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News - Stellar Blade On PC Has Been Blocked In Over 130 Countries, Catching Its Deve - xSicKxBot - 05-18-2025
News - Stellar Blade On PC Has Been Blocked In Over 130 Countries, Catching Its Deve
<p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/stellar-blade-pc-specs-and-release-date-confirmed/1100-6531590/">Stellar Blade is coming to PC on June 11</a>, but strangely, the Steam version of the game won't be available for over 130 countries. This news has come as a <a href="https://x.com/StellarBlade/status/1923052833101709517">surprise to developer Shift Up</a>, as the studio has been bombarded with messages on its social media platforms from players sharing screenshots of the game being blocked from sale in their respective countries.</p><p>Major markets like Europe and the US are unaffected, but the game will be unavailable to players in other countries like Bangladesh, Fiji, and Botswana.</p><p>So what's the cause here? That's currently unclear, but this might be a case that's similar to Helldivers 2. Shortly after the game was released on PC, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/helldivers-2-pc-players-will-be-forced-to-link-a-psn-account-sarting-this-month/1100-6523147/">it became mandatory for players</a> on that platform to create and link a PlayStation Network account to keep playing the game. There was a huge backlash to this move--that was later scrapped--and Helldivers 2 was subsequently unavailable for purchase because of it in many countries at the time.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/stellar-blade-on-pc-has-been-blocked-in-over-130-countries-catching-its-developer-by-surprise/1100-6531596/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/stellar-blade-on-pc-has-been-blocked-in-over-130-countries-catching-its-developer-by-surprise/1100-6531596/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f