Bloodborne (From Software / Sony)

ShaneU

HNNNNNNNGGGG

Temptamperu

looks the part!

calex71

Fog gate? Yeah thats a souls game.

Please be next gen1!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: Did some digging, if the patchy details are to be believed its From + Sony ..... fiddlesticks

Also some articles mention shotguns in one of the images, I don't see them though ?

ShaneU

I think that's the shotgun in his left hand

calex71

ShaneU wrote: »

I think that's the shotgun in his left hand

Ah now you say it, could very well be!!!!!!!

richymcdermott

New game

From soft and sony together- check
Looks like more souls games- check
Screenshots looks class- check
MIYAZAKI back-CHECKMATE

:D:D:D:D

Wooden Jesus

Miyazaki is back? Ooh im ready

Mickeroo

Already? Crikey!

Does that Sony connection mean I'll have to buy a PS4 though ?

YouSavedMyLife

Goosebumps all over my body! This will be the game that makes me buy a PS4. Unless PC release ofc

Big Gothic/Van Hellsing vibe coming from it. Not sure how i feel about that...

Temptamperu

Im not sure my nerves can handle another so fast

richymcdermott

all the screenshots have me suggest there someone recorded a videostream , notice the mouse cursor.

I believe this is legit since a demon souls 2 game was hinted for the last couple of months

Zapp Brannigan

If this is PS4 that'll be me finally buying one.

FlyingIrishMan

Some webm clips got leaked.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=827572

Robert ninja

It's so lame that this is so very likely to be PS4 exclusive

My favourite modern series of games ripped from my grasp! I'll expect my fears to be vindicated at E3

ShaneU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0YvHBxv-3Y

DAH DAH, DUH DUH, DUH DUH DAH DUH DUH

danthefan

Obligatory

Gunmonkey

Hrm....a PS4 may be purchased soon......

Kiith

Yeah, this will make a lot of people pick up the PS4 who might have been on the edge. Me included.

It would be nice it they also released it on the PC though

danthefan

How do we know it's PS4 exclusive? All there is is those screens and video right?

Retr0gamer

danthefan wrote: »

How do we know it's PS4 exclusive? All there is is those screens and video right?

It's been announced as a ps4 exclusive and been hinted as a demons souls sequel which is a Sony ip.

ShadowHearth

Looks sick and awesome. A bit strange to see it exclusive though. Surely it would sell like hot pan cakes on all platforms.
It might be the very first next gen system seller.

richymcdermott

danthefan wrote: »

How do we know it's PS4 exclusive? All there is is those screens and video right?

Its been co developed by sony computer entertainment japan

RasTa

E3 should be good, Sony is offering free tickets at select cinemas in the US for their conference.

I'm expecting big news so they can keep the hype up by reaction shots.

Shenmue 3, Project Beast and Last Guardian

Magill

Yeah.... this be the game i'll take the plunge into this generation of consoles with. Assuming that its not available on PC that is. I'm assuming it won't be released on PS3, hope its not anyway.. want to see what From Software can do on this generation only hardware.

I don't normally read youtube comments, but thought this was funny and probably relevant for a lot of XB1 owners "I swear to god if this is a PS4 exclusive, then I'm going to punch myself in the balls and throw my ****ing Xbox One out the window".

gizmo

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Looks sick and awesome. A bit strange to see it exclusive though. Surely it would sell like hot pan cakes on all platforms.
It might be the very first next gen system seller.

Published and therefore paid for by Sony.
Help from Sony engineers on what I assume will be their new engine since their older PhyreEngine-based one is fairly long in the tooth.
Most definitely a system seller, maybe not massive numbers but more so than most other titles released thus far.

Not really strange to be honest.

XVII

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's been announced as a ps4 exclusive and been hinted as a demons souls sequel which is a Sony ip.

It hasn't been announced at all, this is all leaked stuff. But in any case, it looks like PS4 exclusive, yeah.

