Stellar Blade Developer Drops Update 1.3.0 – This is new

Transfers renew PlayStation 5 and PC versions Star bladesolve many errors and failures.

If you've done it, there's nothing here to keep playing the game – no other story content or costumes, for example – but the update does solve many bugs and issues, including photo mode, conversations, keyboard input, and missing hair and weapons.

Here is something new:

Star Blade Update 1.3.0 Patch Note

• Improved photo mode, so when you select a logo, the logo control indicator is now displayed.
• Fixed an issue where “polarized sunglasses” were not allowed to exit the store after purchasing from Clyde's store.
• Fixed an issue where Eve's hair would not appear in the Naytiba cutscene of the last elder when wearing a “Fluffy Bear” or “Pink Bear” costume.
• Fixed an issue where Eve's last North Korean narration line was cut off during a conversation with Clyde in the Great Desert.
• Fixed an issue where Eve's arms occasionally appear unnatural in photo mode when wearing “black pearl” or “red pearl” outfits.
• When using FSR Upscaler, you now need to restart the game to enable framework generation.
• Fixed an issue where the fused weapon was invisible when fighting the airborne squad began after defeating Providence.
• Fixed an issue where using numpad on the keyboard to trigger skills in the training room, causing the training system to become unresponsive.
• Fixed an issue where the gray striped pattern of the progress bar would mask the reel progress bar when fishing with the mouse and keyboard.
• Fixed an issue where target locking does not function properly under specific input conditions when using Stinger.
• Fixed an issue where the zoom feature in the hair salon menu would not respond to controller or keyboard input.
• Fixed an issue where the conversation would occasionally appear after Eidos 9 Atelier interacted with Adam.
• Fixed an issue that Doronong wouldn't occasionally appear in Xion introduction scenarios.
• Fixed an issue where newly locked items don't appear immediately after increasing store affinity levels.
• Improved save timestamp system to accurately display the time since the last save based on successful savings rather than trying to save time.
• Enhance the save failure message by changing it to yellow for greater visibility.
• Various other bug fixes.

Stellar Blade for PC version Launched on June 11 onlybut this is already the largest single-player steam launch ever. PC-specific features include AI upgrades through NVIDIA DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, unlocked frames, Japanese and Chinese dubbing, super display support, higher resolution ambient textures, and dual resolution support for haptic feedback and trigger effects.

IGN's Excellent Blade Review Returned 7/10. We said: “In all the most important ways of action games, great blades are great, but the boring character, a boring story, and several frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics prevented it from soaring with the best genres.”

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