Last Chance To Get Stellar Blade Preorder Bonuses
If you own a PS5 and enjoy character-action games like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry, Stellar Blade should be on your radar. Developed by Shift Up, Stellar Blade is a PS5 exclusive that has generated a lot of buzz in recent weeks. And as it turns out, the buzz was warranted. With a MetaScore of 82–including GameSpot’s 8/10 review–Stellar Blade stylishly captures what makes well-made character-action games so fun. Stellar Blade releases tomorrow, April 26. If you haven’t preordered Stellar Blade yet, there’s still time to snag one online and start playing this weekend. Plus, you can get some bonus content with your order.
If you preorder at Amazon–or buy it tomorrow morning–you can likely still get your copy by Saturday, April 27, as long as you’re a Prime member. Depending on your location, you might be eligible for release-day delivery still.
At the time of writing, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target are all still offering delivery on April 26-27. Alternatively, you can place an order online at pick up a copy of Stellar Blade at your local store.
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Stellar Blade Preorder Bonuses
Preordering Stellar Blade gets you a bunch of in-game items, such as an early unlock of the Planet Diving Suit for EVE, Classic Round Glasses, and Ear Armor Earrings.
$80
Step up to the digital deluxe edition of Stellar Blade, and you’ll get a bunch of in-game items and other perks. This includes the following:
- Base game
- Stargazer Suit
- Half-Rim Glasses
- Quadruple Rectangle Earrings
- Stargazer Wear
- Stargazer Pack
- 2,000 SP EXP
- 5,000 Gold
That’s a decent amount of extra content for $10 more than the base game, but you’re mostly getting early-game buffs like EXP and Gold as well as a few cosmetics. Plus, the standard edition is the only way to get a physical copy of Stellar Blade.
How Long To Beat Stellar Blade – Mission List
Stellar Blade takes you to the far future, one that sees the near-collapse of humanity. As Eve, you join forces with other heroes to defeat a great threat that awaits. However, you might be wondering if this whole endeavor is going to take you a while. Well, here’s our guide on how long it takes to beat Stellar Blade. Likewise, please be reminded that this guide contains minor spoilers.
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How long to beat Stellar Blade – Mission list and campaign length guide
As cited in our Stellar Blade review, we completed the campaign in around 31 hours. However, this also includes tackling several side quests.
Main story only
For those who want to focus on the main story, you can expect to finish Stellar Blade in roughly 20 hours. If you want to speed things up, you can also enable Story Mode and Action Assist. The former weakens enemies significantly, while the latter triggers quick-time events (QTE), with button prompts to help you avoid attacks.
Completionist playthrough
Completionists, however, can expect anywhere from 40 to 60 hours due to several factors. We don’t want to delve further into spoilers, but we’re going to mention some tidbits:
- Stellar Blade has hundreds of collectibles and items that you can gather over the course of your playthrough. These include Eve outfits, Adam/Lily outfits, Exospines, soda/beer cans, and more.
- Apart from the main missions, there are side quests from NPCs, bulletin board assignments, and even a fishing minigame arc. Some of these unlock new locations, such as the Eidos 7 Flooded Commercial Plaza and Wasteland Forbidden Area.
- There are two points of no return in the game. We won’t mention the specifics, but the game will warn you once you reach these moments.
- There’s a particular secret area, too.
- Lastly, there are three endings.
Because of these factors, a single playthrough will not be enough. You must clear New Game Plus to unlock everything in the game.
Mission list
There are 13 main missions in Stellar Blade. We’ve redacted some of those that pertain to “spoilery” parts:
- 7th Airborne Squad
- Scavenger Adam
- Xion, The Last Remaining City
- Altess Levoire
- Light of Hope
- Alpha Signal
- Hidden Truth
- Abyss Levoire
- Secret Garden
- [REDACTED]
- Eye of the Hurricane
- [REDACTED]
- Last Fragment
- [REDACTED]
That’s everything you need to know about how long it takes to beat Stellar Blade. If you’re just starting the campaign, we recommended checking out our beginner’s guide.
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Physical Copies Of Fallout 4 Are Out Of Stock Almost Everywhere
Physical copies of Fallout 4 are in high demand. Thanks to the popularity surrounding the Fallout TV show, it seems everybody is ravenous to add developer Bethesda’s 2015 RPG to their bookshelves. If you’re one of them, well, you might be out of luck, unless you’re patient and don’t mind pre-owned copies for the most part.
Over at GameStop, the Xbox One version is available preowned for only $10, without an option for pick up in-store or same day delivery. Unless you spend over $79, you’ll also pay a $7 shipping fee. The PlayStation 4 edition is $15 a pop for preowned copies, though it’s only available in stores and availability will vary depending on your location.
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If you’re looking at Amazon, a new copy for Xbox One available from third-party sellers for $21.50, but don’t expect it to arrive for about a week. If you want free shipping, you have to either be a Prime member or spend at least $35 on your total order.
At the time of publication, Amazon had used copies for the PS4 version of Fallout 4 starting at $40, with brand-new copies exceeding $60. Both listings were from third parties as well. Shipping times vary depending on your location and which marketplace seller you buy from.
At Walmart, the PS4 version is nowhere to be found. Xbox One copies are available for around $25 and up, but your order will ship from a third-party seller. If anything else fails, eBay might be an option.
