Bloodstained's Release Date

I'll quote our FAQs. I guess I still need to find a way to make that information easier to see. 

There is currently no release date.

Kickstarter requires a release date before the campaign goes live which can never be edited. That's why it still says March 2017. Due to stretch goals and more funding than could have ever been expected, IGA released an update that said the new window was first half of 2018. As development continued, 505 Games amended this expectation and now simply declarers that there is no release date.

I'm not an employee of ArtPlay or 505 Games, and I have no official information about release date. However as someone who follows the project daily I have my own expectations. Due to the Demo in June 2018, I expect that release will happen very late 2018 or very early 2019. I also expect a solid release date given to us in June or July.

Iga said the release date was first half of 2018, we all know it is not going to happen. If the team cannot make it, they have to make an announcement to tell the backers about the second delay. I think they have more bargaining power after they released the beta to backers but it is still necessary to address the delay.

Iga's words in 09/2016 we're referring to were "while the release date is not set it stone yet, we are aiming for the first half of 2018". That wasn't a release date, and it was before 505 Games were officially signed on with them to be able to give a release date (granted this is hard to say, the announcement of their involvement was not long after, with Angel coming in several months later). Even if he had wanted to give his most sincerest date way back then to when the game would be released, without a publisher (and two years out) that couldn't really be said anyways imo

How I took that announcement was, and I think most people, was like "hey guys, yeah just like you all assumed, this isn't coming in March 2017". My response being "haha yeah we know man, it's cool, do your thing"

There have never been an delay.
They have an releasedate but not official. Why? Shouldn't be hard to guess. Press is sometimes negative and only talks about stupid things, if this game ever did get to be pushed back. And fans would also loose faith.

As it stands. No date have been announced and there haven't been any push-backs. And is an strategic choice.

Why make people go crazy? That's a chaos request imo.

I mean, that's a legitimate position to have, but I wouldn't take *anybody* too seriously when they say they're just "aiming" for a certain date. The choice of words there is almost always deliberate, as it was in IGA's case and as it would be in most other places I've seen it used. People say they're aiming for something as a best-case scenario, but also with the expectation that it's not a 100% sure thing. So I can't blame you if you don't take IGA or anyone else seriously when they say they're aiming for something, but I wouldn't see myself as being betrayed if they don't hit what they're just "aiming" at either.

The official release date is 2018. That's it. No more, no less.
The new (and probably last) demo will be out on June. Now, there are three points to be made about this:

1) You can't release a game before a demo;
2) You need the demo's feedback and, at normal game developing cycles, the code freeze (when the game's code is locked and only bugs can be fixed, no more large content can be added without lots of effort), happens 4 months before release. Remember, the demo feedback will only work if the game's code is not locked yet.
3) You need to do the marketing campaign for the game's launch.

Considering all that, expect the game to be released between October and December, 2018.
That is, most probably, their window release.

My guess? Pre-order on November 2018, delivery by first two weeks of December 2018, to use the Christmas release window, when people buy games to give as Xmas gifts. it's one of the best, commercial holidays for seeling.

The game even released christmans hat as clothes for Miriam.

And, who wouldn't want Bloodstained as Christmas gift, right?

Gonna play this on many halloween and christmas occations if the game holds up like SotN.

All, before and after that statement, up to an as of yet not stated time. 

oh don't worry i hardly take things to personal but you are right,  i should have been more specific when i talked about the gaming community being toxic, i apologize. like i said: thats a thing for a different topic.

then again release dates are always a dramatic thing, maybe you don't see it here but out there you can find a lot of people and sites that are hungry for that particular kind of information and bloodstained has already been victim to that where a small mistake caused several people to believe the release date was coming in the march KS update and then you have twice the amount of people thinking there was another delay for xy reason and that generates a negative image of the game and its developers.

as someone that loves to read news and articles about videogames and technology i can tell you that Indie games have it hard. its a very crude and vague way to say it but for whatever particular reason AAA games are mostly worshipped almost as if they were paying writers to say that, while indie games developed by small companies are criticized for almost every single detail. youtubers are even worse because well... youtube. (all you need to do is to read the comment box to lose faith in hummanity) so i cannot take them seriously specially when theres people praying that games like Blasphemous play and look more like SOTN than Bloodstained because of 2D Pixel Art  but unfortunately theres people that actually believes that and the game loses potential chances to become a big selling hit.
i would lie if i say something such as; "I don't care what people thinks about the game i like" Because i do care and if bloodstained happens to be a big hit then chances are we will get another amazing game. 

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the night COMING SOON™ 2018