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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has certainly come a long way, after a hugely successful Kickstarter back in 2015, to now finally receiving its final update almost a decade later. (Read More)

Taking to Kickstarter to make the announcement, Koji Igarashi – the mind behind the Castlevania series as well as Bloodstained – said “we are honored to announce that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has sold two million copies since its launch in June 2019!” (Read More)

The developers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night have revealed that more DLC is in the works. More news about the new modes on September 14, and developer Artplay confirms that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has officially sold 2 million copies. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night brought Koji Igarashi's Castlevania development skills into a new, wholly original realm when it launched in June 2019 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. (Read More)

When series lead producer Koji Igarashi left the company, he devised his own series called Bloodstained, creating a Kickstarter for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a game highly derivative of older, more explorative Castlevania titles like Symphony of the Night and Order of Ecclesia. The Kickstarter was an enormous success, and one of the stretch goals funded was an 8-Bit game made by Inti Creates that would harken back to classic side-scrolling Castlevania: the amazing Curse of the Moon. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 has been announced and is coming soon to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Oh, and it features a playable Corgi in a colossal suit of magicked armor. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is coming to your platform of choice soon! (Read More)

“Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night” already hit 1 million copies in sales, and the happy developers behind it have announced a lot of content coming over the course of the year. (Read More)

ArtPlay and 505 Games canceled plans for a roguelike mode in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. An official Bloodstained Randomizer mode is coming instead! (Read More)

Like many Kickstarter success stories, the book hasn’t closed on development for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night just yet. If you own Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Nintendo Switch, a new patch is coming soon, and brand new game modes will follow soon after. (Read More)

Bloodstained is one of the best games I have played in 2019! (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was funded thanks to gamers on Kickstarter. The game was released earlier this year but had some performance issues. (Read More)

So the Bloodstained Switch update has swapped priorities a number of times, and now everyone is just kind of waiting for it. (Read More)

Other than the ongoing Switch port drama, things seem to be going pretty well for ArtPlay's Bloodstained. It'll probably pop up in a lot of Game of the Year lists in a few months, and according to a recent interview found in the latest issue of Game Informer, will likely be the springboard for an ongoing franchise. (Read More)

The Bloodstained team (which is actually now a conglomerate of multiple entities) provided an update on the fabled "big Switch bug fix patch" just recently, and in case you were expecting it soon, you're going to be disappointed. (Read More)

An Archipel video discussion between Koji Igarashi and Yohei Kataoka reveals their attitudes on the meaning of "indie" and a variety of other topics. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is very much like the games that came before it. Is that a good thing though? Can it stand on its own? (Read More)

The long-time Castlevania developer tells us that he never looked at his new project that way, and he explains why the Switch version was so challenging for ArtPlay. (Read More)

During an interview with DenFamiNicoGamer! earlier this month, that was recently translated by Siliconera, Iga was asked about how he made use of fan feedback during the development of his latest game. (Read More)

Although highly received on many platforms when 505 Games released (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launched to widespread acclaim, one thing in particular was amiss: its Switch version (Read More)

The team behind Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night have been hard at work on a patch for the Switch version, and the good news is that the patch has been submitted. (Read More)

The Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Switch 1.02 update patch notes have been revelaed, though it currently has no release date. 505 Games has submitted the patch to Nintendo, however, and has some of the update's details locked in. (Read More)

This time around, we've finally got our hands on Kickstarter darling Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, as well as some more impressions on Super Mario Maker 2. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a gothic, exploration-focused action platformer, designed by Koji Igarashi, known for his work on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. (Read More)

Koji Igarashi attempts to achieve an almost Sisyphean task with Bloodstained Ritual of the Night. It (Read More)

Bloodstained doesn't offer much in terms of narrative and most of its characters -- bar Zangetsu -- are downright awful. (Read More)

While the PC, PS4, and Xbox One versions have bugs of their own, the Switch edition of Bloodstained (Read More)

Bloodstained is a fitting tribute to the Metroidvania genre, with great gameplay and stunning pixel art (Read More)

A solid metroidvania with some significant shortcomings (Read More)

Now that fans are playing  (Read More)

