Again at June’s PlayStation State of Play stream, my most-anticipated motion sport of the yr popped up with a brief teaser trailer starring a mysterious masked man preventing with a sword in a single hand and a child within the different. In a a lot, for much longer trailer right this moment coinciding with pre-orders going reside, Phantom Blade Zero revealed who was behind the masks: Donnie “Ip Man” Yen.
Name this Phantom Blade Zero’s Keanu second—besides Yen is doing greater than lending his face and voice to the supporting position of Mó Yuan, protagonist Soul’s father. That’d be stolen valor in a kung fu sport, contemplating Donnie Yen is an motion star not simply in his native Hong Kong, however internationally, because of roles in Rogue One and John Wick 4. He has some all-timer Chinese language motion classics to his title, together with Hero, Iron Monkey, and As soon as Upon a Time in China 2, and since 2008 he is starred in a number of movies as the person who taught Bruce Lee kung fu, grandmaster Ip Man.
Developer S-Sport introduced with right this moment’s trailer that Yen has been concerned as a “artistic guide” for PBZ’s kung fu choreography since 2023. Meaning the studio’s managed to maintain his position below wraps because the sport was first introduced. I think about the commenters over on Bilibili are going apeshit proper now.
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“Big because of Donnie and his stunt group for bringing genuine kung fu to the sport,” the trailer’s description reads.”
When you have been conspiracy-minded and paid actually shut consideration to element, you’ll have been in a position to see this reveal coming. Again in 2023, S-Sport founder Soulframe Liang wrote a put up on the PlayStation Weblog naming Kenji Tanigaki as the sport’s “motion director.” Tanigaki has been a member of Yen’s stunt group for some 30 years, collaborating with him on at the least a dozen tasks. Appears like we are able to now add another to the checklist.
Phantom Blade Zero was scheduled to launch only a month from now, however was lately delayed till October 29 for further polish. Donnie Yen’s star energy, at the least for the Chinese language viewers, might be but another excuse Soulframe is not apprehensive about competitors from GTA 6. A PlayStation State of Play stream diving deeper into the sport is deliberate for subsequent week, on August 17.
Pre-orders are reside now on Steam, with a couple of goodies in tow.
