Key points
- Stellar Blade and NieR: Automata collaborate, thrilling fans of both games.
- Stellar Blade’s success continues: a PC version and a sequel are planned.
- The content of the collaboration remains a mystery, leaving players hopeful of a possible crossover storyline.
Star Blade AND NieR: Automata they are finally collaborating. Star Blade may have been an unexpected success for some, but it is already well on its way to even greater popularity. In addition to expanding the game's available platforms, Star Blade developer Shift Up is trying to figure out what titles it will release next. Fans of Star Blade They are expecting a sequel and the developer is also working on a free-to-play title that may have some similarities to this game.
Star Blade has taken off as a hit title for the PlayStation. With estimates of over 1 million copies sold in the first two months, its success does not appear to be stopping any time soon. Developer Shift Up has been preparing for the next steps for this release, which includes working on a PC port for Star Blade as well as a sequel to the game. There have already been some DLC additions to Star Bladebut fans have been told to expect even more in the future.
Star Blade will release a NieR: Automata Crossover DLC later in 2024. During the State of Play in September 2024, Star Blade was highlighted in a trailer showing off the game's long-awaited photo mode. At the end of the trailer, Eve is shown walking across a platform as a transition shows her and her gear transforming into NieR: Automata's 2B, accompanied by Pod 042. As 2B enters the frame, the City Ruins theme from NieR: Automata start playing.
Stellar Blade Gets NieR: Automata Collaboration
There are many of them Star Blade fans who also liked NieR: Automataand many players have recognized the various similarities between the two games as more information surrounding them has grown Star Blade It has been revealed. Furthermore, Star Blade Director Kim Hyung-tae has been very open about how NieR: Automata inspired the project that eventually became its own game. The story of an android-adjacent being struggling to justify the information he's been told and the truth he learns through experience may sound familiar to fans of the first.
It is not clear how much content there is Star Blade X Nier: Automata collaboration will add to the game so far. The tagline for the DLC states that “worlds collide,” which could be nothing more than exciting jargon to convey the nature of the collaboration, but could also be interpreted as a banner for some sort of additional narrative event. Players are hoping that this collaboration will add narrative missions, and given the reality-warping nature of both games' narratives, there's a chance that Kim Hyung-tae and Nier: Automata Director Yoko Taro will toy with a crossover that will integrate both characters into the same world.