Aware of the concerns surrounding the Switch version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, 505 Games is promising performance improvements via Kickstarter. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night demonstrates why Koji Igarashi, the man behind Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, is the king of metroidvania games. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is almost defiantly old-school: a straightforward action/exploration experience with plenty of polish. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, if you haven (Read More)

On the outside, there's a lot to be concerned about when it comes to Bloodstained. It was delayed numerous times, Wii U and Vita ports were canceled, and early review copies weren't provided. (Read More)

Hello everyone! Welcome to Neoseeker's Official Guide for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night! This guide will cover the main game with an in-depth walkthrough and 100% collectibles, enemy shards and much more! (Read More)

On the eve of its release, a chat with the man himself. (Read More)

New in games this month: Long anticipated Metroidvania adventures and virtual reality golf (Read More)

These are the best upcoming Xbox One game releases headed to Microsoft's home console this month, June 2019 featuring a varied group of games. (Read More)

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will have new characters, exciting modes along with cosmetics as a post-launch update. In addition, the new updates are included with Speed Run mode, Super Boss mode, plus online and Co-op modes. (Read More)

The Kickstarter backers of Bloodstained Ritual of the Night are unhappy with promised exclusive content being sold as premium DLC. (Read More)

Publisher 505 Games has released a Kickstarter update for backers of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night sharing post-launch plans for the game. (Read More)

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Take on the mind behind Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Koji Igarashi, in this newly announced DLC. Pre-orders have gone live, too. (Read More)

Sales of Bloodstained DLC 'Iga (Read More)

A lot of new game modes are coming post-launch, publisher 505 Games says. (Read More)

With less than a month before the release of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor to Castlevania, publisher 505 Games has shared their plans for the game's extensive post-launch DLC. (Read More)

505 Games announced today that Koji Igarashi (Read More)

The video begins with a full-on embrace of the criticism aimed at the Kickstarter backer beta released previous year, which included complaints about lighting, backgrounds, textures, and more: As one put it succinctly, "Boy does this look rough". The game will then launch for Nintendo Switch on June 25. Judging from the trailer, it appears that Iga and gang have been paying attention to the feedback and frustration of fans and those who backed the game on Kickstarter. (Read More)

Developer ArtPlay and publisher 505 Games have announced a release date for the highly anticipated Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. After a successful Kickstarter campaign and lengthy development cycle, this throwback to the Castlevanias of old will release on June 18th for PS4, XB1, Steam, and GOG. The Switch version will follow shortly thereafter, on June 25th. (Read More)

The famed TV show Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Read More)

Much has changed since 2012, when Double Fine cracked open video game crowdfunding with more than $3.3 million raised. The video game Kickstarter movement began as part of the indie revolution against the very concept of publishers. Kickstarter was an integral part of indie validation at a time when small studios couldn (Read More)

The System Shock series has been a classic ever since the first game came out in 1994. A cyberpunk imagining of the year 2072, System Shock is a first-person action adventure set aboard the Citadel space station. You play as a hacker fighting their way through cyborgs, robots, and mutated crew members to foil the plans of a devious AI system. (Read More)

First of all, some disclosure: I shelled out my own money and backed Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. I also backed it for the Nintendo Switch, so my true colors are out there in the open. Sorry everyone! Anyway, Koji Igarashi (Read More)

With Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night finally getting a Fall release date (even if it (Read More)

Of all the successfully-funded Kickstarter projects incubating in development, Koji Igarashi (Read More)

ArtPlay and WayForward Technologies' Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has run into some problems. Technically, it has resolved those problems, but it doesn't really make things any easier for gamers to gulp down, given that in order to fix the issues that the team ran into, it meant dropping two of the promised platforms that were originally pitched during the Kickstarter campaign. (Read More)

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,  (Read More)

Kickstarter gets a bad rap around the gaming-sphere due to gamers spending their hard-earned money on projects that may never (and sometimes don (Read More)

This week's Gamescom convention in Germany has given CD Projekt its newest opportunity to showcase more of Night City, the amplified, Blade Runner-esque dystopian sprawl where Cyberpunk 2077 will unspool its open-world RPG adventure. A batch of killer new high-res screenshots emerged this week as part of the studio (Read More)

Crowdfunded Castlevania revival Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will no longer release on the PS Vita, as a new Kickstarter update confirms that development for Sony (Read More)

