Stellar Blade Day One Update Will Remove Unintentional Racial Slur Reference

Sony will remove a piece of in-game graffiti in Stellar Blade that created an unintentional reference to a racial slur, and the fix will come in a day-one patch.

Spotted by IGN, there's a shop in Stellar Blade called the "R Shop" owned by the character Roxanne and its sign is placed next to the word "hard" in graffiti. When placed together, the two separate phrases seem to accidentally form a reference to the racial slur.

"The placement of two graphics near each other in Stellar Blade resulted in an unintentionally objectionable phrase," PlayStation said in a statement. "Shift Up had no intention of creating offensive artwork and will be replacing the graffiti for the Day 1 patch."

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