Arkane's Blade Reportedly Releasing In 2027, Could Be A Cross-Gen Title
An insider has claimed that Arkane Lyon's Blade game is currently aiming to release at some point in 2027, while also suggesting that it could be a cross-gen title.
In terms of announcements, The Game Awards 2023 had some pretty big ones in store, including Hideo Kojima's OD, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, a first-person horror Jurassic Park game, and much more. One of the biggest reveals, though, was that Arkane Lyon is working on a third-person Blade game.
Blade was revealed with a snazzy CG trailer that showed off Eric Brooks's shave getting interrupted by the arrival of vampires, but it was pretty short and didn't contain any gameplay. That's the norm for reveal trailers, but the lack of anything too concrete does make a bit more sense if a recent claim from an insider turns out to be true.
As shared by Twitter user IdleSloth84_, the rumoured release window was reported by reliable insider Jeff Grubb, who spoke about Blade on the latest episode of The XboxEra Podcast. Grubb noted that he's heard that the internal release window for the game right now is 2027, six years after the launch of Arkane Lyon's last game, Deathloop.
Grubb said, "Arkane's Blade. If you're looking to know when I can play that then, right now internally, they're expecting that to be sold on store shelves and digitally in the year 2027. That is the year they are aiming for with that game, at least as far as I know what Marvel is marking on their calendar... That means 2027 at the earliest, don't expect it before that".
Although it almost definitely will end up being an Xbox exclusive, it's worth noting right now that Blade hasn't actually been confirmed to be one just yet.
That's not all that Grubb had to say, though. After discussing the potential
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