Director Koji Igarashi has made a couple of announcements concerning his upcoming game, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, including a delay into 2019 and removal of the Vita from the list of supported platforms. That's sure to disappoint quite a few of the crowdfunded game's eager fans, though neither revelation is all that surprising. Iga took to Kickstarter today to post a video wherein he explains that Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is being delayed into some unspecified time in 2019. Expected to launch later this year, Iga explained that the reason for the delay, as is often the case with these types of games, is that the team needs more time to make sure it's the best product it can be. The video isn't too snazzy so, if you'd rather just read the full statement instead, it's available below the video on the blog update. (Read More)

For many entrepreneurs, Kickstarter represents a level playing field where good ideas can find people with the cash to help make their dream a reality. Just look at the success of the legendary Potato Salad, where a guy tried to raise the funds to make, well, potato salad -- and ended up raising over $55,000 and throwing a potato party for charity. (Read More)

Pillars of Eternity, $3,986,929.Torment: Tides of Numenara, $4,188,927. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, $5,545,991. Shenmue 3, $6,333,295. All video games funded through Kickstarter  (Read More)

A new story trailer for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, brainchild of Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi, shows off forty seconds of in-game footage. You can check it out above: The story trailer launched alongside the E3 2018 demo, which has now been released exclusively for Bloodstained Kickstarter backers at the $60 tier and above to enjoy. (Read More)

Those of you who backed the Kickstarter for 505 Games and independent developer ArtPlay (Read More)

ArtPlay and 505 Games have released a new beta demo for certain Kickstarter backers of Koji Igarashi's upcoming Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The $60 and above tiers will have access to the PC preview which is chock-full of new enemies and NPCs, and some of the game's quests are available to complete. (Read More)

Koji Igarashi recently informed everyone, on the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night page, that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon will be delayed. Check out more details on the delay as well as how to access your copy of the game on Steam even if you backed the game on a console. (Read More)

We're still waiting on Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which is expected to be released later this year. However, not many remembered that as part of the Kickstarter campaign, one of the stretch goals was for an 8-bit prequel to be made. That prequel, entitled Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, was announced this week, and is set to drop on May 24th. (Read More)

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The Bloodstained team recently put out a feedback survey that focuses on their Kickstarter communications so far, what sort of potential post-launch content people might want to see, and more. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's producer & scenario writer Koji Igarashi recently participated in a panel at SXSW where he talked about some of the game's changes in its development as well as some newly-revealed features like cooking. (Read More)

According to a post on the team's official Twitter, the Castlevania-but-not-really title Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will have its release date announced very soon, before the end of March, in fact. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has had a brand new fashion video revealed for the game, showcasing a number of clothing items. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is turning out to be a proper spiritual successor to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Read More)

Most famous for his work on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the subsequent portable titles, Koji Igarashi is an icon of the industry. (Read More)

During E3 2017, we were able to sit down with legendary game developer Koji Igarashi to discuss modern game development and the current build of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. (Read More)

App Trigger got the chance to speak to famed games producer Koji Igarashi about the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night during E3 2017 last week. (Read More)

505 Games has revealed a new trailer for Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night ahead of E3 2017 next week. (Read More)

Everything you need to know about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, including latest news, release date, trailer, and much more! (Read More)

In the hours since the announcement, the update received over 300 likes and 200 comments, with the majority of those comments being positive. (Read More)

The Metroidvania game is being pushed back a year (Read More)

An inevitability for almost every single Kickstarter gaming project, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has encountered a staggering delay. (Read More)

A few of these games are on Steam Early Access, hell one of them has been on there for years now, but the full game isn (Read More)

With the recent retail release, and tepid reception, of Mighty No. 9, Kickstarter-funded gaming has become a hot topic once again. (Read More)

Castlevania fans will notice that Bloodstained features nuanced mechanics from the Castlevania series, like animation canceling (wherein you interrupt the animation of one action with another action to speed up your combos and movement). (Read More)

Today's CAT takes a look at Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained, the backstory to the campaign, why it was so successful, and how good the updates have been. (Read More)

In an update for Kickstarter backers, Bloodstained Ritual of the Night developer Koji Igarashi showed off some work-in-progress footage. (Read More)

The latest Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Kickstarter update reveals the results of the shader feedback the game was seeking back in January. (Read More)

