Stellar Blade Day One Update Will Remove Unintentional Racial Slur Reference
Sony will remove a piece of in-game graffiti in Stellar Blade that created an unintentional reference to a racial slur, and the fix will come in a day-one patch.
Spotted by IGN, there’s a shop in Stellar Blade called the “R Shop” owned by the character Roxanne and its sign is placed next to the word “hard” in graffiti. When placed together, the two separate phrases seem to accidentally form a reference to the racial slur.
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“The placement of two graphics near each other in Stellar Blade resulted in an unintentionally objectionable phrase,” PlayStation said in a statement. “Shift Up had no intention of creating offensive artwork and will be replacing the graffiti for the Day 1 patch.”
IGN also asked PlayStation if future prints of physical copies for the game will include the patch. PlayStation reiterated that the issue will be addressed in the day-one patch. However, it looks like the issue has already been patched out, with the word “hard” replaced with “crime.”
This isn’t the first time that unintentional racism occurred in a game. Back in 2021, Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios addressed an issue during the game’s open beta of zombies saying what sounded like a racial slur, especially when multiple zombies were saying the line at once. The developer fixed the problem prior to the game launching.
Stellar Blade launches on April 26, exclusively on PS5. In GameSpot’s Stellar Blade review, we said, “A strong battle system and exciting moments make Stellar Blade more than just an imitator.”
Fortnite – A Grassy Island In The Center Of Everything Location
Fortnite‘s latest Snapshot Quests, also known as story challenges, are live in the game, and a few of them are trickier than you may be used to as of late. If you need to know where to find the location referred to when Cerberus says he left a chew toy “on a grassy island in the center of everything,” we have your solution here.
On a grassy island in the center of everything in Fortnite
Each of these Cerberus chew toys you’ll be finding for this week’s snapshots require you to head to landmarks across the island, then dig up the toy. The nice thing to note is that once you get to the right spot, you’ll receive a marker for where to dig, so you won’t have to guess so long as you’ve arrived in the correct location.
For this one, you’ll want to head to the lake southeast of Restored Reels. However, there are two small (and seemingly grassy) islands there, and in a firefight, it may be annoying to head to the wrong one and fail to complete your quest. For this challenge, you’ll want to head to the smaller and more eastern island of the two there. We’ve marked it on the map below.
Once you arrive, hit the marker with your pickaxe to dig up the “chew toy” and you’ll have completed one of three related challenges. We also have guides on where to find the chew toy near the snow where people bury yummy bones and the one under the windmill with a view of the Styx. You can even find them all in one spot by using our Cerberus Snapshot gallery.
Fortnite – Under The Windmill With A View Of The Styx Location
Fortnite‘s latest Snapshot Quests, also known as story challenges, are live in the game, and a few of them are trickier than you may be used to as of late. If you need to know where to find the location referred to when Cerberus says he left a chew toy “under the windmill with a view of the Styx,” we have your solution here.
Under the windmill with a view of the Styx in Fortnite
Each of these Cerberus chew toys you’ll be finding for this week’s snapshots require you to head to landmarks across the island, then dig up the toy. The nice thing to note is that once you get to the right spot, you’ll receive a marker for where to dig, so you won’t have to guess so long as you’ve arrived in the correct location.
For this one, you’ll want to head to the red windmill northeast of Grim Gate–hence how it overlooks to river Styx, known in Greek mythology to be the entryway to the underworld, Hades. We’ve marked it on the map below, so you don’t get it confused with The Other Windmill–and yes, that’s the actual landmark name of the island’s identical windmill more to the south.
Once you arrive, hit the marker with your pickaxe to dig up the “chew toy” and you’ll have completed one of three related challenges. We also have guides on where to find the chew toy at the grassy island in the center of everything and the one near the snow where people bury yummy bones. You can even find them all in one spot by using our Cerberus Snapshot gallery.
Somebody Once Told Me Shrek Forever After Is Coming To 4K Blu-Ray
The world might be ready to roll you, but you don’t need to be the sharpest tool in the shed to appreciate a good Shrek movie. Shrek Forever After fits that bill, and for the first time, it’s getting a 4K Blu-ray release. Preorders for the fourth Shrek film are now live ahead of its release in June.
