https://www.ign.com/articles/stellar-blade-ps5-demo-published-then-pulled-from-the-playstation-store
Korean developer Shift Up just published – and then unpublished – a demo for its upcoming sleek action game, Stellar Blade, ahead of its launch on PlayStation 5 next month.
Fans excited to try out the futuristic combat-focused title were surprised to see the offer show up on the PlayStation Store earlier today. They were even more surprised, however, to see the demo removed from the store minutes later.
fter it was unlisted, the Stellar Blade demo page simply featured a message that said it was “not available for purchase.” Now, as pointed out by Wario64 on X/Twitter, links simply lead to an error page.
This short look at Stellar Blade was live on the digital store for around 20 minutes, giving some fans more than enough time to download and dive in before its removal. Streamer yaboyroshi was lucky enough to grab the demo and even started streaming gameplay on Twitch. The Stellar Blade Twitchpage is slowly filling up with other streams of the demo, with seven users showcasing gameplay at the time of this story’s publication.
With players actively diving in to showcase what seems to be some early moments from the game, it seems Shift Up’s demo might have made its way to the PlayStation Store a bit too early. There is currently no official word on when or if it will return. It’s a head-scratcher, but it seems the page was accidentally updated by mistake. It would explain why the demo appeared without prior announcement from Sony or Shift Up, though neither have released an explanation.
Sony has now locked users out of the Stellar Blade demo, even if you already downloaded it.
— Wario64 (@Wario64) March 8, 2024
Probably too late to disconnect from the internet if you haven't done so already https://t.co/sOrcFcLP7V
Lol, anyone get a chance to download it while it was live? I saw the option but once I clicked on it, it errored out. Seemed like some people got to play it. Hopefully it comes back soon.
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