Last year saw a jump in the amount of money pledged to games on Kickstarter, but the cash was divided between fewer projects. (Read More)

Can you believe it? 2015 is over, and with it, I have managed to gather data on Kickstarter video game campaigns for almost the entirety of the year. (Read More)

Video games took in $46,177,705 on Kickstarter in 2015, according to new stats released today by the crowdfunding company. That’s significantly more than 2014 but not quite as much as Kickstarter made from games in 2013. (Read More)

If we look closely at games that have been fully funded, we can find some lessons on how game studios can succeed at crowdfunding. (Read More)

Castlevania veteran Koji Igarashi made $5.5 million for Bloodstained, and there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how he did it. Here's an analysis based on an extensive conversation with him. (Read More)

In little over one month, Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night hit its final stretch goal of $5,500,000 dollars. With that the Kickstarter has ended, and the final tally for the entire campaign was $5,545,892 from Kickstarter, and approximately another 200,000 dollars pledged via PayPal. This was all backed by approximately 65,000 gamers. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an upcoming side scrolling action adventure game set firmly in the Metroidvania genre. The game is currently being developed by the Japanese company Inti Creates, a team that was founded by ex-Capcom staff and is responsible for the popular Mega Man Zero series of video games. (Read More)

The Kickstarter campaign for Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor to his brand of Castlevania games, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, has come to a close with more than $5.5 million in pledges. (Read More)

Click here to watch the Ending Stream, which is currently live! Here's the remaining (rough) stream schedule: Happening now: Art time with Natsume! 5:30 - Gunvolt 6:00 - Special Game Announcement 6:30 - IGA plays Shantae: Half Genie Hero 7:00 -... (Read More)

With our latest Paypal funds totaling $180k from 2200 backers... You've raised $5,000,000. Against every expectation, the Army of the Night has unlocked the $5mm Roguelike Dungeon Mode. And of course that means you also blew past the $4.75mm goal,... (Read More)

Remember Natsume's Shovel Knight fanart from earlier in the campaign? It's been about a decade, in Kickstarter years, so I'll refresh your memory: We've got good news: Inti Creates and Yacht Club Games have agreed that Natsume's reimagining of their... (Read More)

With $4 million, you've made Bloodstained the second biggest Kickstarter of any videogame ever. It's an honor to be a part of something like this, and with two days to go it's very possible you'll have made this the biggest game Kickstarter ever by... (Read More)

The crew at Armature continues to prove that they're the right studio for the job. We'll let them do the talking: “Hi Bloodstained backers - Armature here with another update. It turns out that a people have shown a ton of interest in our plan to... (Read More)

With less than two days left in its Kickstarter, Castlevania successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is now the most funded video game in Kickstarter history. (Read More)

As the campaign begins its final week, a crisis grimmer than any we've seen before finally concludes: Pixel IGA has returned to make his final judgment. Sword or Whip voters have chosen their weapon, and the winner—after a ferocious series of clan... (Read More)

The final week begins! We've got a pile of bombshells to tell you about before the end, so we'll be updating more frequently down the home stretch.  It's fun watching merchandise come together. That's most of what we do at Fangamer—when we're not... (Read More)

Adding in the $98k from our 1,175 Paypal backers, the campaign is well past the $3.5mm mark! The Playstation Vita is a great way to kick off the final week of the campaign, especially because we'll be producing physical Vita copies. Our friends at... (Read More)

The final week is here! To celebrate the end of one long journey—and the beginning of the next one—Inti Creates sent along this image of Johannes, Gebel, and Miriam in happier times. It could be a while before we see them this content again…... (Read More)

Over the course of the campaign we've gotten a steady flow of requests from people who were interested in a DRM-free version of Bloodstained. Today we have good news: We're teaming up with GOG.com, some of the best people in the DRM-free business,... (Read More)

Cliqist looks at how Yooka-Laylee and Bloodstained are bringing in a fresh crop of Kickstarter backers. (Read More)

This past weekend has seen more new backers than at any time since the first week of the Kickstarter, which is really exciting and humbling for us. So: Welcome, and thanks! A clarification for anybody who came on and is wondering how to get the Wii U... (Read More)

Wii U features revealed as campaign continues to rake in cash. (Read More)

