Following an unexpected halt in the Steam release of Stellar Blade in nations such as Egypt, Vietnam, Estonia, and Cuba, developer Shift Up stated they were actively engaging in discussions about the regional locking matter with their publisher, Sony.
Despite no official reason being given yet, it’s believed that the countries where sales are blocked might correspond with those where the PlayStation Network is not accessible. However, neither PlayStation nor Shift Up have explicitly confirmed this connection. The developer has emphasized that they are making every effort to rectify most of the issues as quickly as possible.
“PSN connecting [is] entirely optional and NEVER required,” the studio added.
In the same communication, Shift Up aimed to allay concerns about the potential negative effects on the game’s performance from introducing DRM (a security system designed to prevent tampering and piracy). This follows players of Resident Evil Village who, a few years back, found that the game’s anti-piracy technology was likely causing a persistent stutter.
According to the chart provided, the Digital Rights Management (DRM) system is adjusted to consistently keep the average frame rate, and sometimes boosts the minimum frames even more. The studio emphasized that modifications are allowed with no limitations whatsoever.
1. We’re actively collaborating with the publisher to tackle the region lock problem, putting our utmost effort into resolving it swiftly.
2. The diagram demonstrates that the DRM has been finely adjusted to ensure a consistent average frame rate, with improved minimum frames in…
— StellarBlade (@StellarBlade) May 16, 2025
At the time of writing (Monday, May 19), there has been no further update on the issue.
On June 11, the PC version of Stellar Blade will debut on Steam, offering a range of exclusive PC features such as AI upscaling using Nvidia DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, flexible frame rates, voiceovers in Japanese and Chinese, support for ultrawide displays, enhanced environment textures at higher resolutions, and compatibility with DualSense for haptic feedback and trigger effects.
iggn.ru‘s Stellar Blade review returned a 7/10. We said: “Stellar Blade is great in all of the most important ways for an action game, but dull characters, a lackluster story, and several frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics prevent it from soaring along with the best of the genre.”
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2025-05-19 13:41