Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Release Date Announce

Jawesome!!!!!

Four years of waiting, and we're finally here! Only a little over a month before IGAvania returns!

Yeah, I was thinking that too, personally. I think the reasoning is that Angel wanted to give us a really positive surprise, at long last. Like, if you're planning a surprise party, you'll tell the person "we definitely won't be at your house tonight," and then when you show up it's a surprise

BTW, I've updated the copy to make it clear that we will be launching on Steam and GOG for PC.

Cool! Sooner than I expected. I suppose that infos on the shipment of Collector's Boxes and so on will be provided later this month, at this point.

Here it is folks, the release date: JUNE 18 2019 / JUNE 25 2019. After so much wait and hype, the game is finally coming to us. This update has nothing but a new trailer, with a release date. But that trailer itself seems to have some new, interesting content that, of course, i'm going to break through: 

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I don't know how many noticed, but it is hilarious that it is written "poop" first, instead of "old" at the very first panel of old vs new.

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Damn that looks gorgeous! The winged beast looks awesome, Miriam is sitting in a even more lady-like position, those several arcs in the background gives a great feeling. The saveroom works wonders for most of the castle areas, i think, but it probably doesn't fit very well in some places (the Galleon, for sure). I remember they said that the saveroom actually has some lore and it will be explained, so, i hope that is enough to make ammends.

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New Valac, whose new texture idea came from our lovely artist Mana herself. Looks menacing and way, way better than before.

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Garden of Silence gained a new, blueish fog alongside a whole new lightning work. The Axe Outsider looks even more menacing than it was and the whole thing just looks better. 

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First of all, pay attention to the layers. The pillars goes ALL THE WAY to the background. You have statues, a carpet, more pillars, stairs and lots of other small and beautifully crafted details. It's impressive how huge this improvement is. Not only that, we are seeing Miriam fightning Zangetsu using what appears to be Reflector Ray Shard.

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The blood pool has such a HUGE difference between how it was and how it is now that it's practically a whole new area inside Castle Entrance. The blood still looks a bit odd but other than that, it's awesome.

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This seems to be a new area. It looks very interesting. Wooden with rusted iron, pipes (green pipes at the background) axes moving back and forth at the scenario as a trap, among other things. I really think this area is something we never seen, looks awesome.

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The fire cavern sure is bright. Lava, stones, rocks and a flame Gieremund? Also, Miriam is using a funny high-tech fantasy-style (?) gun.

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I think we saw this area before (i called it "golden staircaises, or something). Not much to say about it, just that it looks neat. The second picture may or may not be from the same area (it can also be from the entrance).

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Here we have it.

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I think you already did it IGA. I think you already did.

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that's all folks

Looks like the Bloodstained team(s) break the kickstarter curse and actually deliver a polished, quality game. I also love the cocky intro of the video !

So is there going to be a features reveal prior to the release? Also, any idea when the backer copies are going to be sent out?