With the latest Paypal total -- roughly $62,000 from 800 backers -- we've surpassed $3mm. You did it, and we're proud to have been standing nearby with a look of stunned disbelief on our faces. With the Wii U stretch goal achieved, it's time to... (Read More)

May is almost over—as is your quest for $3 million and the second Dungeon Goal, a Wii U port from Armature Studio!  It's also Friday, which means it's time for the third episode of Ask IGA. This one's all about bosses and monsters—thanks as... (Read More)

Bloodstained has been a global project from the beginning, but now that we're into the meat of the campaign we're making some additions that we hope will make it even easier to take IGA's fanbase international.  First, thanks to Playism and their... (Read More)

In case you missed it, yesterday we announced something Nintendophiles just might like—a Wii U port handled by the Metroid Prime veterans at Armature Studio. We also confirmed that the Army of the Night had opened the door to the dungeon and... (Read More)

The Kickstarter fundraising campaign for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the new game by former Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi, added a new stretch goal of US$3,000,000 on Tuesday for a Wii U port. The creators were already aiming to release the game on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. (Read More)

The Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night $3 million Kickstarter stretch goal was a Wii U port, which will be handled by another studio. (Read More)

It took a long weekend full of comics, Tumblr notes, clay models, fanart, and sheer sticktoitivness, but you guys unlocked 30 achievements just in time to hit the first Dungeon stretch goal and commit IGA to the biggest castle he's ever designed.... (Read More)

Today’s big news is a surprise so late-breaking we’re still pleasantly shocked ourselves. (It all came together last week.) The Alchemist’s Treasure sleeve ($100+ tiers) will feature special cover art by Ayami Kojima.  Even IGA was surprised!... (Read More)

Koji Igarashi's new gothic-themed adventure platform, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Cliqist takes a brief look at the game, and details its characters. (Read More)

We've hit the second Friday of the campaign, which means it's time for another A/V Friday featuring Ask IGA, a new podcast, your videos, and our first new tier. Also a moment of calm reflection: We're over $2.5 million with three Fridays to go! ... (Read More)

Here, on the cusp of the next stretch goal, we've got a little surprise for you. IGA's personal accountant just sent a bat-fax with the latest PayPal total, and it's good news: So far our PayPal backers have added $41000 to the total.  Adding in... (Read More)

You blew by our first Weekly Comics Challenge, so the suspense is over for now—you should still go for that 50-comic overall achievement, of course—but we still get to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Here are three comics we really loved:... (Read More)

We all know the Kickstarter bubble is bursting. And when it inevitably pops, Kickstarters like Bloodstained will be the ones holding the thumbtack. (Read More)

 I am not revealing any trade secrets when I say that a lot of us on the team were even more excited to get to work on this project once IGA and the designers showed us their vision for the characters and the world. So I'm more excited *still* to... (Read More)

We take a look at all 41 Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched last week. From the great to the awful. (Read More)

Thanks to an abundance of backers, new Bloodstained Kickstarter stretchgoals have been added to the gothic platformer's campaign. (Read More)

 The theme of our first Ask IGA segment was left wide-open, and you delivered some great questions. Here's our first subtitled video, the first part of which is a heartfelt thank-you directly from IGA to the fans who have supported him: Andy... (Read More)

Another day, another stretch goal obliterated like so many medusa heads! Your efforts have earned you yet another goal: Boss Rush Mode, a one-way trip through every boss in Bloodstained. What’s great about Boss Rush mode is its versatility: You... (Read More)

It happened! Again! The Army of the Night has unlocked Speed Run Mode, a catch-all for the features IGA had been hoping to add to Bloodstained to help speedrunners plan the perfect route. We’ll be detailing specific features as they’re planned... (Read More)

Beloved Castlevania: Symphony of the Night director Koji Igarashi launches a Kickstarter for spiritual successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. (Read More)

So: It only took you one day to blow through a Kickstarter's worth of stretch goals! Luckily, we had more waiting in the wings. And now that you’ve unlocked the second Backer Inventory item, the Crystal Lens, you’ll be able to see them. But... (Read More)

Today, Igarashi is launching a Kickstarter campaign for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—essentially a classic Castlevania without Konami’s trademarks. (Read More)

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a new Castlevania inspired action game on Kickstarted being created by Koji Igarashi. (Read More)