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Sony Hires Superstar Korean Cheerleader to Cosplay as Stellar Blade’s Eve

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Sony Hires Superstar Korean Cheerleader to Cosplay as Stellar Blade’s Eve

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Sony is sparing no expense on the promotion of upcoming PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade in Asia, as it’s hired Korean cheerleading sensation Lee Dahye to cosplay as protagonist Eve as part of a meet and greet in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those who pre-order the game will have an opportunity to attend an event with the Dragon Beauties dancer, who’s one of the most prominent models in Taipei right now.

Despite surprisingly switching teams from the Taoyuan-based Rakuten Monkeys to the Wei Chuan Dragons in Hsinchu earlier this year, Lee Dahye is one of the most unavoidable figures in Taipei right now, advertising everything from iced tea to clothing and much more. Adding to her busy schedule, she just made her k-pop debut, too.

As we were able to confirm during an interview with developer Shift Up earlier in the year, Eve’s body in Stellar Blade is based on real-world Korean model Shin Jae-eun, although her face was designed entirely in-house.

Ultimately, this won’t be an inexpensive event for Sony to put together, so it can be taken as a sign of confidence in Shift Up’s console debut, a game which has seen its consumer interest snowball in recent weeks.

[source instagram.com, via instagram.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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LikelySatan
3h ago

I’m glad this site doesn’t bring out the incels screaming about this game elsewhere. It doesn’t look like my bag, but it does look like a decent game.

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breakneck
2h ago

@LikelySatan They’re starting to come more often but the moderation team is pretty good at getting rid of their comments.

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Balie3000
2h ago

Glad to see Sony is keeping up with the theme of this game 😏

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Icey664
2h ago

Very pretty model, but the cosplay material looks a bit cheap imo

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BIG3
2h ago

Dope to see confidence in a new IP. After playing the demo Im sure Stellar Blade will be a fun time.

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The_ghostmen
2h ago

@breakneck bubble much.

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ATaco
1h ago

@LikelySatan
Yeah, instead of incels we have people that are immediately writing off the game because the main character is, and I quote, “just a sex doll”.

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LifeGirl
58m ago

@LikelySatan I find the politicisation of women’s bodies to be a fascinating topic and one that is deserving of a legit academic paper. Why is it that this game has gotten the extremists on both sides so excited/riled up and yet Solid Snake and Raiden with their skintight sneaking suits that show ”everything” get a free pass?
We live in a society, that’s for sure.

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Balie3000
27m ago

@LifeGirl There were a lot less of these extremists when MGS2 came out, that’s for sure 😅

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N1ghtW1ng
20m ago

@Balie3000

I think the same amount of extremists existed back then, many of them just didn’t have the platforms that we have today to express their “views”.

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lindos
14m ago

@Balie3000 It is an interesting point. I suspect that in actuality the % of folks that feel aligned to one extreme or the other is much the same as its always been (humans dont evolve that quickly) but what has changed is the ability to communicate widely and at pace. Thus we have many more people able to latch-on to the latest band-wagon or group-think : perhaps because thats what the cool kids (in their blinkered view) are saying, perhaps they want to belong, perhaps they want to momentarily stand out. In actuality they are really no more extreme than aunt Matilda from Blackburn and will align to the next fad-think just as willingly and fleetingly.

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wiiware
5m ago

I’m glad sony 100% backing this game, and shift up decision to release the demo is the right one, I remember preordering nier automata back then on ps4 after I tried the demo. Can’t wait for this game

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