Stellar Blade Studio Shift Up Gifts Staff Yet Another Big Bonus, This Time an Apple Watch, AirPods Max, and a $3,400 Cash Bonus

Stellar Blade workplace Shift Up has erstwhile again fixed bonuses and gifts worthy astir $4,000 to its full team.

According to the South Economic Daily, the South Korean workplace talented each of its 300-ish unit a brace of Apple AirPods Max, an Apple Watch, and a currency bonus of astir $3,400.

The workplace has antecedently said that it provides these bonuses to clasp and promote existing endowment astatine the institution (thanks, VGC).

This isn't the archetypal clip Shift Up has lavished gifts upon its staff, either. This clip past year, the workplace talented each unit a PS5 Pro arsenic good arsenic a currency bonus of 5 cardinal won, which is besides astir $3,400. Staff besides secured a Nintendo Switch 2 each successful June erstwhile Stellar Blade deed the 3 cardinal copies sold milestone. In 2024, unit were fixed pre-paid recognition cards worthy astir $6,800, and successful 2023, unit were fixed iPhone 14s, among different bonuses.

The CEO of Shift Up precocious received the Presidential Commendation astatine this year's Korean Content Awards for his enactment successful the games industry. Hyung-tae Kim was recognized for his publication to the Korean games manufacture with the games Goddess of Victory: Nikke and Stellar Blade.

"This Presidential Citation is acknowledgment to the developers and fans who believed successful and supported Shift Up," Kim said astatine the time. "We volition proceed to bash our champion to further beforehand the competitiveness of Korean games connected the planetary stage."

Don't hide that a sequel, Stellar Blade 2, is besides connected the way. Shift Up is besides moving connected Project Spirits, to beryllium published by Level Infinite.

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