Followers have been clamoring for a Bloodborne remaster for years, with the now-shuttered Sony studio Bluepoint Video games even reportedly placing collectively a pitch for one in early 2025. The sport’s unique developer, From Software program, apparently rejected the concept for what may have doubtlessly been a really profitable return to Outdated Yharnam. So what’s stopping Sony from pushing ahead with a remake of an IP that it owns, with out From Software program’s approval? It seems, it’d simply be a case of the corporate having a wholesome quantity of respect for From Software program.
In accordance with hypothesis by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, Sony won’t need to burn any bridges with From Software program and its studio president, Hidetaka Miyazaki. “I feel the monetary case for a Bloodborne remake was very sturdy, and I feel Sony was serious about it, however they finally didn’t need to torch their relationship with Miyazaki and From Software program,” Schreier stated in a brand new episode of GameSpot’s topical information and evaluation sequence Spot On.
“No person desires to be within the enterprise of popping out with one thing that’s towards the unique creator’s needs. “If firms need to work collectively within the future–especially firms in Japan, the place it is all about relationships they usually have a really particular approach of dealing with enterprise together–it is smart to me that Sony would acquiesce to From Software program’s needs on this case.”
This might additionally line up with what former PlayStation government Shuhei Yoshida stated to Kinda Humorous in 2025, as he stated that unique Bloodborne director Hidetaka Miyazaki needed to remake the sport however was too busy. He added that Miyazaki did not need “anybody else to the touch it.”
As Schreier surmised, there are doubtless many components at play, with IP possession being one in every of them. From Software program’s more-recent souls-like IP, Elden Ring, has been each a vital and a business success, and as Schreier stated, that doubtless makes for a satisfying expertise for an auteur-driven studio compared to engaged on one thing that it does not personal.
Whereas Bloodborne is playable on PS5 through backwards compatibility, the sport has by no means obtained a graphical replace for the console. An unofficial 60fps mod did exist for a number of years, however in 2025, Sony filed a DMCA takedown for it.