ShadowHearth

gizmo wrote: »

Published and therefore paid for by Sony.
Help from Sony engineers on what I assume will be their new engine since their older PhyreEngine-based one is fairly long in the tooth.
Most definitely a system seller, maybe not massive numbers but more so than most other titles released thus far.

Not really strange to be honest.

Surprising is, because I would expect Dark Souls 1 to do really good, so devs can do their own souls game again. when I hear one of the big 3 funding some devs for a game, I usually think that game was good, but did not do well commercial way for publishers dip in to it again.
Unless Sony did "Titanfall" on MS ass....

Xenji

From Software were recently acquired by Kadokawa Corporation, so money should not be much of an issue for them now going forward, it looks like they want them to be the gaming divisions flagship, which would not be hard in fairness.

johnny_ultimate

As much as it was Sony opening up their wallets, I'd say it was a case of them saying to From "ok, we have this IP, what can we do with it?" (maybe even vice versa). It's a strategic move from Sony, and I'm sure From will benefit from the improved resources as well as respecting their long-standing relationship with Sony (goes way back beyond Demons Souls to Kings Field and the like). You can't begrudge any format holder going down this route - whether it's Microsoft (who have potentially teased that Shenmue 3 is on the way - now that would be an interesting exclusive) or Sony or Nintendo, it's these cult exclusives that build a console's reputation and software catalogue. They might not be definitive system sellers in the sense games like, say, GTA3 were, but these releases culminatevly build up to something really significant. It's always **** when you're on the other side, but then there's no point in there being separate consoles unless they stand out in some way.

You could see this with the Amplitude Kickstarter recently. Many were complaining that it was a PS3/4 exclusive, but Sony own the IP and in order to really leverage the name and formula rather than just making a 'spiritual successor' across multiple platforms Harmonix chose to go with them.

Retr0gamer

I'd say if Sony are co developing it will be Sony updating their Phyre engine and From working on the game.

_Puma_

Demon's Souls(DS) was co-Developed by From and Japan Studios(Sony) and published by Sony in Japan. They then Dropped the ball by not publishing in NA/Europe and in stepped Namco resulting in the EU/NA release about a year later.

Folowing this Namco and From Developed Dark Souls(A separate IP with the DS engine) which had a worldwide release, multiplat. After DkS1 another team was set to work with DkS2 while the majority of the DkS1 and DS team at From were presumable working on this, Project Beast.

This will almost certainly be a new engine (For the next Gen System) and is probably the reason for Japan Studios involvement. My gut says a PS4 exclusive but it would not surprise me if it will be portable to Xbone and PC. Perhaps a timed exclusive to allow them to focus on getting Beast out the door on PS4 and then porting platforms.

Looks far along so could well be a major announcement at E3 for a release this year.

gizmo

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Surprising is, because I would expect Dark Souls 1 to do really good, so devs can do their own souls game again. when I hear one of the big 3 funding some devs for a game, I usually think that game was good, but did not do well commercial way for publishers dip in to it again.
Unless Sony did "Titanfall" on MS ass....

I believe Namco funded the development of Dark Souls so From would have walked away with just their royalties from such a deal. While the game did well, relatively speaking, I doubt the deal was so generous as to completely fund another title without external publisher involvement.

Furthermore, with the studio consisting of two teams, having the larger of the two be fully funded for a few years while also getting access to some great engineers on Sony's side to help with the development of your new engine probably seemed like a great deal too.

Obviously it's impossible to know for sure but that'd be my guess at least.

ShadowHearth

gizmo wrote: »

I believe Namco funded the development of Dark Souls so From would have walked away with just their royalties from such a deal. While the game did well, relatively speaking, I doubt the deal was so generous as to completely fund another title without external publisher involvement.

Furthermore, with the studio consisting of two teams, having the larger of the two be fully funded for a few years while also getting access to some great engineers on Sony's side to help with the development of your new engine probably seemed like a great deal too.

Obviously it's impossible to know for sure but that'd be my guess at least.

Well, it was odd to see, but somehow I have a good feeling, that this will work out well. As far as I understand, they got the main dude responsible for demon souls and Dark souls 1?

