Shuttered studio Bluepoint reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake, but it surely bought shot down by FromSoftware

Bloodborne followers is probably not blissful to listen to {that a} remake was reportedly rejected, however that does not imply it is utterly off the desk. Bluepoint Games, Sony’s closed-down studio behind many PlayStation remakes, pitched remaking the traditional Gothic horror RPG in early 2025, however was blocked by the sport’s developer, FromSoftware, in line with a Bloomberg report.

As Bloomberg reported, Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake after a number of years of working in the direction of a live-service title within the God of Battle franchise that was finally canceled. In search of the subsequent venture, a modern-day model of Bloodborne made quite a lot of sense, contemplating the title got here out in 2015 and Bluepoint was liable for the profitable Demon’s Souls remake in 2020. Nonetheless, Bloomberg‘s sources stated that FromSoftware was towards it, however did not provide a concrete purpose why. With some digging, Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier pointed to an interview from Kinda Humorous Video games with PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida, which aired final yr. Within the video, Yoshida talked about that FromSoftware’s president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, needed to pursue a Bloodborne remake, however was too busy to do it himself and “does not need anybody else to the touch it.”

After failing to get the Bloodborne remake greenlit, Bluepoint wasn’t capable of safe one other venture for greater than a yr, in line with the Bloomberg report. Now that Bluepoint has been shut down, we’re seemingly even additional away from a remake. That is to not say a remake won’t ever occur, however when it does, it’s going to must get a stamp of approval and sure quite a lot of oversight from FromSoftware.