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‘Monster Hunter World: Iceborne’ Ships 2.5 Million Copies in Seven Days
To the surprise of no one (given how Monster Hunter: World has sold over 13 million copies), Capcom reports that since its launch on September 6th, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has shipped and sold digitally over 2.5 million units for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worldwide.
Cumulative sales for the entire series has now surpassed 58 million.
Meanwhile, Capcom has also announced at Tokyo Game Show 2019 that the previously-mentioned update to Iceborne (which will include the Fanged Beast monster, Rajang) will be released on October 10.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is also set for release on PC in January 2020.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.