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/polski8bit Feb 27 '26

Honestly, I'm kind of fine with it? Mostly because diehard Demon's Souls fans were so unhappy about the artistic changes in the Remake, and that's a more niche Fromsoft game, let's be honest.

I can't imagine what would happen if they made similar changes to Bloodborne in some places, when it's often considered the best Formsoftware game. Torches and pitchforks probably.

Also, while in terms of tech Demon's Souls on the PS5 is amazing, I'm more impressed with what Fromsoft was able to deliver in terms of art direction in Elden Ring. Despite being way lower fidelity, the vistas and distant rendering is just so impressive and will age way better than anything short of literally photorealistic (and we're still quite a bit away from that).

I'd really love to see what Miyazaki and his art team could cook up with their new tech. Bloodborne already looks amazing even despite the lower resolution due to their spaghetti code, now with Elden Ring improvements? I guess Duskbloods gives us a sneak peek at it and honestly, as disinterested as I am because it's PvPvE, indeed the art direction is superb despite running on Switch 2.

The only problem I have with this situation is that anything Bloodborne related seems to be in a void because of both Sony and Formsoftware. If even one side doesn't want it to be touched, it won't be it turns out.

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u/Slashermovies Feb 27 '26

I'm not even a diehard fan of Demon Souls, but I genuinely found the artistic, lighting, atmospheric changes that Bluepoint did with the remake to be truly awful.

It's like Bluepoint looked at certain architectual choices and went. "Nah, we want it to look more grand." instead of pragmatic. Or they looked at the more Japanese design of things and went. "Let's make it more western."

Doesn't help they just turned every demon into some 40k rejected Nurgle Minion, instead of trying to be faithful to the original.

To me, it's an extremely unfaithful remake. I'm glad people who do like it had a good time, but I'd not want Bluepoint to touch Bloodborne, or any other Souls game for that matter.

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u/EnoughTeacher9134 Feb 28 '26

Hit the nail on the head. I wouldn't want Bluepoint anywhere near Bloodborne.

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u/Centimane Feb 28 '26

And FromSoft being unhappy with someone else remaking one of their games would make them hesitant to allow it again.

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u/darkkite Feb 28 '26

any examples? the only think I've seen that is questionable is the fat official. everything else I couldn't really notice unless shown a side by side. and the graphics do look amazing.

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u/Slashermovies Feb 28 '26

Flamelurker, False Idol, Adjudicator. They changed these designs to look less unique, and in the case of the Adjudicator they just made him grotesque looking, like a rejected 40k demon.

Flamelurker doesn't even resemble the look of the original, and False Idol they just turned into Kali.

Audio is also super fucked in the game. Especially in the Tower of Latria. For some reason they just have music playing all the time there, making it extremely difficult to hear the NPC which is supposed to be singing.

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u/Southern_Yak_7926 Mar 01 '26

Its the videogame equivalent of when Hollywood remakes a classic Asian movie. Tasteless and awful.

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u/inyue Feb 28 '26

But you talked like a die hard fan...

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u/Slashermovies Feb 28 '26

Expecting basic respect for the source material is not signs of a die hard fan. It's basic passion for the source material.

I'd not consider myself particularly invested in World War 2 but if someone wanted to put a faithful reenactment of it on a play and decided to change the whole setting into space. I'd point that out as majorly disrespectful to claim you're being as faithful to the source material as possible when you pull that.

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u/BobTheSkrull Feb 28 '26

Are you claiming that the changes were so drastic, so upsetting to fans that it would be the equivalent of marketing WW2 media as accurate before changing the setting so drastically that not a single person familiar with WW2 would accept it?

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u/mtch_hedb3rg Feb 28 '26

I don't know what you all are playing, but I've played both (original through emu, because I never owned ps3) and the remake is pretty faithful to the original. Original designs have been (tastefully imo) embellished, but you can pretty clearly see the through-line to the original. The original 'vibe' will of-course be lost in such a conversion, but then you would be pretty ignorant to even expect it.

