Although in the early stages of development, the sequel to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been on the lips of fans during 2021’s Guerrilla Collective Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, developed by ArtPlay and published by 505 Games, was led by former Castlevania series producer Koji Igarashi, and is considered a spiritual successor to
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has quickly become one of the better Kickstarter success stories in video games. Not only did Koji Igarashi’ spiritual sequel to Castlevania smash its funding goals, but the team has also delivered a great game on the backend. That’s not something we can say for other Kickstarter stories. In fact,
Despite only being announced during last weeks New Game+ Expo, Inti Creates Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 has already got a release date, and it’s less than two weeks away. Announced through the “official second trailer” on Inti Creates YouTube channel – Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is being released for Nintendo Switch,
Earlier this month, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night got the long-awaited Zangetsu and Randomizer modes in a free update on PS4, PC, and Xbox, and while they are both fun, one is superior to the other. As a bit of history, two of the stretch goals for Bloodstained‘s Kickstarter were to get the demon-hunting samurai, Zangetsu,
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the latest excellent Metroidvania from Koji Igarashi, one of the grandfathers of the genre. It is a must-play love letter to past Igarashi games, namely Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and sold well when it launched last summer. Of course, at launch, the game had some problems with the
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
With the decade quickly coming to a wrap, it is time for DualShockers’ annual Game of the Year awards selection. In all my time with this publication, this game of the year has been the most contentious — a fact that speaks to the many fantastic titles that came out this year. But whether you stan Fire
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally out in less than a month (!!!) and to make the excitement for launch just a bit more heightened, 505 Games recently revealed an entirely new playable character that will be in the game. The new playable character alongside Miriam is that of Zangetsu, who you may recognize from Bloodstained:
After years of anticipation since the original launch of the game’s Kickstarter, 505 Games has today announced the release date for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Depending on the version of Bloodstained that you might be looking to pick up, there are two different release dates in question but both will be out in June. For the
Of all the games I got to check out at PAX East a couple of weeks back, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was easily the title I was most looking forward to playing. Having already tried it out a few years back at E3 2017, I was curious to see how development on the long-awaited Kickstarter
ArtPlay and 505 Games have released a development update on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on the Kickstarter page. Designer Koji Igarashi shared some new mechanics introduced in the release window trailer during the most recent Nintendo Direct. There was also a graphics comparison video released to show how far along the game has come in
After years of anticipation, the forthcoming “Igavania” Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally received a new release window during today’s Nintendo Direct. For starters, a new gameplay trailer for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was released and it showed off the throwback style of gameplay that we’ve come to expect from this title. We see the
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been in development since 2015 when the game’s Kickstarter campaign first began. While the Castlevania spiritual successor was supposed to originally launch in 2018, it seems like we might finally be nearing its release with one new piece of information recently coming to light. Today, it was found that Bloodstained: Ritual
In an update to the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Kickstarter page Koji Igarashi has announced that the team has made the tough decision to no longer support a Mac and Linux version of the game on PC. We have made this tough decision due to challenges of supporting middleware and online feature support and
WayForward Technologies, developers of the Shantae series among many other titles, are joining ArtPlay and DICO to aid in the creation of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. In a Kickstarter update, Koji Igarashi announced that WayForward would be, “helping the development team realize my vision for this game.” Igarashi, frequently referred to as IGA, is best known
Last month, Inti Creates announced and released Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, an 8-bit spinoff for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which is currently in development. Two weeks after the game’s release, developer Inti Creates took to Twitter to reveal that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon has sold 100,000 copies. The tweet, which you can
Today, during BitSummit 2018 in Japan, Inti Creates unveiled Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. It is an 8-bit spinoff title of the notable KickStarter game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and is releasing on PC, PS4, PS Vita, 3DS, Switch, and Xbox One later this month. This 8-bit title is reminiscent of the earliest Castlevania games, and
Fans have been eager to get their hands on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night since its original Kickstarter reveal back in 2015. Unfortunately, while it is scheduled to release this year, no specific date has yet to be given. Fortunately, though, that might finally change next month. During a panel about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night at SXSW
Koji Igarashi’s Artplay released a new video of the upcoming Igavania game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The trailer showcases the crafting system, that allows the player to visit Johannes, an alchemist who protagonist Miriam can befriend. Johannes will be able to combine various elements to create new items or equipment. In the video we
Today the Koji Igarashi and the good folks at ArtPlay posted an update on Kickstarter for their upcoming IgaVania game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and released new video assets. The first video is the first look at a never-seen-before stage, inspired by Japan both in looks and music. Apparently set in a cave, it features Asian-style
My fears for Koji Igarashi’s Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night quickly diminished after only a few minutes of going hands-on with the game at New York Comic Con this year. Being a Kickstarter title, I initially worried that Bloodstained might’ve gone down the same road as recent titles like Mighty No. 9 did, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at
Koji Igarashi has been a notable name to fans of the Castlevania franchise for almost twenty years. From Symphony of the Night to Harmony of Dissonance, Igarashi served as one of the main creative minds behind the vampire-laden series until his departure from Konami in March of 2014. Of course, Igarashi couldn’t sit on the
Last week at E3 2017, we had the opportunity to go hands on with the upcoming “Igavania” title Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Being developed by Inti Creates and published by 505 Games, Bloodstained serves as a spiritual successor to the Castlevania games of yesteryear. For those unfamiliar, Bloodstained began as a Kickstarter project in