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Cyberpunk Slasher ‘Ghostrunner’ Sells Over 600,000 Copies; Sequel Announced
505 Games and One More Level are striking while the iron is hot, as they’ve announced in a press release that they’re already at work on the follow-up to last year’s cyberpunk slashfest Ghostrunner. This comes as the companies announced that Ghostrunner has sold over 600,000 copies across across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Ghostrunner 2 will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC, though no release date has been announced as of yet. The enhanced version of the original Ghostrunner is expected later this year for the PS5 and Xbox Series.
“We are particularly excited about the future release of Ghostrunner 2. Together with One More Level, we have created a thrilling and engaging video game.” comments Raffaele Galante, co-CEO of Digital Bros, which has 505 Games as its subsidiary.
Ghostrunner (read our take) will be receiving a physical version for the Nintendo Switch next month.
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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.