Studio founder reveals the origins and inspirations behind this hack and slash RPG.
pbzero_official: "We decided to make a game that everyone here could be deeply proud of."
The Outerhaven writes: Phantom Blade Zero showed up at CES 2026 with new playable build. Improved optimization, and combat that feels better than what I've played in prior versions.
"This build felt close to final for a couple of reasons. First, the optimization was excellent. The game was running at a smooth 60 frames per second, and it was doing it on a base PlayStation 5."
At first I though he had mistaken because of the first picture in the article showing a Pro... but if you scroll down you can see that they had a setup for both the base PS5 and a PRO. So, good news then. The game is running on UE5 so it should be a great test for PSSR2.
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"This build felt close to final for a couple of reasons. First, the optimization was excellent. The game was running at a smooth 60 frames per second, and it was doing it on a base PlayStation 5."
At first I though he had mistaken because of the first picture in the article showing a Pro... but if you scroll down you can see that they had a setup for both the base PS5 and a PRO. So, good news then. The game is running on UE5 so it should be a great test for PSSR2.
This game was the real new IP surprise.
Super cool gameplay
One of the few surprises of the show. Looks great so far. Gonna keep an eye on this one.
Star of the show.
Such a great time to be into Sony games.
Best game in the show