Stellar Blade Director Issues Urgent Warning Over Dangerous New Glitch That’s Bricking Consoles
* The new "Stellar Blade" glitch, triggered by repeatedly pausing and unpausing during a specific boss’s attack animation, is causing a complete system freeze that requires a forced shutdown, with over 50 confirmed reports of consoles failing to reboot.
* Developer Shift Up has acknowledged the bug and issued a statement urging players to avoid the "Nameless Ruins" area until a patch is deployed, warning that corrupted save data cannot be recovered.
* A dataminer discovered the glitch originates from a memory overflow in the game’s physics engine, specifically when the "Tachy Mode" skill chain is interrupted mid-execution near environmental water effects.
* Sony is reportedly fast-tracking a system-level firmware update to mitigate the hardware damage, as the issue appears to affect both standard PS5s and PS5 Pro models equally.
* Players have created a shared spreadsheet tracking the bug, with a workaround involving disabling network connectivity and manually backing up saves to a USB drive before entering the danger zone.