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

Bloodborne followers is probably not comfortable 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, based on 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 Struggle franchise that was in the end canceled. Searching for the subsequent undertaking, a modern-day model of Bloodborne made a number of sense, contemplating the title got here out in 2015 and Bluepoint was chargeable for the profitable Demon’s Souls remake in 2020. Nonetheless, Bloomberg‘s sources mentioned that FromSoftware was in opposition to it, however did not provide a concrete cause 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, wished to pursue a Bloodborne remake, however was too busy to do it himself and “would not need anybody else to the touch it.”

After failing to get the Bloodborne remake greenlit, Bluepoint wasn’t in a position to safe one other undertaking for greater than a yr, based on 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 will must get a stamp of approval and certain a number of oversight from FromSoftware.