{"id":1799059,"date":"2026-02-28T16:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1799059"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:20:34","slug":"bluepoint-pitched-a-bloodborne-remake-but-fromsoftware-turned-it-down-not-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1799059","title":{"rendered":"Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down, not Sony"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/bloodborne\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Bloodborne<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down, not Sony<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Curse the fiends. Their children, too. And their children, forever, true.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/bloodborne-modder-restores-shortcut-door-cut-from-final-game-1627399432765.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"bloodborne-modder-restores-shortcut-door-cut-from-final-game-1627399432765.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"319\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-28T16:20:34+00:00\">Feb. 28, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bluepoint-pitched-a-bloodborne-remake-but-fromsoftware-turned-it-down-not-sony?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b7889dbb-f4c7-40fb-acbf-54a9ffd08b1f\" data-name=\"Bloodborne\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Bloodborne\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Bloodborne\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Bloodborne\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Bloodborne\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Bloodborne\" title=\"Follow Bloodborne\"><br \/>\n  Follow Bloodborne<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Just days after Sony decided to close remake masters Bluepoint Games, a new report claims that wasn&#8217;t PlayStation itself that stonewalled the idea of a Bloodborne remake by Bluepoint, but developer FromSoftware.<\/p>\n<p>Despite calling Bluepoint Games &#8220;an incredibly talented team&#8221; full of &#8220;technical expertise&#8221; which has &#8220;delivered exceptional experiences for the PlayStation community&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-closes-acclaimed-demons-souls-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-despite-acknowledging-it-had-delivered-exceptional-experiences-for-the-playstation-community\">Sony shut down the studio last week<\/a>, impacting around 70 employees. At the time, a spokesperson said the decision was made &#8220;following a recent business review&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Bloodborne Debut Trailer | Face Your Fears | PlayStation 4 Action RPG\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G203e1HhixY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/G203e1HhixY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Bloodborne Debut Trailer | Face Your Fears | PlayStation 4 Action RPG<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Bloodborne.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G203e1HhixY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sony &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-buys-demons-souls-remake-developer-bluepoint-games\">which acquired Bluepoint in 2021<\/a> &#8211; put the studio to work on a live-service God of War game, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-cancels-two-more-live-service-games-including-one-based-on-god-of-war-report\">project it ultimately cancelled last year<\/a>, after Bluepoint released Demon&#8217;s Souls as a launch exclusive for the PS5 in 2020. It was always hoped that Bluepoint would, at some point, be instructed to do the same for Bloodborne.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, a new report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-02-27\/sony-s-bluepoint-pitched-bloodborne-remake-before-closure\">Bloomberg<\/a> claims that Bluepoint did, in fact, approach FromSoft in early 2025, pitching a remake of the 2015 game. It&#8217;s said that &#8220;the studio was told that the numbers made sense, but FromSoftware didn&#8217;t want it to happen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/why-hasnt-playstation-done-anything-new-with-bloodborne-shuhei-yoshida-has-a-theory\">Shuhei Yoshida posited the same this time last year<\/a>, saying: &#8220;Bloodborne is one of the most popular asks on my Twitter\/X. And the people wonder why we haven&#8217;t really done anything&#8230; it should be easy, right?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miyazaki-san really, really loved Bloodborne, what he created. So I think he is interested but he&#8217;s so successful and he&#8217;s so busy, so he cannot do it himself, and he doesn&#8217;t want anyone else to touch it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After this rejection, Bluepoint allegedly pitched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/shadow-of-the-colossus\">Shadow of the Colossus<\/a> remake to Sony, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghost-of-tsushima\">Ghost of Tsushima<\/a> spin-off, but these ideas were also turned down, with Bloomberg suggesting that other studios were &#8220;concerned about dedicating significant resources to another team&#8217;s project&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bloodborne has long been considered one of the greatest games ever made. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bloodborne-review\">We gave it an Essential, writing<\/a>: &#8221; it will be a painfully long time until I play anything else that matches up to Bloodborne&#8217;s breadth of vision, generosity of content, and &#8211; yes &#8211; genius&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Just days after Sony decided to close remake masters Bluepoint Games, a new report claims that wasn&#8217;t PlayStation itself that stonewalled the idea of a Bloodborne remake by Bluepoint, but developer FromSoftware.<\/p>\n<p>Despite calling Bluepoint Games &#8220;an incredibly talented team&#8221; full of &#8220;technical expertise&#8221; which has &#8220;delivered exceptional experiences for the PlayStation community&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-closes-acclaimed-demons-souls-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-despite-acknowledging-it-had-delivered-exceptional-experiences-for-the-playstation-community\">Sony shut down the studio last week<\/a>, impacting around 70 employees. At the time, a spokesperson said the decision was made &#8220;following a recent business review&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Bloodborne Debut Trailer | Face Your Fears | PlayStation 4 Action RPG\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G203e1HhixY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/G203e1HhixY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Bloodborne Debut Trailer | Face Your Fears | PlayStation 4 Action RPG<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Bloodborne.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G203e1HhixY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sony &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-buys-demons-souls-remake-developer-bluepoint-games\">which acquired Bluepoint in 2021<\/a> &#8211; put the studio to work on a live-service God of War game, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-cancels-two-more-live-service-games-including-one-based-on-god-of-war-report\">project it ultimately cancelled last year<\/a>, after Bluepoint released Demon&#8217;s Souls as a launch exclusive for the PS5 in 2020. It was always hoped that Bluepoint would, at some point, be instructed to do the same for Bloodborne.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, a new report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-02-27\/sony-s-bluepoint-pitched-bloodborne-remake-before-closure\">Bloomberg<\/a> claims that Bluepoint did, in fact, approach FromSoft in early 2025, pitching a remake of the 2015 game. It&#8217;s said that &#8220;the studio was told that the numbers made sense, but FromSoftware didn&#8217;t want it to happen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/why-hasnt-playstation-done-anything-new-with-bloodborne-shuhei-yoshida-has-a-theory\">Shuhei Yoshida posited the same this time last year<\/a>, saying: &#8220;Bloodborne is one of the most popular asks on my Twitter\/X. And the people wonder why we haven&#8217;t really done anything&#8230; it should be easy, right?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miyazaki-san really, really loved Bloodborne, what he created. So I think he is interested but he&#8217;s so successful and he&#8217;s so busy, so he cannot do it himself, and he doesn&#8217;t want anyone else to touch it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After this rejection, Bluepoint allegedly pitched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/shadow-of-the-colossus\">Shadow of the Colossus<\/a> remake to Sony, as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghost-of-tsushima\">Ghost of Tsushima<\/a> spin-off, but these ideas were also turned down, with Bloomberg suggesting that other studios were &#8220;concerned about dedicating significant resources to another team&#8217;s project&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bloodborne has long been considered one of the greatest games ever made. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bloodborne-review\">We gave it an Essential, writing<\/a>: &#8221; it will be a painfully long time until I play anything else that matches up to Bloodborne&#8217;s breadth of vision, generosity of content, and &#8211; yes &#8211; genius&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Bloodborne Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down, not Sony Curse the fiends. 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