Almost five years after revealing their debut PS5 game, Shift Up Co. announced a Stellar Blade release date at the January State of Play. Stellar Blade launches on April 24, 2024, exclusively for PS5, and Shift Up accompanied the announcement with a lengthy trailer highlighting how the game works. You play as Eve, a member of the Airborne Brigade, as she fights to fulfill her purpose – defeating the Naytiba. Naytiba are monstrous creatures that invaded the planet and drove humans into space, where they established an off-planet colony and fought ever since to reclaim their home. That’s almost identical to NieR Automata, with a splash of Bandai Namco’s Scarlet Nexus thrown in for good measure. While the Naytiba roam the wastelands unfit for human habitation, some survivors established a city underneath. The residents there call Eve “The Angel” when she visits and treat her equally with admiration and fear, at least until she proves she has their best interests at heart. Some of these people may ask Eve for h