next big success for Sony Interactive Entertainment as a publisher.

Also “Rise of the Ronin” laid off to a decent startso that the missing franchise blockbusters of the PlayStation studios will be less significant in the current financial year. However, Microsoft is bringing itself with the new studios already in place – but increasingly in the role of a multiplatform publisher.

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