Bloodborne followers will not be pleased to listen to {that a} remake was reportedly rejected, however that doesn't imply it's fully off the desk. Bluepoint Video games, Sony's closed-down studio behind many PlayStation remakes, pitched remaking the traditional Gothic horror RPG in early 2025, however was blocked by the sport's developer, FromSoftware, in keeping with a Bloomberg report.
As Bloomberg reported, Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake after a number of years of working in direction of a live-service title within the God of Warfare franchise that was finally canceled. In search of the following mission, a modern-day model of Bloodborne made a variety of sense, contemplating the title got here out in 2015 and Bluepoint was liable for the profitable Demon's Souls remake in 2020. Nevertheless, Bloomberg's sources mentioned that FromSoftware was in opposition to it, however didn't provide a concrete purpose why. With some digging, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier pointed to an interview from Kinda Humorous Video games with PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida, which aired final yr. Within the video, Yoshida talked about that FromSoftware's president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, needed to pursue a Bloodborne remake, however was too busy to do it himself and "doesn't need anybody else to the touch it."
After failing to get the Bloodborne remake greenlit, Bluepoint wasn't capable of safe one other mission for greater than a yr, in keeping with the Bloomberg report. Now that Bluepoint has been shut down, we're doubtless even additional away from a remake. That's to not say a remake won’t ever occur, however when it does, it'll need to get a stamp of approval and certain a variety of oversight from FromSoftware.
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