Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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Publisher:
Deep Silver

Developer:
Inti Creates

Platforms:
PC, Mac OS X, Linux, PS4, Wii U, Xbox One, PS Vita

Genre:Metroidvania

Release Date:March 2017

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an upcoming side scrolling action adventure game set firmly in the Metroidvania genre. The game is currently being developed by the Japanese company Inti Creates, a team that was founded by ex-Capcom staff and is responsible for the popular Mega Man Zero series of video games.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is slated to be published by Deep Silver, of Saints Row and Metro: Last Light fame. The game, which is currently running on Unreal Engine 4, is expected to launch at some time in March 2017 on PCs, Mac OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Xbox One.

Development

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is being developed to serve as a spiritual successor to the much loved Castlevania series, specifically to the games that have been portrayed as side scrollers and not the more recent titles in the series like Castlevania Lords of Shadow.

Serving as producer on the project is Koji Igarashi who has previously worked on the series. He first served as Assistant Director, Programmer and Scenario writer on Castlevania Symphony of the Night, where he was credited as Kouji IGA.

It was Koji Igarashi who created the Kickstarter project that has seen development of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night begin. His inspiration to start a Kickstarter for the game, came from the success of Keiji Inafune’s Mighty No.9 Kickstarter.

Igarashi’s Kickstarter proved to be a huge success. Originally asking $500,000 in funding, the project crossed $1 million in its first 24 hours, fulfilling a number of stretch goals in the process including voice actor David Hayter, of Metal Gear Solid fame, joining the cast as Gebel. Musician and Voice Actor Robert Belgrade will also be lending his talents to the game. Belgrade is famous for his portrayal of Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and as the announcer in a number of Tekken games.

Another stretch goal for the project would see artist Ayami Kojima create packaging and artwork for physical copies of the game. Like Igarashi, Kojima has also worked on the Castlevania franchise before with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Other stretch goals for the game would see features like a Boss Rush (consecutive boss battles) and even a Classic Mode. The Classic Mode would be used to rework specific areas of the game to make them more linear, to better reflect the original Castlevania games.

One of the larger stretch goals was a release for the Nintendo Wii U. This port of the game is going to be developed by Armature Games, which has worked on ports such Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection.

Story

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night follows the story of an orphaned young woman by the name of Miriam who has been put under an Alchemic Curse. This curse is quite cruel in its nature, turning her stone into a crystalline substance over time.

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In order to prevent the curse from worsening, and ultimately stop it, Miriam must traverse the halls of a demon infested castle and locate a summoner named Gebel, a man who has lived with the same curse for quite some time.

Gameplay

While gameplay specifics are not yet official, many assumptions have been made from the gamess association with Igarashi and the Castlevania genre. Gameplay will be presented in a 2.5D manner, matching previous art styles from Igarashi’s works.

Players can expect to move through well structured yet labyrinthine and open-ended locales. One will most likely also acquire new items and weapons on progressing through the game, along with skills that offer the ability to revisit previously closed off areas.

Characters

At this time, two characters have been officially revealed:

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  • Miriam – A orphan that has been cursed by an alchemist of currently unknown origins.
  • Gebel – A summoner that was afflicted by the same curse that threatens Miriam.

Note: This wiki will be updated once we have more information about the game.

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by Kyle D'Addario
& Wincent Colaiuta

Get Your OS X Tips Here From Kyle & Wincent!
March 9th, 2001

It is indeed an exciting time to be a Macintosh user. For those that have been, somehow, living buried under a rock or locked in a Pentium III heated office for the last six months, Apple is just two short weeks away from releasing the future in the form of Mac OS X.

It is during this exciting time that we have decided to bring you our new column, focusing on all things OS X, Hot Cocoa. We are also excited to announce the addition of Wincent.org's Wincent Colaiuta to our staff. Wincent has established himself as one of the top authorities on OS X, and brings with him a wealth of Unix and Macintosh experience, as well as the title of 'Most Likely To Get A Leaked OS X Build.'

Together, Wincent and I plan on covering OS X from a variety of angles. Weekly columns will feature tips and tricks, as well as commentary on the current and future state of Apple and the next generation OS. While OS X will mark a monumental leap forward in not just the Mac OS, but in operating system technology as a whole, the transition to the new OS will not be all sweet smelling roses.

OS X is going to mark a departure from many of the creature comforts that OS 9 users are accustomed to. Notice we said a departure, not a complete lack of all that you know and love. After the initial release of Mac OS X Public Beta last September, emergency rooms around the country found Mac users swarming in like bees that had returned to the hive only to find their queen missing. Where was the Apple Menu? Where was the Menubar clock? Where were the drives? The trashcan? The control strip? And for the love of Steve Jobs, what was that thing at the bottom of the screen?

Mass resuscitations were performed, and after a series of extended R&R vacations, Mac users wanted to know one thing; WTF? Apple, shielding its virgin ears from such language, has worked very hard over the last few months to make OS X look and feel as much like OS 9 as they could. To avoid further verbal abuse, and to keep Mac loyalists as happy as possible, Apple has brought back many of the features originally missing in OS X, and has added the functionality of others, to provide a funky new user interface with an eerily comfortable feel.

Make no mistake, however, the presence of OS 9 features does not mean that OS X is like OS 9, and we for one think that a wonderful thing. Among the things you won't find in OS X that you may have grown used to in OS 9 are Type 10 errors, program crashes that bring down your entire system, having to sit and watch the trash empty before reasonably being able to perform another task, having to leave your machine for a half hour while a 300MB file is Stuffed, or any of the other little “features” that seem to creep up far too often under OS 9.

By way of comparison, OS X is a symphony of beauty and stability. Despite what you may have heard about Aqua, it is beautiful. The icons are gorgeous, the anti-aliasing is better executed under X than under OS 9 giving text a richer look, the interface animations are breathtaking…X is the real deal. Of course, beauty with no brains might make for a fun Friday night, but would not be suited to a long-term relationship. Users have nothing to fear, as X is the total package.

Of course, just like courting and keeping a significant other, using OS X comes at a cost. RAM requirements are high, processor requirements are high, and hard drive space requirements are high. But, as you've so often probably muttered to yourself, 'She's worth it, isn't she?

We think she is, and each week Wincent and I will be offering our take on all aspects of OS X. From basic tips and tricks to the Unix side of things to the current and future state of the world of X, you will be able to get it all here. So buckle in, relax, and get ready to spend some time with your new significant other. After all, she is worth it.

Kyle D'Addario
Assistant Editor

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Kyle D'Addario is the assistant editor of The Mac Observer and has logged about as much time on Mac OS X as is humanly possible. Kyle studies Computer-Mediated Communication, whatever that is, at the graduate level, and was a founding member of the original Webintosh team.

Wincent Colaiuta runs Macintosh news and criticism site, wincent.org, and joined The Mac Observer team as a contributor in March 2001. He has worked with computers since 1984, and his interests in that area include Macs, PHP programming and security.