Kim Hyung-tae is CEO and director at SHIFT UP, promoting the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Stellar Blade Complete Edition that releases November 6, 2026, and addressing the sequel Stellar Blade BLOOD RAIN as in development.
Kim Hyung-tae's public role across these stories is the same one: he is the CEO of SHIFT UP and the director of Stellar Blade, and he speaks for the game as it moves to a new platform. The company's own framing of the Switch 2 release is not a fresh start. The Complete Edition arrives on November 6, 2026 at 7,980 yen including tax, packaging the main game and all content released so far, a library of nearly 130 costumes that includes NieR and Goddess of Victory: NIKKE collaborations. Four Bayonetta collaboration costumes go free on the same day for Switch 2, PC, and PS5 owners, and Kim has tied the Bayonetta costume to the Switch 2 release directly.
The technical target has been consistent in Kim's comments. The port aims for 60 frames per second in most scenes and in both TV and handheld modes, with drops to 50fps in some scenes, and Kim has said the play feel is meant to match other platforms. Those claims came before release, attached to a version that the public could first try at Tokyo Game Show 2026, where SHIFT UP set up six stations in the Sega Partners Corner and Kim appeared on a September 20 stage delivered in Korean with Japanese interpretation.
The coverage also carries Kim out of the immediate release cycle. He confirmed that Stellar Blade BLOOD RAIN, the sequel, is in development. Separately, a career profile traces how he got here: an early ambition to draw manga, rejection, work on Magna Carta and Blade & Soul, and his 2013 decision to leave NCsoft and found SHIFT UP.
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Shift Up will release the Switch 2 version of Stellar Blade on November 6, 2026, CEO and director Kim Hyung-tae said in an interview. The port ships alongside a Bayonetta collaboration costume for protagonist Eve, which Kim tied to the Switch 2 release. He said the team targeted 60 frames per second in most scenes and aimed to match the experience of other platforms.
SHIFT UP will release Stellar Blade Complete Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 on November 6, 2026, priced at 7,980 yen including tax. A demo launched on the Nintendo eShop on September 20, and the Switch 2 version is playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe. The package contains the main game plus all content released so far, including collaboration costumes with NieR and Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, with nearly 130 costumes total. Four Bayonetta collaboration costumes will be distributed free on the same day for Switch 2, PC, and PS5 owners. CEO Kim Hyung-tae said the port targets 60fps in both TV and handheld modes, dropping to 50fps in some scenes, and that the play feel is meant to match other platforms. He also confirmed the sequel Stellar Blade BLOOD RAIN is in development.
SHIFT UP announced on August 27, 2026, that the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Stellar Blade Complete Edition will be playable for the first time by the general public at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The demo will feature six stations set up in the Sega Partners Corner within the Sega/Atlus Booth (Hall 4/04-N01) at Makuhari Messe. TGS 2026 runs from September 17 to 21, with business days on the 17th and 18th, and public days from the 19th to the 21st. The Switch 2 version is scheduled for release within 2026. A special stage will be held on September 20, featuring Stellar Blade director and SHIFT UP CEO Kim Hyung-tae. The stage will be conducted in Korean with Japanese interpretation and will be livestreamed on Sega's official YouTube channel. Stellar Blade is an action-adventure game where players control Eve, a member of a space colony unit, fighting to reclaim Earth from creatures called Natives. The game was previously released for PS5 in April 2024 and for PC in June 2025.
Game Spark traces Kim Hyung-tae's career from a boy who dreamed of being a manga artist to the founder of SHIFT UP and director of Stellar Blade. The profile covers his early rejection, his work on Magna Carta and Blade & Soul, and his decision to leave NCsoft to found SHIFT UP in 2013.