Sony has filed a DMCA takedown of a fan-made Bloodborne 60 frames per second patch almost 4 years after its launch.
Bloodborne is a beloved From Software program action-RPG that is solely formally out there on PS4, operating at a body fee of 30fps. In 2020, Lance McDonald revealed a 60fps patch for Bloodborne that he was engaged on, and it received a large launch on February 21, 2021. Whereas gamers wanted to undergo additional steps, like jailbreaking their PS4, to entry this patch’s enhancements, it rapidly gained notoriety in lieu of an official enhanced PC and PS5-enhanced port of Bloodborne by Sony.
Sony let this fan-made patch be for round 4 years, nevertheless it’s now not out there. McDonald took to X (previously Twitter) right now, January 31, and revealed that he complied with a Sony request to take away any hyperlinks to their 60fps Bloodborne patch. This makes the method of discovering and downloading the 60fps Bloodborne patch considerably tougher than it was earlier than.
On February twenty first, 2021, I created and launched a patch for Bloodborne which makes the sport run at 60fps. Immediately I acquired a DMCA takedown notification on behalf of Sony Interactive Leisure asking that I take away hyperlinks to the patch I posted on the web, so I’ve now performed so
— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) January 31, 2025
It is unclear why Sony’s authorized motion towards this 60fps patch was so belated. Whereas many followers, together with Kai Cenat, have requested Bloodborne ports of PC and PS5, Sony has not publicly introduced any plan to take action. It not too long ago toyed with followers of Bloodborne by exhibiting footage of the FromSoftware title behind the assertion “it is about persistence” in its thirtieth Anniversary celebratory video. If you wish to play Bloodborne, the PS4 model of it’s a part of the PlayStation Plus Additional sport catalog.