CONNECT WITH US
Gaming

Gaming

Stellar Blade and Lies of P "really made developers in Korea take up the challenge for console games," says Shift Up technical director

GamesRadar logo

Published on

Add as a preferred source on Google
Stellar Blade and Lies of P "really made developers in Korea take up the challenge for console games," says Shift Up technical director

Stellar Blade and Lies of P impacted the Korean games industry in much the same way that Black Myth: Wukong hit China, reckons Shift Up technical director Dong-ki Lee.

Speaking with GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2026, Lee, hot on the heels of the Stellar Blade: Blood Rain reveal, examines the impact of Stellar Blade and its success.

"Games like ours, and also Lies of P, those kinds of games came out in Korea and that really made developers in Korea go take up the challenge for console games more," Lee reasons. "And we have Crimson Desert now as well, so they're having all this influence on each other, so that's really good."

Lies of P is often called the best Soulslike produced outside of FromSoftware headquarters, and Crimson Desert is one of the biggest games of 2026. Stellar Blade sold millions of copies and, like Lies of P, is due for a sequel. It's also encouraged Shift Up to take on more ambitious projects like fellow "AAA-class" game Project Spirits, due to be revealed this year.

Like China, whose games industry has seen paradigm shifts in the shadow of (primarily) Genshin Impact and Black Myth: Wukong, games like Stellar Blade have made a strong case for core console and PC games in spaces long dominated by mobile and online games. Crimson Desert, a full-fat successor to the MMO Black Desert, is a perfect example. Sequel Black Myth: Zhong Kui, meanwhile, recently dropped a promising demo.

To this day, Shift Up also maintains Goddess of Victory: Nikke, a famously sexy mobile game and a key breadwinner for the studio.


Source link
Related Topics:Gaming

Disclaimer

We strive to uphold the highest ethical standards in all of our reporting and coverage. We TheMorningPulse.fyi want to be transparent with our readers about any potential conflicts of interest that may arise in our work. It's possible that some of the investors we feature may have connections to other businesses, including competitors or companies we write about. However, we want to assure our readers that this will not have any impact on the integrity or impartiality of our reporting. We are committed to delivering accurate, unbiased news and information to our audience, and we will continue to uphold our ethics and principles in all of our work. Thank you for your trust and support.