ZiabR

Does look decent from what we can see. Defo would be picking it up.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the only reason they're not releasing it for pc is they don't want their precious "next-gen" console games being shown up once again by five year old pc hardware

johnny_ultimate

Yes, because mere tech envy is the primary motivator when it comes to any and all console exclusives :pac:

Also: 'they'?

F1ngers

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the only reason they're not releasing it for pc is they don't want their precious "next-gen" console games being shown up once again by five year old pc hardware

I'm sure anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows this.

I'd imagine Sony know this too, so, I wonder if the real reason it may not be released on PC is because they want to sell more PS4s.

Just a thought.

gizmo

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Well, it was odd to see, but somehow I have a good feeling, that this will work out well. As far as I understand, they got the main dude responsible for demon souls and Dark souls 1?

That's an interesting one actually. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the Game Director from the Demons Souls and Dark Souls 1 was made company president earlier in the year and at the time it was said he was working on another game. That game may in fact be Project Beasts. As to his continued involvement in the project since then? Who knows.

FlyingIrishMan

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the only reason they're not releasing it for pc is they don't want their precious "next-gen" console games being shown up once again by five year old pc hardware

Or they want the profit from a project they're funding? Who pays for something to be made and then goes and puts it on a competing platform?

calex71

Think Godwin's law needs to be redefined to PC vs Consoles these days the way every other thread is starting to go around here :mad:

ShadowHearth

gizmo wrote: »

That's an interesting one actually. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the Game Director from the Demons Souls and Dark Souls 1 was made company president earlier in the year and at the time it was said he was working on another game. That game may in fact be Project Beasts. As to his continued involvement in the project since then? Who knows.

Aye, thats what I though too. He said, that he wont have anything to do with Dark Souls 2 ( well, sort off ), but still working on other project. I loved DS2, but it felt more of a filler as it did came out only on old gen, now it becomes even more obvious.
I presume this is a PROPER souls game we waited for and it looks freaking amazing already. I just hope we will get more info on it at E3 and it wont be TBA or 2017 launch :pac:

Robert ninja

F1ngers wrote: »

I'm sure anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows this.

I'd imagine Sony know this too, so, I wonder if the real reason it may not be released on PC is because they want to sell more PS4s.

Just a thought.

That's pretty much the only reason games are ever made to be exclusive with current generation tech, so they sell the system they're on. Sony fund FromSoft's game with the condition that it only releases on their platform. FromSoft save money on production and publishing costs, Sony get sales for their system which earns them back their investment and then some. They both benefit - but the consumer (me, you, everybody)doesn't, whether you have a PS4 or not. The only other time games are exclusive is from very specific target demographic or the development team is Japanese and don't know how to develop on anything other than whatever they're used to (Nintendo handhelds, Sony devices etc). Demon's Souls was expected to be a niche market (and in ways still is) and was also developed by Japanese development team AND wasn't expected to sell very well, hence why it only appeared on one console and never even got a western release until they realised there was a larger market for it than they expected (something that Sony didn't catch onto until now).

€510 is too much money for one game for me so I'll be missing this one, sadly. I'll just have to move on to other games - FromSoft's publishing goals are no longer in line with what I want as a consumer, simple as that. Unless of course it's multiplat... which is extremely unlikely.

F1ngers

Robert ninja wrote: »

€510 is too much money for one game for me so I'll be missing this one, sadly.

€510?
PS4 = €400, Project Beast = €70(ish)??

Where did you pull €510 from?

calex71

F1ngers wrote: »

€510?
PS4 = €400, Project Beast = €70(ish)??

Where did you pull €510 from?

PS+ maybe?

