Star BladeSteam deployments are mysteriously blocked in countries such as Egypt, Vietnam, Estonia and Cuba.
There is no official statement about why the sale was made Blocked in over 100 countries around the world,This list is thought to be roughly consistent with the list of locations where the PlayStation network is not available.
But here’s what can be confused: Star Blade it’s not Requires players to sign up for PSN to play. why Above Earth Sales are restricted.
Not because Stellar Blade requires a PSN connection, option One. It has not been confirmed by developer Shiftup or Sony itself, but some Speculation It may be because players are invited to sign up via their PSN account to secure skins for Eve’s optional.
The game is not available in approximately 130 countries on the Steam and Epic Games stores. pic.twitter.com/d79a3hruut
– Mikhail Shevkun🐶 (@mworldii) May 15, 2025
Even more interesting, Shiftup itself seems surprised at the limitations. The team responded to some unfortunate tweets on X/Twitter, but asks the complainant Where they livethey have not yet provided further information on why games are blocked in certain countries.
Despite offering millions of fans the opportunity to enjoy a locked experience behind the console’s exclusiveness, Sony has fan-outed its deployment on PC. Many players blow up the company due to mandatory PSN connectivity requirements. That meant that even if the title was a single-player game like God of War or Our Last Game, players would have to have an account and link to enjoy the game of their choice. It led to requirements Backlash from PC players in areas where PSN is not available.
The drama first hit the Helldivers2 community last May PlayStation has announced that Steam users will need to connect and play with their PlayStation network account. However, the company quickly regained the decision. Reverse course Just a few days later.
This has been worse since then, but due to the fact that PSN is not available in some countries As a result, Heldivers2 was delisted in about 177 countries at the time.. Recently, in January 2025, Sony He said that players will no longer need to link their PlayStation network account to enjoy PC gamesinstead, they offered bonuses to those who did.
PC version Star Blade will be released via Steam on June 11th Along with numerous PC-specific features, including AI upscaling via NVIDIA DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, unlocked frame rates, Japanese and Chinese narration, ultraweed display support, high-resolution environmental textures, and dual-sense support for tactile feedback and trigger effects.
Passthecontroller Star Blade Review 7/10 returned. “The Star Blade is great in all of the most important ways to action games, but it prevents dull characters, unshiny stories, and some frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics from soaring along with the best genres.”
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