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'Free Stellar Blade' petition gathers steam as gamers push back against censorship

A petition to revert Stellar Blade's censorship changes is approaching 50,000 signatures

Those claims have since been proven true as people gained access to unpatched physical versions of the game that clearly show outfits like the Holiday Rabbit costume have been censored for unknown reasons. Ahead of its release, Developer Shift Up proudly claimed that Stellar Blade would be uncensored in all regions in a post on X, and many gamers have appreciated how the title hasn’t kowtowed to current social pressures in its design of female characters. Stellar Blade was a breath of fresh air and gamers rallied behind it because it meant things were changing, getting better, and the voice of creative freedom was ringing loud and clear.

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