{"id":58563,"date":"2026-06-06T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=58563"},"modified":"2026-06-06T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:12:00","slug":"stellar-blade-blood-rain-and-its-new-protagonist-revealed-at-summer-game-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=58563","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade Blood Rain and its new protagonist revealed at Summer Game Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-vignette\">\n<table class=\"poly-pkg-table\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"poly-pkg-img-cell\">\n<p>        <span class=\"poly-pkg-img-stack\"><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poly-pkg-img poly-pkg-img-1\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25463398\/polygon_mainart.png\" alt=\"Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"poly-pkg-content-cell\">\n      <span class=\"poly-pkg-label\">Polygon<\/span><br \/>\n      Summer Game Fest 2026<br \/>\n      <span class=\"poly-pkg-sub\">Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what\u2019s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers.<\/span>\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"poly-pkg-cta-row\" colspan=\"2\">\n      Dive in<span class=\"poly-pkg-cta-arrow\">\u2192<\/span>\n    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Shift Up revealed <em>Stellar Blade Blood Rain<\/em> at Summer Game Fest on Friday. It&#8217;s a sequel to the 2024 action game <em>Stellar Blade,<\/em> and will continue the story from the first game.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p><em>Blood Rain<\/em> will &#8220;will continue the story beyond the events of the first game,&#8221; according to its official description. It will star a new protagonist, Evie. (Very creative, since <em>Stellar Blade<\/em>&#8216;s main character was just named Eve.) The trailer shows her navigating a crowded city right before someone gets turned into a naytiba, the horrifying monsters Eve kills by the dozen in the first game.<\/p>\n<p>Gameplay looks just as intense in <em>Stellar Blade Blood Rain<\/em> as Evie takes down a few naytibas. It also looks just as horny as the first game as Shift Up included a few butt shots in the trailer. Some things never change.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stellar Blade<\/em> <em>Blood Rain<\/em> was confirmed to be in development last summer. While a Shift Up investor report at the time hinted that it might arrive in 2026, the trailer doesn&#8217;t have any information about when the game will release. Shift Up confirmed it will self-publish <em>Stellar Blade Blood Rain<\/em>, which is notable as the first game was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was a PlayStation 5 exclusive before being ported to Windows PC a year later. <em>Stellar Blade Blood Rain<\/em> could now wind up being a multiplatform release, though no platforms have been confirmed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The first game sold over 6 million copies and received a positive response from critics. Our review called <em>Stellar Blade<\/em> \u201can impressive console debut that suggests a very promising future for Shift Up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"stellar-blade-2-multiplatform-launch-ps5-xbox-pc\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eve vaults backwards in Stellar Blade\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/stellar-blade.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.polygonimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/stellar-blade.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t\tStellar Blade sequel might be multiplatform. Here\u2019s why that\u2019s the right move<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Developer Shift Up will self-publish its next games<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/stellar-blade-blood-rain-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what\u2019s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. 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