Stellar Blade is going to wear its inspirations on its sleeve. Developer Shift Up has announced that the hack-and-slash action-adventure will receive the Nier: Automata expansion on November 20. As part of the collaboration, the game will receive special items from the world of Nier Automata and an in-game store. The update will also add a photo mode, new outfits and other features.

Stellar Blade Update

Shift Up announced the free update on the PlayStation blog on Monday, detailing Nier: Automata collaborations and other new additions to the game. “Nier: Automata was heavily inspired by Stellar Blade. The collaboration between director Kim Hyun-tae and director Yoko Taro, marked by mutual respect and creativity, led to this successful outcome,” said the developer.

“At the center of it all is Emil (voiced by Maya Kadowaki), a strange character from Nier:Automata. Emil’s shop makes a surprise appearance in the world of Stellar Blade, where eleven different items will be available for collaboration. Items that weave together the best of both games, taking you into a more enriched world,” added Shift up.

The update also adds a photo mode to Stellar Blade
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Stellar Blade gets photo mode

As part of the new update, the Stellar Blade also gets the much-requested photo mode. Players will be able to choose different poses for Eva and her friends in the mode. The patch will also add four new costumes and a new “Symbol of Legacy” accessory that changes the look and feel of Tachy mode, if present.

Additionally, Stellar Blade will add lip sync support for other languages ​​(French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish).

There are also some minor gameplay additions, such as the ability to choose a specific song to listen to while at camp, and a new “No Ponytail” character customization option in the “Ponytail Length” settings. Finally, in combat, auto-targeting and ballistic correction features will be applied to enemy instant-kill skills as part of the update, Shift Up said.

Stellar Blade launches exclusively on PS5 on April 26. In June, Shift Up confirmed that the game had sold over a million copies. The studio plans to launch the game on PC sometime in the future. Stellar Blade tells the story of Eve, a super soldier sent to save planet Earth, which has been overrun by monsters.