Phantom Blade Zero Will Reveal Its Release Date This Year

Summary

Phantom Blade Zerois one of gaming’smost anticipated non-Soulslike Soulslikes.Like acombination of Sekiro and Devil May Cry, the title has seemingly been in development forever without a release date in sight.

That’s soon set to change, though, as developers S-Game confirmed in its latest trailer that news on a release date would be coming at some point this year.

Phantom Blade Zero’s Year Of The Snake Trailer Gives Small Release Date Update

The newtraileroffers an exciting look at Phantom Blade Zero’s frenetic gameplay.

Celebrating the Chinese Year of the Snake, the trailer showcases the new twin snake swords, with the protagonist, Soul, taking on armies of enemies and a boss across a handful of different stunning environments. It finishes by showing off a selection of other serpent-themed weapons, including the Soft Snake Sword, White Serpent, and Crimson Viper. The trailer is described as capturing “the cinematic intensity of great martial arts films.”

Most excitingly, however, tucked away on the title card is the news that Phantom Blade will finally receive its release date this year. As the trailer draws to a close, a small message pops on the screen saying, “The release date will be announced in 2025.”

The release date will be announced in 2025.

It’s news fans have been waiting for, so hopefully, it’s not too far away.

In our most recentpreview of the game, which took place at Tokyo Game Show, we said, “Considering that the game has a semi-open world and the trailers indicate quite an interesting story tying all these boss fights together, I’m already craving a chance to properly explore PBZ’s beautiful setting and meet some more of its surreal, frightening enemies. But since all I did in this demo was fight bosses, perhaps it’s a good thing that I’ve come away wanting to know so much more.”