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June 27, 2020

Bloodstained Returns With Curse Of The Moon 2

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Koji Igarashi, the mad genius behind the Castlevania series, currently can’t make any more games for it because Konami is awful right now. So several years back, he decided to strike out on his own with Bloodstained, a series that bears a great resemblance to Castlevania with its sidescrolling haunted castles and whips, yet is legally distinct. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was the big project, but Iga and his team generated enough interest to crowdfund a smaller, 8-bit styled side project: Curse of the Moon. Since it didn’t take quite as long to make a game with retro visuals, CotM came out before RotN. We don’t know if Ritual of the Night will get a sequel, but Curse of the Moon will, and rather quickly at that. We’re getting it next month! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability. The multiple-scenario structure of the previous title returns with an epic new story supervised by IGA (Koji Igarashi) himself.

May 6, 2019

Release Date Set For Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night

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The reason we haven’t seen the Castlevania brand used for much these days, beyond retro compilations and Netflix anime, is because the series’ creator Koji Igarashi (known to his fans as “Iga”) no longer works for Konami, just as everyone else with talent has fled. That hasn’t stopped him from creating games, though. He may not own the brand, but the genre is free for anyone. Iga crowdfunded a spiritual successor back in 2015 called Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Now it’s about to be released — four years later. You might be wondering what could have taken Iga so long. Truth is, he had a build running smoothly, but when he put out a preview video, the negative reactions he got spurned him into making improvements. The latest trailer is entirely about this: You have to admire someone THIS dedicated to his craft. He’s probably also trying to actively avoid what happened to his colleague Keiji Inafune and the Mega Man clone Mighty No. 9. Can’t blame him. This

May 11, 2015

Castlevania Creator Successfully Kickstarts Bloodstained

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Former Castlevania developer Koji Igarashi, creator of what’s regarded as the best Castlevania game of all time (Symphony of the Night), has been forced to strike out on his own, but he should be okay. He’s developing a new, Castlevania-like Gothic platformer called Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for PC, PS4 and XBox One (Wii U would require making two versions of the game, Iga claims). The game has outside funding sources, but Iga wanted fan help to polish the title. He asked for $500,000 and got it all in four hours. Igarashi, if you don’t know, was responsible for every good game in the Castlevania series. Konami will continue with the Castlevania brand, but it has had trouble in the past putting out good content Igarashi was not behind, and it definitely will have more trouble in the future. There has been a rash of these lately, due to the recent ugly trend of behemoth AAA publishers (especially in Japan) unceremoniously firing the talent that made them famous, for unexplained