Where our Phantom Blade Zero data comes from
Every fact on Phantom Blade Zero DB comes from a cited source and carries a label saying how sure we are of it. Until the October 29 launch, most of the game is known from official announcements, official footage and demo builds — never from guesses.
Where the data comes from
Phantom Blade Zero DB uses four kinds of sources, in this order of trust: what S-GAME, Sony and the store pages state; what can be read off the screen in official footage such as the State of Play deep dive; what can be read off the screen in public demo builds; and what the press reported from hands-on sessions.
Names come from the game itself: a boss name is the one on its health bar, a weapon's move text is quoted as it appears on its in-game card. Community findings are credited to their author and labelled as such.
Each page lists its sources at the bottom, with a link and the date we read them, and shows the date it was last checked.
What each label means
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Official | Stated by S-GAME, Sony or a store page. |
| Official footage | Read off the screen in official media (State of Play, trailers): the final game's interface, not yet in our hands. |
| Demo build | Read off the screen in a pre-release demo. The studio warns that balancing and maps may change. |
| Press preview | Reported by the press from a hands-on session. |
| Unverified | A single weak source, shown only with this label. |
| Verified in game | Checked in the released game, from launch onward. |
| Datamined | Read from the released game's files: true for that build, not a promise of how it plays. |
How the pages are written
Pages are drafted with the help of AI tools. Each fact is checked against its cited source before it goes live; anything that cannot be checked is labelled Unverified or left out. What is not announced yet is said once, in a list, rather than guessed.
Before launch there is no tier list: builds come from loadouts actually played in demo footage, with the run they were seen in.
How errors are corrected
When a newer official source changes a fact, the page text, its label and its last-checked date are updated together, and a news story links to the pages it changed. A wrong detail is fixed on the page as soon as it is found, not left behind a note.
FAQ
01Is Phantom Blade Zero DB an official site?+
No. It is an independent fan database, not affiliated with S-GAME or Sony Interactive Entertainment.
02Why do some values say Demo build?+
Because they were read from a pre-release demo. They are replaced by values checked in the released game after October 29.