Stellar Blade formally launches for PS5 on April 26, with the sport seeing usually favorable critiques thus far. Nevertheless, the sport isn’t with out criticism, and developer Shift Up is addressing at the least two of them with its pre-launch 1.002 replace. Particularly, it provides New Sport+ and removes some unintentionally offensive graffiti.
Stellar Balde day one patch provides New Sport+, removes “Exhausting R Store” graffiti
Shift Up hasn’t shared Stellar Blade’s 1.002 patch notes, although probably the most vital addition is that of New Sport+. Builders initially introduced it was coming quickly, which some took to imply post-release. PS5 customers taking part in on disk will nonetheless must obtain the day one patch, however the mode will likely be obtainable at launch. That is excellent news because it means gamers can equip Eve’s unlocked costumes immediately on their second playthrough as a substitute of getting to begin accumulating them yet again.
The patch additionally replaces the “Exhausting R” graffiti present in one space of the sport. For many who missed it, earlier at present, modder and Twitch streamer Lance McDonald shared a screenshot of Stellar Blade on Twitter. It confirmed a wall with the phrase “exhausting” graffiti subsequent to a neon signal saying, “R Store.”
“R Store” refers back to the character Roxanne, who works as an info dealer in Stellar Blade. In the meantime, the “Exhausting” graffiti is a recurring background asset, and each seem individually at a number of factors within the recreation. Nevertheless, the phrase “exhausting R” can be a means of alluding to a selected racial slur, particularly in on-line discussions.
“The location of two graphics close to one another in Stellar Blade resulted in an unintentional objectionable phrase,” writer PlayStation instructed IGN. “Shift Up had no intention of making offensive paintings and will likely be changing the graffiti for the Day 1 patch.”