Inti Creates News Articles
Tuesday26th May 2020
News Limited Run Is Releasing Both Blaster Master Zero Games In Physical Form On Nintendo Switch
That's a lot of Blaster Master!
Update (Tue 26th May, 2020 01:30 BST): As suspected, Limited Run Games will be releasing physical versions of Blaster Master Zero and Blaster Master Zero 2 on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Pre-orders will open for four weeks starting on 29th May. There'll be the option of a standard edition or classic...
Wednesday20th May 2020
News New Game+ Expo To Feature 14 Publishers This June, Including SEGA, Atlus And SNK
Livestream event to include KOEI TECMO, AKSYS and Inti Creates
E3 may be skipping 2020, but other bodies are stepping up to fill the summer video game vacuum. There's Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest, which will be delivering news and announcements throughout a four-month window, but there's also a new Expo in town, and it's got some big names...
Wednesday8th Apr 2020
News Dragon Marked For Death Is No Longer Exclusive To The Nintendo Switch
And sales have surpassed 120,000 units
Earlier last month, Inti Creates announced its side-scrolling action-RPG Dragon: Marked for Death would be receiving a massive update on 21st April, bumping it up to version 3.0.0. On the same day as this, the game will officially lose its exclusivity to Switch – with the developer announcing it would be...
Friday13th Mar 2020
News Dragon: Marked For Death Is Receiving A "Massive Update" On 21st April
Version 3.0.0 is on the way
The side-scrolling action-RPG Dragon: Marked for Death by Inti Creates was definitely an interesting concept, but the game itself didn't live up to expectations. Since its release early last year, it's been patched a few times over, and soon it'll be bumped up to Version 3.0.0. According to the Inti Creates Twitter...
Saturday28th Sep 2019
News Bloodstained Switch Updates Expected To Launch By The End Of November
Fixes incoming
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night didn't quite live up to expectations when it arrived on the Switch. Since then, Koji Igarashi the team have been releasing patches and updates to fix the game. The next significant update was outlined earlier this month and now in the latest post over on the Kickstarter page, the senior community...
Tuesday24th Sep 2019
More fixes are on the way
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on the Switch might have already received a number of patches, but the Nintendo version of the game is still a bit of a letdown compared to other platforms. The visuals are watered down, the framerate struggles and load times can be overly long. If it wasn't already evident enough that...
Monday26th Aug 2019
News Limited Run Pre-Orders For Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX Open Tomorrow
Includes DLC on the cart
Limited Run Games is opening pre-orders for a collector's edition and the standard edition of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX tomorrow, on 27th August. Pre-orders will be available directly from its website up until 27th September. The standard edition will set you back $34.99 USD and the Collector's Edition costs...
News Limited Run Pre-Orders For Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX Open Tomorrow
Includes DLC on the cart
Limited Run Games is opening pre-orders for a collector's edition and the standard edition of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX tomorrow, on 27th August. Pre-orders will be available directly from its website up until 27th September. The standard edition will set you back $34.99 USD and the Collector's Edition costs...
Sunday25th Aug 2019
News Inti Creates "Loves Nintendo" And Intends To Release Every Game It Can On Switch
"don't expect us to pull our support"
Inti Creates has been releasing its games on Nintendo systems for many years now. More recently on the Switch, we've seen titles such as Dragon: Marked for Death and Blaster Master Zero 2 made available. There's no plan to stop anytime soon, either. During a recent chat with Nintendo Everything, company...
News Inti Creates "Loves Nintendo" And Intends To Release Every Game It Can On Switch
"don't expect us to pull our support"
Inti Creates has been releasing its games on Nintendo systems for many years now. More recently on the Switch, we've seen titles such as Dragon: Marked for Death and Blaster Master Zero 2 made available. There's no plan to stop anytime soon, either. During a recent chat with Nintendo Everything, company...
Thursday15th Aug 2019
News Inti Creates Explains Why It Didn't Stick Around To Finish Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
"It was felt best that our involvement ended after completing the alpha"
When Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night smashed its Kickstarter goal a few years back, former Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi was quick to enlist the help of industry veteran Inti Creates, a studio famed for its 2D action titles. Inti Creates – which also co-developed...
News Inti Creates President Elaborates On 'That' Zelda II Remake Comment
"That story kind of blew up"
A short time ago, Inti Creates boss Takuya Aizu was asked in an interview if he would like to make a game featuring a Nintendo character. His response caused quite a stir, as Aizu picked Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, the second title in the Legend of Zelda series. Given that we've seen
Friday2nd Aug 2019
News Bloodstained Receives A Small Patch As Koji Igarashi Apologises For "Continued Inconvenience"
"we are also working on the DLC"
In June, 505 Games - on behalf of Koji Igarashi and the rest of the team behind Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - said it would improve the Switch version of the game with a series of "small updates" rather than forcing players to wait for a bigger one. Now, though, this plan has been wiped. Instead of a smaller...
Wednesday24th Jul 2019
News Koji Igarashi Talks About Fan Feedback And How It Impacted Bloodstained's Development
"the final decision must always be made by us"
Over the years, Kickstarter has become an increasingly acceptable way for new and proven developers to fund games. Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is one of the latest titles to be backed by an entire community. During an interview with DenFamiNicoGamer! earlier this month, that was...
