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News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Coming To Switch, Wii U Version Deader Than Drac Himself
"We are very sorry that it has come to this after all your support"
The Wii U version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been cancelled, it has been revealed today - that's the bad news. The good news is that it's now coming to the Nintendo Switch instead. If you backed the Wii U version and are happy to have the game on Switch, you don't...
News Check Out This New Village Area in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
"The afternoon sky was dark as night and red as blood"
Though Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is unfortunately quite some time away from being in the hands of gamers, Koji igarashi and his team have been doing a good job of communicating progress to their Kickstarter backers and showing how the game is shaping up. In the last post, we got a look...
News Koji Igarashi on How Bloodstained Will Utilize Procedural Generation
It'll handle all the environmental detail
Though Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been delayed until 2018, we can rest assured that Koji Igarashi and his team are doing everything they can to polish the game to the nth degree and make it all worth the wait. In a previous update, Igarashi mentioned how he would be utilizing procedural generation...
News Koji Igarashi Would Be "Incredibly Honored" To Make A Metroid Game
No surprise there, then
When its Kickstarter campaign came to a close, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was the biggest video game crowdfunding project in the site's history, and has only been eclipsed by Shenmue 3. The incredible response to Bloodstained - which is regarded as a spiritual successor to the "Metroidvania" sub-series of Konami's...
Video DICO and Monobit Will Be Contributing to Bloodstained's Development
Bringing in reinforcements
It came as a bit of a tough pill to swallow when Koji Igarashi announced that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night would be delayed into 2018. All the same, this has been done to ensure that the final product is of a sufficient quality; which is reassuring in light of certain other mighty disappointments on Kickstarter. Early...
News External Help Being Sought To Complete Bloodstained, Admits Creator Koji Igarashi
"We needed to bring in another team"
We've already reported on news that the Wii U version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is in doubt, and in the same interview with IGN creator Koji Igarashi it is stated that additional resource is being sought to ensure the title is completed on time. Bloods
News Koji Igarashi on the Wii U Port of Bloodstained
"As timelines move on, certain pieces of hardware become irrelevant"
Early last month, Koji Igarashi made the announcement that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night would be delayed until sometime in 2018. Though his reasons for this were sound, it still came as quite a blow to those who were expecting to play it earlier; an unexpected extra year for...
News Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Has Been Delayed To 2018
Ouch…
It could be said that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is one of the most highly anticipated Kickstarter projects bound for Nintendo platforms. We absolutely loved what we saw of it at E3, and it seems as though development has been progressing quite well. The game was set to launch in March of 2017, but it seems now that fans will have to...
Hands On Painting the Walls Red with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Oh, it's good. Very good.
Back in 1997, Koji Igarashi made gaming history with the extremely successful Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The reason that Castlevania shares half of the name with "Metroidvania", Symphony of the Night was lauded for its fantastic art direction and intricately designed castle. Later on, the formula established by...
Video Check Out This Early Footage of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Looking good
Considering the self-destructive route Konami has been on in recent times, it's been disappointing to see many of its popular franchises effectively put on ice, including the Castlevania series. Of course, it could be argued that it's been awhile since the last classic Castlevania game came out, as Mercury Steam took the series in a new...
News Bloodstained Will Launch the Base Campaign First, Followed by Staggered Content Releases
The right way
Mighty No. 9 has finally, to the shock of many, gone gold and been fixed with a firm release window. The game was delayed after numerous delays for varying reasons, but it seems as though extra content made possible by the Kickstarter funds was the main reason for the holdup. Of course, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night also had an...
Video New Bloodstained Development Update Blurs The Line Between 3D And 2D Art
"We thought cosplayers would especially like to see the back view"
When Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launched on Kickstarter a while back, the concept art shown off made many assume that it would take inspiration from the likes of Muramasa and Dragon's Crown by using 2D sprites, but subsequent development updates stated that it was in fact...
News Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Will Be Bigger Than Your Average Castlevania-esque Romp
Over 1,600 rooms to explore
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, widely regarded as a Castlevania successor and led by Koji Igarashi, was a phenomenon on Kickstarter. It's become the most successful game project ever on the platform, and its success brought plenty of stretch goals and a
Third playable character and prequel mini-game also confirmed
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is already Kickstarter's most successful video game campaign ever, and with just over a day remaining on the clock the momentum shows no signs of dropping - in fact, the total is getting dangerously close to the $4.5 million mark. New stretch goals have...
News Bloodstained Is Officially Kickstarter's Most Successful Video Game Campaign
Over $4 million raised and there's still hours to spare
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is officially Kickstarter's most successful video game venture after pushing past the $4.1 million record set by Torment: Tides of Numenera back in April 2013. Bloodstained currently stands at $4,194,391 with 41 hours remaining. Almost 50,000 people have...
"I like their wobbly movements"
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's crowdfunding drive has just three days to go and has raised over $3,700,000 at the time of writing. To drum up even more interest and perhaps encourage a final surge of backers, creator Koji Igarashi has published a video showing some off-screen footage from a very early version of...
News Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Smashes Past $3.5 Million, More Stretch Goals Announced
Less than a week to go!
It's pretty safe to say that the Kickstarter for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been a massive success. The spiritual successor to the Castlevania series will now be coming to nearly every current-gen console and the money still keeps rolling in, practically guaranteeing that this will be the gothic Metroidvania to end...
News Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Confirmed for Wii U
Next stretch goal will add asynchronous online multiplayer
Just earlier this week, it was revealed on the Kickstarter page for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night that a Wii U version would be made if the project reached its next stretch goal. Rather amazingly, over $250,000 has been raised over the past four days, hitting the stretch goal and...
May also own the brand, as well
German publisher Koch Media - the parent company of Deep Silver - has recently filed a video game-related trademark for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which would appear to confirm that the company is handling publishing duties for the forthcoming title. Created by Koji "IGA" Igarashi, Bloodstained is the...