Xenji

Robert ninja wrote: »

That's pretty much the only reason games are ever made to be exclusive with current generation tech, so they sell the system they're on. Sony fund FromSoft's game with the condition that it only releases on their platform. FromSoft save money on production and publishing costs, Sony get sales for their system which earns them back their investment and then some. They both benefit - but the consumer (me, you, everybody)doesn't, whether you have a PS4 or not. The only other time games are exclusive is from very specific target demographic or the development team is Japanese and don't know how to develop on anything other than whatever they're used to (Nintendo handhelds, Sony devices etc). Demon's Souls was expected to be a niche market (and in ways still is) and was also developed by Japanese development team AND wasn't expected to sell very well, hence why it only appeared on one console and never even got a western release until they realised there was a larger market for it than they expected (something that Sony didn't catch onto until now).

€510 is too much money for one game for me so I'll be missing this one, sadly. I'll just have to move on to other games - FromSoft's publishing goals are no longer in line with what I want as a consumer, simple as that. Unless of course it's multiplat... which is extremely unlikely.

Shame about Chaos;Child, Mystereet F, and Psycho-Pass coming out on the Xbox One, besides Mystereet they would have been great PS4 titles, not to mention the amount of great niche titles that ended up on the PS3 and interesting titles on the 360 as well.

From Software have big money behind them now due to being taken over by Kadokawa Corporation whom have no real preference when it comes to what platforms their games come out from and do not really push exclusives ( although this can change ), but with From Software they do want to crack the western market and see them as their flagship brand for their very hit and miss development/publishing department.

Robert ninja

F1ngers wrote: »

€510?
PS4 = €400, Project Beast = €70(ish)??

Where did you pull €510 from?

I'd assume this game would have constant online interaction like all the Souls games since and would therefore need PS+

400+60+50=510

€510 will get you one year of Project Beast assuming you want to play online or for that long, or more if you want to play it longer.

Zapp Brannigan

What do we think?

Have to say from the trailer didn't really get a massive Souls vibe.

noodler

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

What do we think?

Have to say from the trailer didn't really get a massive Souls vibe.

20 sconds long in fairness.

I am firmly of the view that Dark Souls 1 was better than Demons in almost every way possible - a real masterpiece.

I am still playing Dark Souls 2 but I probably prefer that to Demons too..


Bascially...I am hoping that there is not too much regression with Demons Souls 2 apart from maybe harder bosses etc.

Xenji

We probably need to get the title changed now to Bloodborne and it will be a PS4 exclusive due to SCE Japans involvement.

Xenji

Bloodborne is the cover story of this week's Famitsu, and there's an interview with Miyazaki in it as well. Here are some details reported by a Japanese blog who got the magazine early.

- Spring 2015 release window
- They started work on this right after finishing Artorias of the Abyss, planning it for Sony's new hardware
- The world and story is completely new, and the setting takes full advantage of the PS4's capabilities
- The expected spec for the game is 30fps at 1080p
- The keywords for the game is "blood" and "beast"
- There will be melee and long range weapons (guns) this time
- Character customization is confirmed
- There will be no map display in the game
- He wants combat to not just focus on action but also the strategic element
- The combat in the game is designed to feel like a life or death struggle
- There will be online elements of some sort, and it will involve players "discovering" together

Introducing Bloodborne, the latest Action RPG from renowned Japanese developer FromSoftware, exclusively for the PlayStation®4 system. Face your fears as you search for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, now cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through the streets like wildfire. Danger, death and madness lurk around every corner of this dark and horrific world, and you must discover its darkest secrets in order to survive.
A Terrifying New World: Journey to a horror-filled gothic city where deranged mobs and nightmarish creatures lurk around every corner.
Strategic Action Combat: Armed with a unique arsenal of weaponry, including guns and saw cleavers, you'll need wits, strategy and reflexes to take down the agile and intelligent enemies that guard the city's dark secrets.
A New Generation of Action RPG: Stunningly detailed gothic environments, atmospheric lighting, and advanced new online experiences showcase the power and prowess of the PlayStation(R)4 system.

F1ngers

Hello, PlayStation fans. This is Masaaki Yamagiwa from Japan Studio.
I am here to talk about a new Action RPG, Bloodborne,...

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http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/06/10/bloodborne-coming-exclusively-to-ps4-in-2015-new-details/#sf3256567