Phantom Blade Zero Delay Moves Launch to Late October 2026

Developer S-Game has announced a hold for Phantom Blade Zero that volition spot its PC and PlayStation 5 merchandise day pushed backmost astir 2 months.

CEO and crippled creator Soulframe took to the studio's X/Twitter relationship to stock the quality and their "sincere apologies" pursuing its quality astatine today's State of Play June 2026 presentation. It's a lengthy enactment to players with a afloat mentation for the 50-day delay, which volition spot the PS5 console exclusive action-RPG determination its motorboat from September 9, 2026, to October 29, 2026.

"First of all, I privation to connection my sincere apologies to each the players who person been pursuing and supporting us," Soulframe said. "This was not an casual decision. More than anyone, we recognize the expectations our players person placed connected us. And precisely due to the fact that of those expectations, we bash not privation to merchandise Phantom Blade Zero knowing determination is inactive an accidental to instrumentality it 1 measurement further."

Soulframe said they saw "one last opportunity" to marque "another meaningful leap forward" portion polishing Phantom Blade Zero during the past fewer months. This last propulsion past the decorativeness enactment progressive upgrading quality models, reworking environments, and "preserving arsenic overmuch of this ocular interaction arsenic imaginable adjacent without relying connected ray tracing." Soulframe acknowledged that ray tracing could amended visuals, but said the studio's archetypal extremity is to "make definite the halfway look, atmosphere, and strength of Phantom Blade Zero travel done astatine afloat unit for arsenic galore players arsenic possible."

The connection continued, explaining that, portion the hold to precocious October "cannot lick everything," it volition springiness the squad "enough clip to implicit a fig of intelligibly defined and genuinely important improvements." It's a docket alteration that volition look to person Phantom Blade Zero delivered arsenic a beardown acquisition instantly upon launch. S-Game aims to springiness fans "the champion mentation of Phantom Blade Zero we tin present from the precise beginning."

"I americium genuinely atrocious for the delay, and I privation to convey everyone who has continued to travel and enactment Phantom Blade Zero," Soulframe continued. "This summer, we volition person overmuch much to amusement you. I judge each other time of waiting volition beryllium worthy it."

S-Game's beingness astatine the State of Play showcase saw it corroborate that Phantom Blade Zero pre-orders volition get alongside a afloat trailer this summer. Its follow-up connection clarified that the aforementioned trailer volition diagnostic "entirely caller in-game footage." A late-summer gameplay and communicative heavy dive State of Play, which was besides announced during Sony's presentation, volition beryllium 15 to 20 minutes agelong and is said to item "the game’s world, combat, exploration, and quality progression systems."

Phantom Blade Zero volition motorboat for PC and PS5 October 29. It volition stay a PlayStation console exclusive for astatine slightest 12 months aft its merchandise date. For what other Sony had to denote astatine its State of Play June 2026 show, you tin spot everything announced here.

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