New Action RPG Phantom Blade Zero Promises Insane Sword-Based Battles on PS5 | Push Square

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One of the standout trailers from the PlayStation Showcase came courtesy of a newly announced PS5 title: Phantom Blade Zero. This is an action RPG — heavy emphasis on action — from Beijing-based developer S-GAME.

Admittedly, the reveal trailer does have a bit of that 'but is this actual gameplay?' aftertaste, but we'd be lying if we said it doesn't look fantastic. Here's hoping that it actually is the real deal, and we see more of it in the relatively near future.

What do you think of Phantom Blade Zero? Ready your swords in the comments section below.

Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.

Is it just me or the Chinese PlayStation trailers we see never come out? I recall seeing quite a few but no releases is this even going to come out?

This looks like a souls game, which is way out of my league, but damn this trailer was impressive. Kudos to the animators.

Combat looks fast and furious. I just hope there's no Souls-like crap included.

@MeerkatSimples This is basically the biggest worry. We've seen a lot of trailers like this over the last few years from relatively unknown studios based in China and South Korea. None of the games have actually released yet. Black Myth Wukong immediately springs to mind.

This was one of the few good things in the show. Great gameplay the art looks like a souls game but the gameplay looks a bit more like ghost of tsushima for me.

What’s the dude from DMC doing there?) And yeah, it all looks like a fake.

@ShogunRok Isn't Black Myth Wukong hoping to launch this summer? I can understand the delay for that