Sony has announced that Bloodborne has been delayed to March 24, 2015 in North America and March 25 in Europe. Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa stated the delay would allow the team to deliver the best possible final experience. He explained further in a post on the PlayStation blog. “While development continues unabated, we would like our team to deliver the best possible final experience,” he said. “We were gratified by the feedback and data we received from those who participated in our limited Alpha test. The extra production time will also allow us to better integrate these learnings.” Bloodborne was originally scheduled to launch on February 6, 2015. It will now be available in March, exclusively on the PlayStation 4.
Bloodborne Pushed Back From Software’s highly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne has been pushed back from its February 2015 release date to the tail end of March 2015, as announced via the PlayStation Blog this morning. From Software cite the reason for the delay as needing time “to deliver the best possible experience”. Information gleaned from the extremely limited Bloodborne Alpha last month and player feedback has been taken on board by From Software – the extra development time should allow the developer to fine tune the game and respond to the concerns and suggestions from players. From Software also notes that new Bloodborne news will be revealed in December, again via the PlayStation Blog, as part of the on-going promotion for the title. Look out for our hands-on of Bloodborne from the EGX demo – in short, I absolutely loved the gameplay and direction that From Software are taking with the new title, the spiritual but indirect sequel to the Souls games. Bloodborne is faster, a little more akin to Devil May
Sony has announced that Bloodborne will be released on February 6, 2015 in the west. The game’s Japanese release date of February 5, 2015 was confirmed two weeks ago during Sony’s pre-TGS press conference. Alongside the release date, Sony also revealed a Collector’s Edition for the PS4 exclusive. Inside the Collector’s Edition will be a steelbook game case, an art book, and a digital soundtrack. You can pre-order it now for $79.99. For more on Bloodborne, you can find out how you can be selected to participate in the upcoming alpha test by clicking here. You can also check out the latest trailer for the game down below. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5o8jwqKsDE
Check your inbox, as Sony has begun sending out alpha test invitations for Bloodborne. According to some players, Sony has sent the invitations out via PSN. There is no word what the criteria is to receive an invitation, but you should keep an eye out just in case. If you didn’t receive an invite to the alpha test, no worries, Sony is allowing players to register on the PSN website, which will give you a chance to be selected. Sony did not reveal when the alpha test will take place, but Bloodborne is expected to launch on February 5, 2015 in Japan. No western release date has been confirmed. For more on Bloodborne, you can check out the latest artwork released for the game here.
Gamescom – Day One Wrap Up Gamescom kicked off in a large way with an absolute wealth of information to take in on day one, including exclusives galore from both the Microsoft and Sony conference. Here’s the highlights, news and trailers in condensed forms for anyone who couldn’t keep up to date with the information overload! Microsoft Conference Possibly the biggest story to come out of the Microsoft conference was the announcement that Rise Of The Tomb Raider would be an Xbox platform exclusive, to release during holiday period 2015 – we covered the story in full here. Team based monster vs human first person shooter Evolve was recently pushed back into February 2015 – Microsoft announced during their conference that an open beta would be exclusive to the Xbox One in January. The following trailer was also shown, showcasing a new map called ‘The Distillery’. Fable Legends will also be receiving a pre-release beta for the multiplayer component of the game, which will launch on 16th October. The multiplayer part of the title allows
Is Dark Souls The New Benchmark for Gaming? Gaming has always had its benchmark titles; those games that stand out head and shoulders above the rest, those that set the trends other studios work towards or try to best. These seminal titles are considered to be the benchmarks of which other games, and sequels, are judged; particularly within specific genres. Every so often, with increasing rarity in an industry which relies heavily on sequels and franchises, a game comes along and sets a new benchmark. For the best part of the last decade, the Grand Theft Auto series have been those titles, spawning countless clones and rivals to the throne. Prior to GTA3 on the PS2, the Tomb Raider and Resident Evil games had been the standout titles. Thinking even further back, platforming Gods Mario and Sonic were the superstars of countless iterations of their games. During the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation, the generation which is currently coming towards a close, gamers witnessed the rise of the formidable first-person shooter with super heavyweights
According to producer Jun Yoshino, Bloodborne will be coming in early 2015. Yoshino told Digital Spy “We’re really working flat out to get this game out for early 2015.” Additionally, he announced that Bloodborne will be playable at Gamescom, a video game trade fair event that will take place in Cologne, Germany from August 13 – 17. “We’re going to be there at all upcoming major game shows like gamescom, where we’ll have our first hands-on demo on pods on the showfloor. There we can gauge first hand the reaction to the game,” he said. Sony announced Bloodborne during their E3 press conference. Not only will it be a PlayStation 4 exclusive, it is also being developed by From Software, the developers behind the Souls franchise. We will have more coverage on Bloodborne at Gamescom, but for now you can check out the latest artwork released for the game here, and the first gameplay footage which was leaked at E3, here.
