Phantom Blade Zero Dazzles with Chaotic Combat in PS5 Gameplay Video | Push Square

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Splashy action games are in at the moment, with the likes of Stellar Blade and Black Myth: Wukong proving to be big hits. The latest title to enter the no man's land between Dark Souls and character action fare like Devil May Cry is Phantom Blade Zero, from Chinese studio S-GAME. Coming to PS5, albeit with no firm release date yet, the game is playable at Gamescom this year, and a video featuring some of the fights within the demo has been shared online.

This looks like exactly the same set of combat encounters we played back at Summer Game Fest in June, where we came away from our hands-on really impressed. The game is super fast-paced and features very flashy attacks and animations, but you still need to pay attention, as even regular enemies pose a threat. The person playing in the above video makes it all look easy, though, making short work of three bosses.

Devil may die

What do you make of the deadly action seen in Phantom Blade Zero? Are you excited to check this out for yourself? Dodge into the comments section below.

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This looks like Nioh mixed with Ninja Gaiden. The animations look great but I'm a bit iffy that like Black Myth it'll be a bit more boss rush and less interesting in-between gameplay. Does look very promising though.

I hope this is close to release, looks fluid, smooth animation and just generally looks great, multiple weapons and abilities looks like,

@Uromastryx there was word going around it’s a 2026 release.

I don’t need to see anymore footage to know this will easily be a day 1 investment for me. I’m glad Sony finds these small companies