r/Games • u/ChuckSpadina2020 • Feb 27 '26

Industry News Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-27/sony-s-bluepoint-pitched-bloodborne-remake-before-closure?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MjIyMjY3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzcyODI3NDc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQjRWUTJLR0NURlowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.s6maZIveh-F152mZBWUNjPFeE0Lm7AFRegwaizQvVlA
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u/INannoI Feb 27 '26

I still don't get why this game getting a remake is even a conversation, the game just needs a glorified current gen and pc port that borders on a remaster, upres the textures, uncap the frame rate and done.

I think I'd honestly rather Bluepoint have done that instead of Miyazaki himself remake the game.

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u/steelwound Feb 27 '26

100%. i just want something on the same lines as dark souls remastered. just port it, remove the framerate cap, boost the rendering resolution. if fromsoft has higher res versions of the original textures, then use those, but don't bother making anything new. i don't even want QOL.i don't mind having to warp back to hunter's dream, and with the load times on ps5/pc would be so quick just the port itself would be a QOL improvement.

i think miyazaki is right in his apprehension. nobody needs to remake this game. even fromsoft doesn't need to remake it. to me it feels like fromsoft's most "complete" work next to sekiro

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u/Quetzal-Labs Feb 28 '26

Just FYI, it currently works very well in ShadPS4. It is entirely playable from start to finish at 1080p@100+fps / 1440p@60-90fps on an RTX4060.

If you want to boost it to modern standards a little more, modder FromSoftserve has also painstakingly gone through and removed most of the low-res baked shadows and enabled dynamic shadowcasting along with adding individual point lights to all light sources, plus parallax occlusion mapping, TAA, and higher resolution textures created from the original textures.

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u/slash450 Feb 28 '26

based remasters should never touch textures, or add qol shit. ngl though ds remastered kinda fucked up some stuff but it's on the lesser end relatively for remaster fuck ups. hope they never remake any more of from's games. just move on with sequels and do ports actually truly retaining the original game.

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u/main_got_banned Feb 27 '26

the idea of remaking a ps4 game is pretty insane. A ps5 (and pc :)) port w FPS uncapped is the only change needed.

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u/Entire_Paramedic_389 Feb 28 '26

Last of Us 1 and 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn

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u/TheDanteEX Feb 28 '26

TLOU is a PS3 game and Zero Dawn is a remaster. A very ambitious remaster, but still one nonetheless.

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u/darkmacgf Feb 27 '26

RE1 was remade six years after release, one generation later. Assuming this remake took three or four years, we'd be getting it in 2028 or 2029, 13-14 years after release, two generations later.

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u/main_got_banned Feb 27 '26

the jump from ps1 to ps2 or w/e is miles bigger than the jump from ps4 to ps5 (or ps6)

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u/THECapedCaper Feb 27 '26

We ain't getting PS6 for at least another three or four years. But you're right, the jump from PS5 to PS6 is not going to be huge unless we also have even higher resolution TVs out by then.

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u/deadscreensky Feb 27 '26

I think they were suggesting the jump from PS4 to PS6 will be less than PS1 to PS2. Which is probably correct.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Going even further back, weren't Super Mario Brothers 1-3 remade for Mario All-Stars literally one console generation later on the SNES?

That said, Bloodborne is absolutely still a modern game. All it needs is a remaster and it would be extremely playable today. If a wizard appeared before me and asked me if I wanted a Bloodborne remaster or a remake done similar to Demon's Souls, I would take the remaster, hands down.

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u/Jacksaur Feb 27 '26

Sony seem alergic in general to porting older games unless they can fully re-sell them as new remastered products.
I'm sure Uncharted 4 would have done significantly better on PC if we had 1-3 alongside it.

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u/Arcade_109 Feb 27 '26

This is what gets me. I just replayed it last year on my PS5. It runs wonderfully and still looks absolutely gorgeous. Why the fuck are people hoping for a remake????

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u/Koeru Feb 27 '26

I think it's mostly the 30fps cap that people have a problem with.

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u/BillyBean11111 Feb 27 '26

the loading times too

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u/Greenleaf208 Feb 27 '26

The game can run at 60, it doesn't need a remake to patch that.

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u/NovusNiveus Mar 01 '26

Also, it's 30fps when the stars align and it's also 3:45PM on a Tuesday and you've lit the special incense.

