Castlevania Spiritual Successor Bloodstained Ritual Of The Night Delayed To First Half Of 2022

Like pretty much all Konami's franchises, the Castlevania series hasn't been doing well lately. Following the release of the MercurySteam developed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games, the Japanese publisher seems to accept given upward on the series. Thankfully, series creator Koji Igarashi has been working difficult on a spiritual successor of the series, called Bloodstained Ritual Of The Night, which was supposed to launch next yr on PC and consoles. Unfortunately, the game will be released later than anticipated.

In a new update post on the game's official Kickstarter page, it's been confirmed that Bloodstained Ritual Of The Night will now release in the first half of 2022 to run across the quality standards set by IGA. Additional developers accept also been hired, so the team is determined in releasing the best possible game, even if it may accept longer than predictable. In the video shared today, IGA himself apologizes for the delay, stating that the incredible back up that the game has received has made him feel responsible for delivering the best possible product

Nosotros've got an of import evolution update from IGA this calendar week, and we wanted to make certain the backers were the first to hear information technology. In curt: To ensure the game meets his quality standards, IGA is bringing on boosted developers and has moved his estimate for the game'due south release dorsum to the offset half of 2022.

The team also promised today that updates on the development procedure volition go along, with the next scheduled update featuring some songs and commentary from Michiru Yamane.

Bloodstained Ritual of the Night will launch in the outset one-half of 2022 on PC (Steam and GOG), PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox Ane and WiiU.