According to a recent Shift Up investor relations presentation, Stellar Blade will be getting a sequel “before 2027”. One assumes that probably means 2026. Regardless of how it’s framed, it’s wonderful news, as it means the best action game released in 2024 is getting some more love (yeah I said it).
This investor relations presentation contains a bunch of interesting information worth combing over if you’re interested in the health of the company. But for this story we’re interested in slide 19, which displays a timeline of sorts for “IP expansion on its way with high visibility”.
In this graph, we can see Stellar Blade represented by its own section showing that the Stellar Blade IP will be getting a “platform expansion”, as well as a bar labelled “sequel”. After this bar is a mysterious entry titled “Project Witches”, which looks to be a new IP Shift Up is working on. All before 2027, so it looks like the continued success of Nikke and Stellar Blade’s stellar performance is keeping the developer busy.
It couldn’t have happened to a better game, frankly. I rememeber when Project Eve was first shown off during a Sony State of Play back in 2022, and while everyone was being boring and cheering about God of War Ragnarok, I recall being like “Hey, this Project Eve thing looks cool, I’m eager to hear more”. Little did I know it wouldn’t only be a surprise hit last year, but come with a frankly supurb soundtrack to boot.
It’s safe to say I’m excited for Stellar Blade’s sequel to come out, but what about you? Are you excited to find out what Eve’s been up to? I wonder which ending will be canon… Let us know how you feel below!