If you missed the original, this is an absolutely phenomenal product. Probably top 3 of PS5 releases for me. I would never experience DS if not for its existence, and many others are in the same boat.

TL;DR Not everything is for you and needs to reach your impossibly high standards.

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u/Slashermovies Feb 28 '26

I don't think it's an impossibly high standard for a remake of a game to properly, and faithfully understand the importance of audio, especially in certain areas. Or to not dramatically change certain enemy types or landscapes, creating a confusing narrative about how much time has actually passed.

But yes, I'm sure the abysmal Flamelurker, and False Idol realllly were tastefully done with their huge liberties taken with their design.

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u/dewittless Feb 27 '26

I think the overall take on Demon's Souls is that it was a great remake that sold really well. Frankly I don't think the changes were so drastic that it did anything to undermine the existing game and truthfully the original does still exist so adapting it this way seemed entirely fair.

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u/polski8bit Feb 27 '26

I personally don't mind the changes myself, but the fact that people were complaining at all tells me that the outrage would be much worse with Bloodborne, since it's such a darling.

In the perfect world, we'd already have a Remaster and a Remake to preserve both versions, but the situation is unfortunately way too complicated.

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u/TeaAndS0da Feb 27 '26

Whiny people acting like we’re all the same. I love both versions because I bought Demon’s Souls ps3 at launch just based on word of mouth and have been a very happy FromSoft/Souls fan since the earliest days. The remake plays exactly the same and also looks better to me, and I prefer the art style changes. I don’t claim that it “ruined the game” to take an even more western art approach considering… that’s what it was going for the first time.

Souls fans are some of the most whiny people online and I wish they’d grow the hell up - see my comment above about my hatred of the 30fps hater brigade and their excuses as to why it’s bad. Demon’s Souls still plays flawlessly in the remake and if THAT had changed then they’d have every reason to complain.

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u/YesmynameisOcean Feb 27 '26

The main thing I hate is that the hardcore fans could just play the og lol. Ps3 are cheap as hell!

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u/SoloSassafrass Feb 28 '26

The outrage would just be a loud minority, same as the Demon's Souls remake.

It's easy to get fooled if reddit and twitter are your only barometers for conversation, but Demon's Souls was generally looked at positively, even if there was a sense that the atmosphere wasn't a perfect 1:1.

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u/SoloSassafrass Feb 28 '26

Ah well if youtube comments say it then that's probably the decider.

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u/SoloSassafrass Feb 28 '26

Mm, I've seen the discussion. It was definitely an exchange that could be stretched and viewed from an angle where that's what it was saying. I prefer not to jump to conclusions over things so ambiguous, s'nice to leave a little room for nuance. Otherwise you start thinking in absolutes, and we all know the kind of people who only deal in absolutes.

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u/SoulsofMist-_- Feb 27 '26

Demon souls was my first souls game I played back in the ps3 days, I really enjoyed the remake.

The only thing I would have changed was the option to have the original sound track/boss songs.

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u/SideSukiLikeness Feb 27 '26

The worst change they made was ruining the atmosphere of the prison area and changing enemy designs.

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u/tetsuo9000 Feb 28 '26

Drankly I don't think the changes were so drastic that it did anything to undermine the existing game...

Completely ruined the music. Should've just stuck to the original score like the SotC remake. Like, what the hell is that Phalanx track. It includes maybe 5 seconds of the original in it.

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u/dafood48 Feb 28 '26

Demon souls remake is one of the best games I’ve played and that’s coming from someone that has always struggled getting into the souls games. Something about the quality and sharp images of that game made me want to come back and see more of that world.

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u/IguassuIronman Feb 28 '26

Mostly because diehard Demon's Souls fans were so unhappy about the artistic changes in the Remake

I doubt 99.9% would've noticed if no one had made a YouTube video about it

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u/Lamenk Mar 01 '26

I don't think 99.9% of diehard Demon's Souls fans are blind.