There are few white whales that I’ve chased in my gaming life quite likeBloodborne Remastered. It’s a game that doesn’t exist, one that I’ve spent years reading rumors about and seeing Twitter accounts lie about for engagement; the eternal promise that a remaster is going to be announced at every upcoming PlayStation State of Play or showcase.
Bloodborne is one of those games that gets almost everything right anda remaster would likely fix all of the minuscule issuespresent in the original release. But, now that it’s been more than ten years since the game came out, Sony and FromSoftware seem more interested in focusing on new titles. It seems like it’s time for me to hang up my hat.
I need to accept that a Bloodborne remaster is never coming.
Technical Issues
There areplenty of Bloodborne fans holding the line– staying true to the hope that someday soon Bloodborne remastered will be announced as a ‘one more thing’ at a PlayStation showcase. I’m happy for those people to keep hope alive, but I don’t have much left in me.
While I don’t think it’s out of the question for FromSoftware to work on a remastered version of Bloodborneas the studio juggles multiple projects at once, the game’s connection to Sony feels like a point of friction. Bloodborne was developed by FromSoftware and Sony’s Japan Studio,the latter of which Sony closed in 2021. That closure means that it’s possible some of the key development assets needed to remaster the game have been lost.
It’s certainly possible that everything a studio would need to remaster the game is still there, but there are plenty of stories aboutsource code being lost after studios shut down, meaning that classic games can’t be remastered like with the original version ofSilent Hill 2.
Moving On To Appreciate What I’ve Got
I don’t have any hard evidence to point to the idea that a Bloodborne remaster willnevercome out — it’s tough to prove a negative — but I certainly don’t have any evidence suggesting that it’ll see the light of day. Because of how long I’ve waited, I’ve decided to move on and put that energy into being excited for what else FromSoft has coming down the line.
Of course, the studio hasElden Ring Nightreignhitting store shelves in May and thenThe Duskbloods, a Switch 2 exclusive arriving in 2026, but the studio has also said that it has even more it’s working on in the meantime.FromSoftware CEO Hidetaka Miyazaki said in Decemberthat the studio is working on “multiple projects [in a] variety of genres.”
As much as I’d love one of those projects to be a remastered version of Bloodborne, I’m also happy to see what else FromSoft has in store since I haven’t played a game from the studio that I’ve disliked. Bloodborne is great, but I was just as happy to play Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Elden Ring since the studio’s bar for quality is so high, regardless of what kind of game it’s making.
I’m not telling anyone to join me and give up hope that one day a Bloodborne remaster will launch; there’s still a small part of me holding onto hope for it, but I think I’m going to be a bit happier if I stop expecting it to be announced with each PlayStation showcase. That way, I can appreciate the games that are actually being revealed instead of walking away disappointed about a game that only exists in our collective imaginations. After several years,I think I’ve finally gained enough insightto see that.
