Sony and developer Shift Up have confirmed that a playable demo for Stellar Blade will launch later this week, on Friday the 29th March. Of course, we all knew this was coming — the demo was actually released several weeks early, by mistake, on the PS Store. Sony pulled it offline as quickly as it could, but not before a bunch of people played through it.

Indeed, the demo features the opening two hours or so of the upcoming action title, and yes, you'll be able to carry your progress through to the full game. Just to recap, the finished product is out in roughly one month, on the 26th April — and it's a PS5 console exclusive, published by Sony.

Will you be giving the Stellar Blade demo a shot? Have you been looking forward to it? Simply pretend that the leak never happened in the comments section below.

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