Bloodstained Ritual of the Night

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In its financial study for the fiscal year 2022/21, publisher 505 Games has alluded to a Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night sequel. Information technology appears as though the second game in the franchise is currently in development, though further details aren't available at this time.

The publisher included a specific page of notes on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Dark. This was picked upwards past @Nibellion on Twitter as a highlight of the certificate. It lists the following details.

  • Latest creation of Koji Igarashi, the former series producer of the Castelvania franchise.
  • Worldwide publishing rights on PC and all console formats.
  • High Metacritic score (average 81).
  • €30.two million life-to-date revenues—more than one million copies sold.
  • Expected lifetime revenues of at least €thirty 1000000.
  • 2d version in development.

It's that final bespeak that's caused a stir. The term "second version" doesn't necessarily confirm that this certificate is referring to a sequel. However, it was likewise used in this aforementioned document in a section on Ghostrunner. The sequel for which has already been appear.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a metroidvania that'southward hailed every bit many as a return to the classic Castlevania roots for the genre. Information technology certainly should be, considering that the serial' producer worked on it. The game has been released on all major platforms, including Android and iOS, so a sequel almost seems inevitable. With E3 just around the corner, in that location'southward a possibility that an official announcement is only a calendar week away.