Stellar Blade demo published then pulled from PSN store, users locked out!

https://www.ign.com/articles/stellar-blade-ps5-demo-published-then-pulled-from-the-playstation-store

Korean developer Shift Up just published – and then unpublished – a demo for its upcoming sleek action game, Stellar Blade, ahead of its launch on PlayStation 5 next month.

Fans excited to try out the futuristic combat-focused title were surprised to see the offer show up on the PlayStation Store earlier today. They were even more surprised, however, to see the demo removed from the store minutes later.

fter it was unlisted, the Stellar Blade demo page simply featured a message that said it was “not available for purchase.” Now, as pointed out by Wario64 on X/Twitter, links simply lead to an error page.

This short look at Stellar Blade was live on the digital store for around 20 minutes, giving some fans more than enough time to download and dive in before its removal. Streamer yaboyroshi was lucky enough to grab the demo and even started streaming gameplay on Twitch. The Stellar Blade Twitchpage is slowly filling up with other streams of the demo, with seven users showcasing gameplay at the time of this story’s publication.

With players actively diving in to showcase what seems to be some early moments from the game, it seems Shift Up’s demo might have made its way to the PlayStation Store a bit too early. There is currently no official word on when or if it will return. It’s a head-scratcher, but it seems the page was accidentally updated by mistake. It would explain why the demo appeared without prior announcement from Sony or Shift Up, though neither have released an explanation.

Lol, anyone get a chance to download it while it was live? I saw the option but once I clicked on it, it errored out. Seemed like some people got to play it. Hopefully it comes back soon.

Sony was being pro-active.🤭

So what's the story behind this... or is it a developing story?

My question is why ANYTHING from dreamcastguy is ever posted on SW. This is a mystery i would like to solve.

Sega should sue him to make him change his user name.

Maybe it was way more titillating than it already looked. That's my guess.

I guess I can fathom some scenario the demo was only for those that pre-ordered the deluxe edition and not for everyone.

He is one ugly mofo.

Its good that the demo is coming (assuming that it is?). People will finally find out how shallow this shit game is gonna be like.

And Capcom, wtf are you doing, bru, give me a demo for DD2.

Soon as you post the crazy meth head we know to run.

@SolidGame_basic: I finally turned on my PS5 just to try out the Demo. I will say its Bayonetta mixed with a little DMC formula. I'm just happy we're getting a new hack 'n' slash game and not another soul-like game. Those QTE's are a hit or a miss.

The Skin Suit is just...😏

Watched a few videos. Looks cool but I doubt I'll buy it

I'm guessing that all of that fapping at once would split Earth in two. Glad they got in front of it, Half Earth is for losers.

LoL, That skin suit is causing a storm on Twitter

You mean this one? @davillain

Too much T&A for special little snowflakes to handle.

"But teh lore and not feeling forced"😂

lol I love it.

I feel like the developer is testing reviewers with the T&A. Like "Do it. Do it! SAY IT'S TOO SEXY! Say it objectifies women! THAT's THE POINT! Say there's no room for this kind of sexuality any more! THERE'S ROOM! Woke turds, I dare you!"

Love seeing both sides freak out. Sometimes not caring about either stance and enjoying the spectacle is nice 😋🤣😃

Thank god they’re not pandering to anybody.

I cringe pretty hard seeing everyone have their focus on the chick and her latex suits instead of the actual video game you're paying $70 for. I must be gay af, bro.

I like the hack n slash combat of games like Ninja Gaiden and I like chicks in skin tight suits so I’ll be buying this. Also find the controversy entertaining.

You are.

If only this was anything remotely close to NG1 or 2.

I can't. These costumes are too silly. I chose "costumes" instead of "outfits" or "clothes" because only a stage performer would wear such complicated articles.

Her head is too small.

So modern, in that you can't see shit. They have the camera locked like in a third-person shooter, again.

Music is too much like Nier: Automata's. Not complaining about Automata's, but the imitation here feels soulless.

Don't know why I'm admitting this, but your comment made me snort laugh.

😂

A game simply couldn't look more like an Unreal Engine tech demo than this thing. Its literally random samey looking uninspired environment, random explosions happening for no reason and ugly ass looking creatures that took 3 hours to model. And people are excited for this. Holy shit.

@judaspete: Then my work here is done. 😅

Surely that's sarcasm right?

@last_lap: I’d say that it’s quite possible. 😜

@hardwenzen: You act like you never watched Hentai before.

Don't you worry, i used to be a professional in that department, but i've also never paid $70 for it🤡

We all know gamers hate when devs pander.😂

@Pedro: Absolutely. I have zero respect for devs who do that. Very shameful behaviour if you ask me.

Still can't tell if the gameplay has depth or not. Looks shallow at first glance but not sure. The aesthetics are nice, if the combat is in vein of a combo hack n slasher it might be sweet. But not really seeing it..

But more I see of it.. kinda expecting to be more like gun grave and evil west. A somewhat simple linear style action game of the past.. but with dolled up graphics.

It is SW, so you just never know.

Please tell me wtf you mean by saying that the aesthetics are nice. I want to know exactly what you mean right night cuz to me this looks exactly like every korean mmo, brown, copy pasted assets and uninspiring enemies design.

I didn't know there's a lot of hate towards DreamcastGuy. I watch his videos occasionally and thought his views are good.

Not really impress. Look very generic and combat seems bland.

I am ok with this youtuber due to his content does overlap with what I like but I do understand the hate. He is on the youtube content grind and any news drop he makes a video off it and sometimes those news were fakes,

@___gamemaster__: Maybe because he has admitted on camera to smoking meth.

@hardwenzen said:

@kvallyx said:

@hardwenzen said:

I must be gay af, bro.

You are.

Uh oh. I'm getting close to the orange there, but in my defense, my wife has amazing calves.

Oh, I know.