Developer Shift Up says Starblade is finally coming to PC in the “near future” after months of speculation about the PS5 game’s port. After months of only being able to rely on talk of contract issues and a secret job posting, it’s nice to finally get something concrete. With FF16 finally coming to PC with a surprise announcement, talk of PS5 games coming to the platform is at an all-time high. Now all we have to do is cross our fingers and hope Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is next.

Okay, the PC port of Stellar Blade finally feels 100% real. Shift Up has given a concrete answer to an investor’s question about the status of the single-player game’s future, and it sounds like we won’t have to wait too long to be able to play the game on PC.

“When will the Stellar Blade PC platform be expanded and what are the expected results?” an investor asks Shift Up. Note that both the questions and answers in this article have been machine translated.

“To maintain the excitement of the Stellar Blade IP, we are preparing its release on PC in the near future and expect better results on PC than on consoles,” Shift Up responds in a second-quarter factsheet dated Thursday, August 14 (via Genki on X).

Earlier this year, Shift Up said it was considering bringing the PS5 hit to PC, but that a “contractual relationship” was holding up the venture. There was no talk of timelines or confirmation at the time, but a recent mysterious PC job listing for the game sent the rumor mill simmering even further. Now, however, Shift Up has given us our first proper confirmation that the Stellar Blade PC port is happening.

If the team is confident it will run better on PS5 than it did on PC, and in discussions with investors genuinely believes it will be here in the “near future,” there’s no reason at this point to believe it won’t come to platforms like Steam. Exactly how long we’ll have to wait remains to be seen, but Shift Up seems to be hard at work on the port at the moment.

If you can’t wait to dive into the game on PC, be sure to brush up on all your Stellar Blade knowledge. Alternatively, you can try out a variety of free Steam games to pass the time.

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