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X user SirD has sparked a debate about the appearance of female characters in video games. He argued that Phantom Blade Zero clearly debunks Western developers' arguments about realism, comparing one of the Chinese action game's female characters to Mags Carter from Gears of War: E-Day.
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November 3, 2026

Released digitally on October 29, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and PC, Phantom Blade Zero is off to a blistering start for S-GAME. The studio says the action RPG has now sold more than four million copies worldwide in its first 72 hours, with the PC version available on Steam and the Epic Games Store.
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November 2, 2026

The voices38 cracking group has released a crack for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, nearly two months after the game launched with Denuvo protection. Capcom's action game came out on September 4, 2026, for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2; the crack was announced on Reddit.
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November 1, 2026

A modder going by the handle Deletriuz has released a modification for S-GAME's action RPG Phantom Blade Zero, partially undressing the character XuKong.
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October 31, 2026

Action game Phantom Blade Zero attracted more than 700,000 concurrent players on Steam on launch day. According to SteamDB, the game reached a peak of 703,083 concurrent players.
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October 29, 2026

Action-adventure game Phantom Blade Zero from S-GAME is now available on PC and PlayStation 5. Combining Chinese martial arts, dark fantasy, and punk aesthetics, the game features spectacular combat powered by Unreal Engine 5. At the time of writing, 79% of user reviews on Steam are positive.
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October 29, 2026

ARTIFACT has drawn attention by cracking Phantom Blade Zero on launch day using a hypervisor-based method, and the same approach was also used for Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Planet Zoo 2. If the technique holds up, it could make day-one Denuvo cracks more common, though that will depend on future updates to the protection.
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October 29, 2026

The organizers of the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 have revealed the nominees for the Ultimate Game of the Year award. The list features 12 games, including Resident Evil Requiem, Forza Horizon 6, Crimson Desert, and several other highly anticipated titles. You can vote for the winner until October 30.
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October 26, 2026

With just days to go until the release of Phantom Blade Zero, reviews are already rolling in. Most critics have praised the game developed by S-Game, with an average score of 88 on Metacritic at the time of writing.
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October 26, 2026

The Brazilian outlet Critical Hits has leaked its review of Phantom Blade Zero ahead of schedule, awarding the game a solid 8.5 out of 10.
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October 26, 2026

Players won't have long to clear space for Phantom Blade Zero, as pre-loading on PS5 starts October 27 ahead of the October 29 launch. The PlayStation Store listing puts the game at 134.857 GB on Sony's console, while S-GAME has not yet announced the PC version's download size. The game is also coming to Windows PC.
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October 17, 2026

At a meeting with PlayStation, S-Game founder and game director Liang Qiwei, known as Soulframe, saw an unfinished Phantom Blade Zero demo turn into an invitation to Sony's 2023 showcase. He said he and another S-Game representative brought the rough build to PlayStation, where the executives' reaction changed the studio's plans for the game.
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October 13, 2026

The game director explained why the team went against the genre’s usual rules.
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October 11, 2026

Less than three weeks remain before the release of one of the most anticipated action games of the fall, and the first journalists have already spent several hours with it.
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October 9, 2026

Phantom Blade Zero's PS5 release still has no confirmed disc edition, with Play-Asia saying it removed the game from its store after being told no physical version was planned. The action RPG is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5 and PC on October 29, 2026, but developer S-GAME has not officially confirmed whether a physical edition is off the table.
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October 8, 2026

S-GAME announced that Phantom Blade Zero is now available to pre-order, while the studio also said the action game is in its final polishing stage ahead of launch. The latest update also confirms that the game is headed to October 29, 2026.
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September 17, 2026

Sony's nearly 20-minute State of Play for Phantom Blade Zero drew plenty of attention for the game itself — and then the live chat hijacked the event with boycott messages over the company's planned shift away from physical discs. Sony hosted the showcase entirely around S-Game's action game, but viewers quickly settled on one refrain: "No disc, no buy."
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August 19, 2026

Ahead of its October 29, 2026 launch on PlayStation 5 and PC, S-GAME said pre-orders are now live for Phantom Blade Zero. The studio also released an 11-minute trailer for the action game, offering a longer look at what is coming before release.
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August 12, 2026

The developers of Phantom Blade Zero from the S-GAME studio released a behind-the-scenes video in which they showed the gameplay and told important details of the plot of the future game.
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April 17, 2026

Phantom Blade Zero is in the final stages of development. At the same time, gamers can be sure that artificial intelligence was not involved in the process of creating the game, and the developers personally traveled all over China for ideas for game locations. This was reported in the S-GAME studio.
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April 10, 2026

The Phantom Blade Zero development team is not sure which genre their game belongs to. In any case, this is not soulslike, as the project was often called in the media. This was stated by the president of the S-GAME studio, Qiwei Liang.
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January 28, 2026

The stylish action game Phantom Blade Zero with soulslike elements from Chinese studio S-Game is rapidly gaining momentum even ahead of release. The developers have announced that the game surpassed one million wishlists in just 15 days after its store page went live on December 12.
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December 29, 2025

The lead of Phantom Blade Zero, Soulframe Liang, has revealed that he is drawing inspiration from the experience of the creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 while refining the game — and the key takeaway from those conversations turned out to be surprisingly simple: cut what’s unnecessary and focus on quality.
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December 18, 2025

While many viewers considered The Game Awards 2025 to be rather underwhelming, the game announcements themselves turned out to be a massive success—at least if you go by the view counts.
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December 15, 2025

The action game Phantom Blade Zero impressed audiences with a new trailer at The Game Awards 2025, racking up millions of views — but it also disappointed part of the fanbase. The developers confirmed that although the game is set to launch in 2026, Xbox owners will have to wait an additional year.
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December 14, 2025

At The Game Awards 2025, a new trailer for Phantom Blade Zero, a soulslike action game from Chinese studio S-Game, was unveiled. The game is set to release on September 9, 2026, for PC and PlayStation.
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December 12, 2025

The organizers of The Game Awards have officially confirmed that the world premiere of Phantom Blade Zero’s release date will take place during the show on the night of December 12. Back in August, the developers stated that the launch date would be announced before the end of the year — and now it’s clear that TGA has become the chosen platform.
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December 7, 2025

One of the year's biggest gaming events, Opening Night Live 2025, the opening ceremony for gamescom 2025, starts today! The show kicks off at 9 p.m. CEST.
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August 19, 2025

IGN has released 22 minutes of new gameplay footage from Phantom Blade Zero, the upcoming action-RPG. The showcase features exploration with secret hunting, combat against regular enemies, and intense boss fights.
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July 27, 2025

Developers from the S-Game studio spoke to GamesRadar+, sharing new details about their action game Phantom Blade Zero. Although they deny any comparisons with FromSoftware projects, there will be some "souls-like" elements in the game.
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April 18, 2025

The developers of Phantom Blade Zero, which has already been dubbed the «Chinese souls-like», have shared details of the game with various gaming media outlets such as Youmin Starry Sky and UCG. Users of the Chinese Weibo website have combined the information into one large post.
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January 27, 2025

The official PlayStation blog has launched a vote for the best games of the year and the most anticipated project of 2025. Users can cast their votes in 19 different categories.
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December 3, 2024

It seems that the developers of Phantom Blade Zero have let it slip regarding their plans for the release. According to rumors, the energetic action game in the spirit of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Devil May Cry will be released in 2026.
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August 3, 2024

Insider LeakProximidad unveiled the alleged list of games that will be shown at the late-night State of Play presentation. Since the post is written in the form of a riddle in Spanish, Redditors had to work hard to figure out what's going on.
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May 30, 2024