Stellar Blade Devs and Sony's mysterious PC area locking issue
Blog Andrew Joseph 19 May , 2025 0
back Star bladeThe steam rollout is Mysteriously blocked in countries such as Egypt, Vietnam, Estonia and Cubadeveloper transfer explain It's a “close discussion on the issue of lockdown in the region” with publisher Sony.
Although there is still no formal explanation for why the sale Blocked in more than 100 countries around the worldpeople think that the list broadly matches where the PlayStation network is not available – although neither PlayStation nor Shingp Up explicitly confirms this. Instead, developers insist on “solving most of them as soon as possible.”
“The PSN connection (IS) is completely optional and never needed,” the studio added.
In the same message, Shift Up seeks to alleviate concerns that adding DRM, an additional system that helps prevent tampering and piracy, can adversely affect the performance of the game. It's in the player's Heritage Evil Village Essentially Prove that the game's anti-pirated technology is behind the ongoing stuttering problem a few years ago.
“It is difficult for DRM to maintain the same average frame rate, and in some cases, the minimum frame or even higher minimum frames,” the studio explained.
🔸️We are discussing the area locking issue closely with publishers and doing our best to resolve most of it as soon as possible.
The 🔸️AS, DRM is difficult to adjust to maintain the same average frame rate, even higher minimum frames in… pic.twitter.com/jdimvkikte– Stellarblade (@StellarBlade) May 16, 2025
At the time of writing (Monday, May 19), the issue has not been updated further.
PC version Stellar Blade launches on June 11 via Steam In addition to PC-specific features with AI upgrades via NVIDIA DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, including unlocked Framerate, Japanese and Chinese dubbing, Ultrawide display support, higher resolution ambient textures, and dual 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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