Two new pieces of artwork for Bloodborne has been leaked on the Japanese official website for the game. The first image shows the protagonist holding a weapon that seems to be a saw-axe. The second image shows the city of Yharnam, which will serve as the setting for the game. You can check out both images for yourself down below. Sony announced Bloodborne during their E3 press conference. Not only will it be a PlayStation 4 exclusive, it is also being developed by From Software, the developers behind the Souls franchise. A gameplay video was also leaked last week during E3. You can check it out by clicking here. Bloodborne is expected to launch sometime in 2015.
Now that E3 is over, we’re going to be re-capping the glut of information about the key titles that were on show, just in case you missed anything in among the madness. This out our post E3 wrap up covering absolutely everything Bloodborne. Check out all of our E3 “Everything” articles; Everything Alien: Isolation | Everything Destiny | Everything Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | Everything Call of Duty: Advance Warfare | Everything Batman: Arkham Knight | Everything The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Everything Bloodborne | Everything Assassin’s Creed: Unity | Everything Far Cry 4 | Everything Rainbow Six: Siege Everything Bloodborne The Basics Developed by From Software | Published by Sony| Genre Third-Person Action RPG | Release Date TBA| Platforms PS4 What We Learnt At E3 Bloodborne is the official name of the PS4 exclusive RPG from Dark/Demon’s Souls developer From Software – the game went under the name Project Beast until it was announced at E3. Game director Hidetaka Miyazaki insists Bloodborne is not a sequel to Dark or
E3 is over for another year and it’s given gamers plenty to look forward to for the rest of the year and beyond. As is obligatory following any E3 coverage, here are my Top 5 Games from E3 – this is my personal selection of games that have me the most excited moving forward. Sunset Overdrive I have a love/hate relationship with my XBox One. On one hand I love Titanfall – it refreshed competitive multiplayer gaming for me at a time it was desperately stagnant. On the other hand, there’s a desperate lack of games for the XBox One. The PS4 has a steady flow of indie titles alongside multi platform games that perform better on the PS4 than the XBox One. Sunset Overdrive gives me a great deal of hope though – it looks fast, action-packed, beautifully bright, full of personality and gives me a genuine reason to boot up my XBox One again. The trailer for the game is also very clever and witty. Sunset Overdrive looks great
E3 – Day 2 Following the rundown of all the information from Day 1 at E3, we take a look at the events of Day 2 in our E3 Day 2 Rundown. Here goes … Nintendo Conference Nintendo kicked off their E3 ‘Digital Event’ with a strange trailer comprising of Reggie Fils-Aime as a puppet type character – he went on to fight Satoru Iwata on Super Smash Bros. Confirmation was given that you will now be able to fight as your Mii on Super Smash Bros upon release and Mii fighters com in 3 styles – brawler, gunner and sword fighter. Palutena from Kid Icarus was also confirmed as a playable character during the conference. A brief showreel showed some of the mini games that will also be included in the 3DS release of the game. Nintendo announced their NFC figures will be called Amiibo – these can be used to provide extra content to games, much like Skylanders. The first game to make use of them will be Super
A one minute gameplay video for Bloodborne has been leaked. First seen on NeoGAF, the video shows us a glimpse of combat. You can check out the leaked video down below. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GCx2wW61aQ Sony announced Bloodborne during their E3 press conference. Not only will it be a PlayStation 4 exclusive, it is also being developed by From Software, the developers behind the Souls franchise. We’re hoping to hear more soon, but for now you can expect Bloodborne to be released sometime in 2015.
