This article is about the video game. For the type of disease, see blood-borne disease.
2015 video game
Bloodborne
Developer(s)
FromSoftware[a]
Publisher(s)
Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Producer(s)
Masaaki Yamagiwa
Teruyuki Toriyama
Jun Yoshino
Designer(s)
Kazuhiro Hamatani
Programmer(s)
Jun Ito
Composer(s)
Ryan Amon
Tsukasa Saitoh
Yuka Kitamura
Nobuyoshi Suzuki
Cris Velasco
Michael Wandmacher
Platform(s)
PlayStation 4
Release
JP: March 24, 2015
NA: March 25, 2015
PAL: March 26, 2015
UK: March 27, 2015
Genre(s)
Action role-playing
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Bloodborne[b] is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Bloodborne follows the player's character, a Hunter, through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian-era–inspired city of Yharnam, whose inhabitants are afflicted with a blood-borne disease which transforms the residents, called Yharnamites, into horrific beasts. Attempting to find the source of the plague, the player's character unravels the city's mysteries while fighting beasts and cosmic beings.
Bloodborne is played from a third-person perspective. Players control a customizable protagonist, and the gameplay is focused on strategic weapons-based combat and exploration. Players battle varied enemies while using items such as trick weapons and firearms, exploring different locations, interacting with non-player characters, and unraveling the city's mysteries. Bloodborne began development in 2012 under the working title of Project Beast. Bearing many similarities to FromSoftware's Dark Souls series, Bloodborne was inspired by the literary works of authors H. P. Lovecraft and Bram Stoker and the architectural design of real-world locations in countries such as Romania and Czech Republic.
Bloodborne was released in March 2015 and received critical acclaim, with praise directed at its gameplay, particularly its high difficulty level, atmosphere, sound design, Lovecraftian themes, and interconnected world design. Some criticism was directed at its technical performance at launch, which was improved with post-release updates. An expansion adding additional content, The Old Hunters, was released in November 2015. The game had sold 7.46 million units by February 2022. It won several awards and is considered to be one of the greatest video games ever made. Some related media and adaptations have also been released, including a card game, board game and comic book series.
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after the closure of Sony's Japan Studio, was previously producer on Bloodborne. It released in 2023. Tomonobu Itagaki was promoted to Tecmo Executive...
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