It is raining blood, hallelujah.
Amongst a slew of bulletins at Summer season Video games Fest 2026, Shift Up published the sequel to its breakout hit, Stellar Blade. The sequel, which we now know is known as Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, is alleged to be in the similar universe as the primary recreation within the sequence. Shift Up says it’s going to take that international in a “daring new route.” Blood Rain may even characteristic a brand new protagonist named Evie, a transparent homage to Eve from the unique name.
The unique Stellar Blade was once normally smartly won, incomes an 81 on Metacritic for its aggregate of trendy visuals and slick struggle. Blood Rain appears to construct on the ones strengths, and the long trailer proven all over the expose options a mixture of extraordinarily shiny-looking cutscenes and flashy struggle sequences punctuated with earth-shattering hero landings that Deadpool would flinch at (very arduous at the knees). As befitting its name, Blood Rain‘s enemy designs glance fittingly body-horror themed. They are appreciably other from the reputedly Souls-inspired baddies of the primary name, and the trailer presentations their transformation from human to online game monsters in gory element. No longer a speck of that blood will also be observed on our extremely bright and uncomfortably shapely, pores and skin suit-clad protagonist, regardless that.
Shift Up will self-publish the name, a pointy flip from its earlier unencumber thru Sony Interactive Leisure for the primary Stellar Blade. The transfer comes after some gamers balked at a PlayStation exclusivity window for that recreation prior to its PC release, and amid a renewed focal point on exclusives at Sony that may see titles withheld from PC.