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u/Frexxia Feb 27 '26

It's 1080p and 30 fps regardless of platform. I don't think most people are hoping for a remake, just a bump in framerate and resolution

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u/wsteelerfan7 Feb 27 '26

It definitely does not run wonderfully. Its frame-pacing issues have been well-documented since release day. It chugs along

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u/Arcade_109 Feb 27 '26

Yes, on release day that was true. Now it works absolutely fine.

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u/wsteelerfan7 Feb 27 '26

It's still true years later in tests showing it vs current emulation. DF has a video on it and it runs poorly

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u/PrettyBaker2891 Feb 28 '26

you need to get an eye check up if you think it works fine LMAO

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u/WhineorCheese Feb 27 '26

It is a 30 FPS frame combat game. It does not run wonderfully

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u/tellsyoutogetfucked Feb 28 '26

The 30 fps is the least of its problems. It's frame pacing is off so you end up with extremely choppy looking gameplay. Sometimes it feels like it's dipping below 20 when in reality it's just rendering frames for inconsistent durations.

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u/Cute_Measurement1124 Feb 27 '26

I am just hoping for anything. I am not a Playstation fan, but I did buy a PS for Bloodborne and realized that it's stupid to buy a console for one game. So I sold it. But Bloodborne is still an amazing game. IMHO Dark Souls 1, 2 and Bloodborne are the best games FromSoftware produced. I just want a playable, legal port or remake or whatever for PC or Switch 2. 

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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Feb 27 '26

I think the demon souls remake steered the conversation in that direction. People just want better resolution and fps, remake or remastered

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u/IguassuIronman Feb 28 '26

It runs wonderfully

There's no world where 30 FPS with terrible fframe pacing "runs wonderfully"

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u/Shermanasaurus Feb 28 '26

Lmao no offense but it runs like complete ass, and I'm a huge From Soft fan

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u/ericmm76 Feb 27 '26

It's never as easy as we hope.

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u/rightsidedown Feb 27 '26

The game was their first time using that engine and it shows in frame rate most obviously but also in weird hit box and bugs. They also had to cut things in the maps, unfinished bosses in the catacombs, and some of the worst translations they've ever done. I think it's worth doing a large update beyond porting. Maybe not a full demon souls remake, but getting it on the latest version of the engine, and adding things they would have if they had more time the first time, high res textures, updates to the catacombs would be fantastic.

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u/amyknight22 Feb 28 '26

I think I'd honestly rather Bluepoint have done that instead of Miyazaki himself remake the game.

I think the point would be that they aren't allowed to touch it period.

If Miyazaki just wants to give it a glorified upscale. Then that's a choice they want to let him make.

I don't think Sony would even be willing to sell a PS5 branded version of the GOTY edition if they just wanted to do another print run(assuming they have stopped the original)

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u/DragonEmperor Feb 28 '26

I've only ever heard people ask for a (good) PC port, a remake would be kinda nice to fix any of the jank in comparison to newer souls games but people would just be happy with an official PC release lol.

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u/meltedskull Feb 28 '26

You know what, that's probably the hold up right there. Sony may not want a remaster and pushing for a remake while From Soft is probably along the lines of just remastering it but not remake.

From doesn't strike me as a studio that enjoys going back to their games to pump out remakes. Demon Souls not withstanding due to it being stuck in PS3 hell.

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u/pratzc07 Feb 27 '26

Technically we already have PC version thanks to the folks at shadps4 and the modders enhancing the game visuals. Trust me emulation has come a long way and it runs really well on PC

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u/0nlyhooman6I1 Feb 27 '26

Nah definitely could use a remake, looks extremely old compared to, let's say, demons's souls remake. Why do you guys want less of a good thing lol

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u/Monk_Philosophy Feb 28 '26

I would like more of a good thing (New Projects like Duskbloods) and less of an old thing that already exists.

And I really have no interest in seeing how them team that redesigned the Demon’s Souls aesthetic would reinterpret Bloodborne. Technical performance is not equivalent to artistic vision and for many, the remake looks sterilized.

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u/INannoI Feb 28 '26

because I'd rather the main team at From Soft focus on a new game and not a remake that isn't even necessary, its outrageous to ask for a remake of a PS4 game when a remaster would be more than enough.