Sam Foxall from VGU writes: 'This week has seen the launch of yet another spiritual successor Kickstarter, with Koji Igarashi revealing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and having it funded fully within a matter of hours. This is on top of the continued success of Yooka-Laylee and the release of Broken Age Act 2, signalling the successful completion of one of the biggest Kickstarters of all time.'
Epic Games Store reveals Bloodstained Ritual of the Night as its December 23 free title, available to claim for 24 hours as part of the holiday giveaway.
"Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Koji Igarashi and his studio, ArtPlay, along with 505 Games, released Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night in 2019. Bloodstained is a 2.5D Metroidvania and a true spiritual successor to SOTN. Following years of updates, Bloodstained finally gained “Chaos Mode,” the promised co-op mode earlier this year. Thus, it’s time for us to review the game and what Chaos Mode has to offer," says Co-Optimus.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has received a bunch of new DLC, including two new gameplay modes, for free.
Wouldn't it be amazing if Iga, Hideo and Keiji Inafune just got together and made a studio.
Why don't all developers do this? Do it for new IP, risky old IP, spiritual successors, and all?
I hope Little Devil Inside gets funded. It looks nice, the combat looks fun, plus I love the fact it's got the Wind Waker elements in there.