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,
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I enjoyed Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. It was in many ways derivative, but it also modernized (and occasionally watered down) the classic Castlevania III formula with style and polish. Its sequel, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2, takes some of the criticisms that the first game received to heart. It takes risks. Some of them
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,
The New Game+ Expo is well underway, and a whole plethora of new games have already been revealed, including Koji Igarashi’s next game, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2. The game, which was revealed during the showcase by Iga himself, has been announced for Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC, however sadly no solid release
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
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has announced via Twitter that preorders for the game have gone live. The upcoming game from famed Castlevania master Koji Igarashi hearkens back to the days of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. This throwback is something fans have been clamoring for. Give the new preorder trailer a look below. Preorders
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
SEGA’s Revolve8: Episodic Dueling has just officially released for worldwide audiences, on February 5. The game takes place in a modernized fairy tale setting with humorous elements that work incredibly well in a deck-based RTS mobile game. This free-to-play title is headed by an absolute dream team of creators, including Koji Igarashi of Castlevania and Bloodstained fame, Masayoshi Kikuchi, producer of the Yakuza series,
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
SEGA has announced the staggered release dates for their free-to-play mobile game Revolve8, a real-time card-based strategy game from a team of developers including Masayoshi Kikuchi and Koji Igarashi. Revolve8 will release on January 17, 2019 in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao with language support for Japanese, English, Traditional
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
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