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Shift Up CEO Brushes Off Complaints That Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’s Protagonist Looks Too Young, While Promising ‘Even More Appealing’ Outfits

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Genres · indie, strategy
Release · Aug 16, 2016
Developer · Black Lime Studio
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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain
Genres · adventure, hack_and_slash, rpg
Developer · Shift
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