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

Bloodborne followers might not be completely happy 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 response to 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 Conflict franchise that was in the end canceled. Searching for the following venture, a modern-day model of Bloodborne made lots of sense, contemplating the title got here out in 2015 and Bluepoint was accountable 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 12 months. 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 “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 venture for greater than a 12 months, in response to 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 lots of oversight from FromSoftware.