Saturday20th Jul 2019
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Switch Patch Comes With Some Unwelcome Extras
Patch it up
When Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night arrived on the Switch a week after initial release, Nintendo players quickly established something wasn't right. Digital Foundry took a closer inspection of this version and found the performance and visuals had taken a tremendous hit and our own review here on
Friday12th Jul 2019
News Iga's Back Pack Now Available In Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
Performance updates are still in the works
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night might be in need of some desperate performance fixes on the Switch, but that hasn't stopped Koji "Iga" Igarashi and his team from releasing the backer's DLC. Following on from last week's approval by Nintendo, the "Iga's Back Pack" is now available on the Switch eShop...
Friday5th Jul 2019
Heavy spoiler alert! Heavy spoiler alert!
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally with us, and what a wait it has been. The game was crowdfunded back in 2015 and endured a major delay last year, but it's finally in our hands and on our Switches. While Nintendo fans have unquestionably been given the worst version of the game (
Thursday4th Jul 2019
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Switch Fix Targeting A Mid-July Release
Will "improve input delay, stability, and various optimizations"
As much as we've been enjoying Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night here at Nintendo Life, it's hard to overlook the fact the Switch version has some serious issues. Assets are weaker than other versions, the frame rate is halved, the game can be unstable and the load times are also...
Wednesday26th Jun 2019
News Bloodstained Team Releasing Multiple "Small Updates" To Fix Performance Of The Switch Version
"We have been listening to the feedback"
Last week, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players encountered a "game-breaking bug" in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. With this problem now resolved, Koji Igarashi and his team have shifted their attention to the Switch release. According to an article over
Wednesday5th Jun 2019
News Koji Igarashi Still Wants To Finish Two Castlevania "Episodes" With Konami
Please do!
Koji "Iga" Igarashi is best known for his work on the Castlevania series over the years, but right now, is exceptionally busy promoting Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, due out later this month on the Switch. During an interview with Gematsu, though, he was asked if he would ever make another Castlevania if his former employer Konami...
Saturday1st Jun 2019
News New Trailer And Release Date For Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
Launches in September
Inti Creates has revealed more info on its upcoming entry in the Gunvolt series at Bitsummit 2019. Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX was revealed at the Kyoto-based indie game festival last year and it is now confirmed to be launching on 26th September. The first game in the series since Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 in 2016,...
Sunday28th Apr 2019
News Blaster Master Zero 2 Patch Resolves Multiple Issues And Enhances Stability
Master your blast
One of the highlights of last month’s Nindies Showcase was the Blaster Master Zero 2 announcement. Right after the presentation, the game was released on the Switch eShop. If you had somehow forgotten about this follow-up to the 2017 title, now might be the time to check it out. It’s a bigger and better adventure for Jason and...
Wednesday10th Apr 2019
News Fresh Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Screenshots Showcase New In-Game Area
Sink your teeth into this
The side-scrolling action RPG Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night emerges from the shadows this summer. Following private hands-on demos at PAX East and EGX Rezzed, the team behind the game has now shared some fresh screenshots of a new area in the game. This new section is known as 'The Tower of the Twin Dragons' and...
Sunday24th Feb 2019
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Physical Pricing Won't Include "Switch Tax"
Save your pennies
The Switch's popularity has come at a high price. The majority of multi-platform releases in both physical and digital form often cost more on Nintendo's hybrid platform. Eurogamer even investigated why this was happening on the physical front in 2017, only to discover game cards cost more to produce than discs and vary in terms of...
Monday18th Feb 2019
News Feast Your Eyes On This Box Art For Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
Simply stunning
Last week, during the Nintendo Direct Presentation, we got an update on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for the Switch. The team has been hard at work and the game is now expected to arrive this summer. After ongoing requests from fans, the official Bloodstained Twitter account has now revealed the final box art for the game,...
Thursday14th Feb 2019
News Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Emerges From The Shadows This Summer
About time
If you've been keeping tabs on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, you'll know the team behind the game have been hard at work on the project in preparation for its 2019 launch. The latest Nintendo Direct presentation has now revealed the game will launch in summer 2019. Alongside this announcement was a new gameplay trailer. If you've...
Friday25th Jan 2019
News Dragon: Marked For Death Physical Edition Arrives In The West This March
Digital version launches on 31st January
Dragon: Marked for Death by Inti Creates was first announced during the 2017 Nindie Summer Showcase. Since then, its release has been repeatedly pushed back. Fortunately, the digital version was locked in for 31st January 2019 not long ago (in both Europe and North America) and now the publisher has Nighthawk...
Friday28th Dec 2018
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Development Has "Reached Its Peak"
Working towards a 2019 launch
Last time we got an update on the Kickstarter project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Producer Koji 'Iga' Igarashi revealed WayForward would be assisting with the development by stamping out some really tough bugs. In the final
Thursday20th Dec 2018
Video Here's The Second Official Dragon: Marked for Death Trailer
Launches in January
In November, the talented individuals at Inti Create revealed the side-scrolling action RPG Dragon: Marked for Death would not be released in 2018. Instead, the decision was made to delay the digital version of the game until the end of January 2019 to align with the physical release published by Nighthawk Interactive. Now the...
Friday30th Nov 2018
News WayForward Joins Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Development Team
Solving "really tough bugs"
In a recent Kickstarter update, it has been revealed WayForward will be assisting with the development of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. After a series of delays, Producer Koji 'Iga' Igarashi said the experienced team would help him realise his "vision" for the game, and would hopefully be able to make it even better...