There’s been a substantial surge in popularity lately not just for Fallout 4, but all Fallout games–even the very first one on Steam. If you don’t want to wait or would rather not take a gamble on a third-party seller, your best bet might be purchasing a digital copy, at least until stock improves.
Once you finally get your hands on a physical copy of Fallout 4, make sure to keep our guides at hand to tackle the Echoes of the Past quest, as well as getting a hold of a Hellfire Power Armor and a Tesla Cannon to aid you in your travels. Also, note that there’s a next-gen update available, and you can read everything it addresses here.
Stock Up On Lego Bricks With These Deals On Classic Starter Sets
You can never have too many Lego bricks, and for anyone looking to build on their licensed sets or let their imagination run free, you can now score some pretty great deals on Lego Classic kits at Amazon and Walmart. These are back-to-basics Lego sets, collections of the brand’s tried-and-trusted building blocks from which you can let your creative energies flow. Or if you’re looking for inspiration, you can’t go wrong with sites like Rebrickable to grab a few ideas and building instructions. Lego Classic also offers a lovely introduction to the brick-building hobby, so these tubs are always a great gift idea for kids.
A good starting foundation is the Lego Classic Large Brick Box. Shaped like a Lego brick that’s big enough to get lodged in Godzilla’s foot, this set has 790 pieces and enough variety to build a bunch of cool little builds. A lot of the sets from the Lego Ideas range were conceived from people creatively cobbling together creations, and who knows, maybe you could earn Lego immortality with your submission.
If you’d like something a little smaller, there’s a 484-piece kit and a kid-friendly briefcase full of colorful bricks for younger members of the family to cart around on trips. For an added touch of magic, you can also grab a set of transparent bricks to give your projects that extra bit of pizzazz.
You’re also going to need some boards to build on, and there are quite a few options here. Generally, you can pick up quite a few of these platforms with prices starting at $6 when they’re on special. And just so that the very youngest members of the family don’t feel left out, we’ve also included some Duplo sets for them to experiment on. These are larger bricks with warm colors and shapes designed with toddlers in mind.
Lego Classic Large Creative Brick Box — $33 ($60)
Lego Classic Medium Creative Brick Box — $21 ($35)
Lego Classic Creative Suitcase — $14 ($20)
Lego Classic Creative Transparent Bricks Building Set — $24 ($30)
Lego Building Boards
Lego Duplo
Texas Chain Saw Massacre And Halloween Board Games Are Up For Preorder At Amazon
Nothing is better than a night of horror movies and board games, especially if both of those hobbies have been combined into an unholy union of dice rolls and familiar franchises. If that sounds like a good time to you, you can keep an eye out for two board games based on classic horror IPs soon: Halloween and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Both of these board games are available to preorder at Amazon and will release on May 8. However, it is worth noting that these games initially released last year, just not at major retailers.
Halloween (1978): Board Game
First up, there’s Halloween: The Board Game. Developed by industry veteran Emerson Matsuuchi and featuring art by Nathan Milliner, this is the first time the original 1978 Halloween movie has been made into its own board game. Like its source material, this game will see Michael Myers hunt down several people, but the plot twist here is that one player will take control of the nigh-unstoppable killer as they prey on their friends.
Everyone else will be looking for a way to escape from Michael, but the task will be made more difficult because Myers can only be seen when he is being looked at on the board. This game is designed for two to four players and each session is expected to last for around an hour.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Board Game
Next up is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Board Game. This board game was created by Scott Rogers, who also designed Alien: Fate of Nostromo and worked as a video game developer on franchises such as God of War and Pac-Man. Two to five players must work together if they want to survive a run-in with Leatherface and his family. All players win or lose as a group in this co-op game where you must pull tokens from a gruesome bag of tricks. This isn’t the first Texas Chain Saw Massacre game, as there’s also another adaptation with a more strategic bent. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Slaughterhouse includes custom sculpted figures, dice, and 140 cards featuring highly detailed art.
For another board game based on an iconic horror franchise, check out this budget-friendly Scream game from Funko Games. Starring the voice of Ghostface himself–through a free downloadable mobile app required to play the game–this portable session of thrills and chills will see you use your wits to outsmart the infamous slasher. This is for players aged 13 and up, and sessions are expected to last around 20 minutes.
For something more traditional, you can also check out Monopoly: House of the Dragon. Hasbro’s new licensed game puts a Westeros spin on its classic board game, and this newly launched $35 edition brings the prequel to the hit TV series to your tabletop.
Clash of Clans Maker’s First New Game In Five Years, Squad Busters, Launches Soon
The next joint of developer Supercell, best known for Clash of Clans, is releasing soon. Squad Busters, the first global game launch of the studio in over five years, will launch on May 29 for iOS and Android devices.
At the time of publication, Squad Busters has already soft-launched in some select countries. If you reside in Canada, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, or Singapore, the game is already available to download.
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Squad Busters introduces itself as a 10-person multiplayer where you build squads over the course of 4-minute matches. The objective? Grabbing more gems than the opposing players. While you only start with a single unit, the progression of each match will have you upgrading characters and taking on enemies around the map to grow stronger.
Supercell is leaning heavily on collaborations with other games from its suite, including Brawl Stars and Clash Royale. As per usual, the learning curve is designed to be approachable for everybody before the more enthusiast players arrive. If you want to get in early before folks start taking the game too seriously, you’ll only have to wait a few weeks.
