Stellar Blade Developers Set Their Sights on Xbox, Contact Microsoft

Shift Up hopes to bring Stellar Blade to the next-generation Xbox consoles, code-named Helix, and is ready to be among the first studios to receive Microsoft development kits and begin work on a port.

Stellar Blade has been a hit on PS5 and recently arrived on Nintendo Switch 2. Xbox players are still waiting, and fans of the platform have long asked the developers to bring Eve’s adventure to their consoles.

During a discussion for game developers, Shift Up chief technology officer Dong Ki Lee addressed the subject in the presence of a senior Microsoft representative. Lee said he was excited about the next generation of Xbox, known by the working name Helix.

Lee made a proposal to Microsoft: If Shift Up is among the first Korean studios to receive development kits for the new consoles, the team will begin work immediately and do its best to release high-quality games on the platform.

Lee also shared a story about bringing Stellar Blade to Nintendo Switch 2. Adapting the visually detailed game for the less powerful handheld system required technical compromises, but the team had one firm condition. The developers laughingly acknowledged that they had no intention of reducing the detail on the protagonist’s buttocks. Shift Up understands what the game’s fans value.

Source: iXBT.games