Stellar Blade CEO Reveals Shift Up Could Only Pay Salaries for Three Months During Development as Investors Doubted the Game Would Break Even

Stellar Blade has become one of Shift Up’s biggest successes, but the game’s development nearly pushed the Korean studio to the brink. Shift Up CEO Hyung-Tae Kim has revealed that the company once had enough money to cover only around three months of employee salaries while developing the action RPG. Speaking to Korean gaming outlet Inven, Kim discussed the financial difficulties surrounding Stellar Blade and the skepticism the project faced from potential investors. “During the development of Stellar Blade there…