Phantom Blade Zero took 15 years and Tencent funding to make

S-Game revealed Phantom Blade Zero is part of the Rainblood franchise, which is over 15 years old. Tencent funded the big-budget action-RPG with hundreds of millions of dollars after earlier rounds from NetEase and ZhenFund.

• Phantom Blade Zero continues the Rainblood series that began in 2010–2011
• In 2021 S-Game received hundreds of millions of dollars from Tencent
• Combat blends Sekiro and Devil May Cry with 30 primary and 25 secondary weapons
• Stamina drains only on dodges and special attacks, not on regular swings or blocks