In case you missed it when it first came out, Shrek Forever After pits the surly ogre against Rumpelstiltskin. After he makes a deal with the magical being, Shrek’s entire history is rewritten and he has only 24 hours to assemble his gang and restore the original timeline. The only problem? Only Shrek remembers his past. Donkey can’t remember his best friend, Fiona has become the warrior princess of a tribe of ogres, and Puss in Boots really needs to go on a diet.
For bonus features, there’s quite a bit here to enjoy after the end credits have rolled. You’ll get deleted scenes, documentaries, a look at the technology behind Shrek, commentary tracks, and much more. Like most Blu-ray releases, this version comes with a standard Blu-ray disc and a digital copy of the film. The other Shrek movies are also available on Blu-ray, and in case you’re looking to assemble a jolly green collection, these can be purchased individually or in bundle deals.
For more Blu-ray deals, preorders for 4K Blu-rays of Team America: World Police and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut have just gone live. Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s films are definitely not for kids, as these puppet action and animated movies held nothing back to earn their infamous R-ratings.
Review Roundup For Stellar Blade
Developer Shift Up’s Stellar Blade is right around the corner, introducing itself as a character-action game in a sci-fi story starring Eve, a human arriving in a futuristic depiction of Earth filled with all sorts of monsters to take down. If you tend to pay more attention to combat set pieces than story beats, this is a game that should be on your radar.
Available as a PS5 exclusive, Stellar Blade will have you facing increasingly dangerous threats while investing points into large skill trees. Fights often demand precision and lots of parrying, with boss fights in particular being quite memorable in the smackdown they offer. It also has quite a lengthy campaign with side quests and hidden corners to wander off to.
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Reviewer Imran Khan wrote in GameSpot’s Stellar Blade review that he “came away from Stellar Blade having enjoyed the game quite a bit despite its foibles on the back of its incredibly strong systems. That its biggest weakness is that its tribulations can go on too long is perhaps praise from another perspective not my own.”
GameSpot also has a preorder guide for PS5 for the upcoming action-RPG:
- Game: Stellar Blade
- Platform: PS5
- Developer: Shift Up
- Release Date: April 26
- Price: $70 for the Standard Edition, $80 for the Deluxe Edition
Check out more reviews for the game below:
IGN — 7/10
“Stellar Blade is great in all of the most important ways for an action game, but dull characters, a lackluster story, and several frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics prevent it from soaring along with the best of the genre.” — Mitchell Saltzman [Full review]
VG247 — 4/5
“Stellar Blade, ultimately, is a pleasant surprise. It is a better action game than I expected, with better art, audio, and action than I had hoped for. As far as first attempts at making an action game go it’s a damn good effort. I don’t know what Shift Up’s sale expectations are for Stellar Blade – the part of my brain that reads video game industry news on the regular is worried that they’ll compare the income they get from Nikke to the profits they’ll make from Stellar Blade and decide it’s not worth it. I hope they decide against that. There is gold in these hills.” — Connor Makar [Full review]
VGC — 4/5
“Stellar Blade is a visual treat throughout, boasting glistening sci-fi environments and pleasingly detailed mechanical enemy and humanoid character designs. While much has been made of the lecherous male gaze underpinning EVE’s design – a fact made worse every time you unlock a more revealing costume – the pervy perspective feels more embarrassing rather than offensive, a cringe-worthy bid to capture the fanservice-loving anime crowd.” — Tom Regan [Full review]
Inverse — 8/10
“Looking back at my time with Stellar Blade, I believe it has the potential to turn into a franchise instead of just a one off deal. There is still a good deal of story to tell involving Mother Sphere, potentially even a prequel so we can see how things got so bad on Earth in the first place. With Stellar Blade being just the second game from this South Korean studio, the future looks incredibly bright.” — Brandon Hofer [Full review]
Game Informer — 8.75/10
“The further I played into Stellar Blade, the more it surprised me with the depth of its action and the breadth of play experiences. The story never clicked for me, but the world-building, top-notch art, and silky animation certainly did. Even when certain devastating bosses made me curse, it was always because I made a mistake and was left eager to dive back in for another shot. I loved the gradual mastery I developed as I explored its many interlocking systems of combos and special moves. Stellar Blade is unabashed in its titillating approach to sex and violence, but unlike so many games that use those appeals as a crutch, it’s also a top-notch action experience that can easily stand with the big girls.” — Matt Miller [Full review]
