Star Bladeis a stylish character action game with one of the most exciting protagonists in recent memory, launching as a PlayStation 5 exclusive on April 26th. Ahead of its imminent release, developer Shift Up has revealed some information about the game’s post-launch updates, which will include more Eve costumes and a new Game Plus mode to improve replayability. The team also says that those annoying microtransactions seen elsewhere won’t be present here. Yo.
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In a recent interview with the Korean gaming industry luli.com (pass push square), studio CEO Kim Hyung-tae explained that microtransactions were not part of the game’s design.What you see when you buy Star Blade leave $70 on PlayStation Store That’s what you get. (have $80 Digital Deluxe Edition That doesn’t mean there won’t be other DLC coming in the future, such as potential paid expansions that Hung-tae hasn’t ruled out yet. However, there are no additional purchases here other than possible collaborations with other IPs.
“The release of DLC has not yet been confirmed, but free updates such as additional costumes are in the pipeline,” Hengtai said (Google Translate). “We want to make it clear here that Star Blade There are no additional fees that players are not aware of beyond the cost of purchasing the package. ” He did mention the exception of possible collaborations with other IPs for protagonist Eve’s costumes, noting that if that did happen, they might be sold for a fee.
This is great news, especially since many games these days tend to include some form of microtransactions. Dragon’s Dogma 2which does have some semblance of connections between players, but is primarily a single-player experience that has them all. Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8, two very approachable and excellent fighting games, both.Hell, even Assassin’s Creed Valhallais a pure single-player game through and through, with microtransactions. They seem to be popping up everywhere, though Shift Up isn’t the only developer to publicly abandon them. Cyberpunk 2077 Developer CD Projekt Red also said recently They “see no microtransactions in the single-player game.”
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Of course, that could all change once the game launches, but if what Kim Hyung-tae says is true, then we can rest easy Star Blade No additional purchases will be made.I’ll be honest though, if anything Even more disgusting is Eve A free product worth the price tag and more than promised, then I might have to hand over my wallet. Sorry about that.