For many players,Bloodbornewill forever be held as FromSoftware’s magnum opus. The 2015 gothic horror masterpiece is quickly approaching its 10th anniversary, a fact that has led to a significant uptick in rumors regarding the possibility of aBloodborneremake, remaster, or sequel. It’s a fact that even Sony itself is now seeming to acknowledge, whipping up speculative fans into a frenzy by including footage ofBloodbornein the PlayStation’s 30th Anniversary celebration video, complete with the phrase “It’s about persistence” appearing on-screen. Sony has dangled the carrot of somethingBloodborne-related for too long for it all to amount to nothing.
Getting the PlayStation brand in on the “cosmic joke” of players wishing for something related toBloodborneand never having it come to fruition shouldn’t just amount to little more than corporate trolling. Sony, as a successful company with staff who are keenly aware of the wishes of the community, has to know that the prospect of aBloodborneremake or sequel would be a monumental event within the industry and that it’s leaving money on the table if it lets the IP continue to languish. Now that Sony owns a majority stake inFromSoftware’s parent company, Kadokawa, it’s time for all the subtle hints to bear some fruit (or, in this case, grant eyes).
A Brief History of Sony’s Bloodborne-Related Teases
ThePlayStation 30th Anniversary celebrationis just the latest in a long string ofBloodborne-related teases. Months before December’s celebration kicked off with the video that conspicuously featuresBloodbornefootage at the end, rumors abounded regarding the possibility of something related toBloodbornebeing revealed at the 2024 Tokyo Game Show. Of course, as is typical withBloodbornerumors, they ended up being completely unfounded, leaving plenty of fans grasping at straws to decipher what (if anything) the teases and hints might mean. In just the last year, players have had the following instances to either ignore or acknowledge, giving into what theBloodbornecommunity has taken to calling “Copium”:
Collectively, all of these teases or hints suggesting thatBloodbornewill get a remaster (including the much-requested 4K 60FPS PC port) or a sequel have amounted to nothing, leaving many fans disillusioned and resigned to the fact thatBloodbornewill forever remain an isolated game in the impressiveFromSoftware catalog. But for Sony itself to acknowledge the idea of “persistence” as it relates toBloodborne, that kind of meta-reference shouldn’t go unfulfilled.
Bloodborne Has Reached Its ‘Now or Never’ Moment
Whether the meaning of “It takes persistence” was meant to evoke the idea thatBloodborneis a challenging gameor perhaps tip Sony’s cap to the fans who have been patiently waiting for the company to do something with the IP remains to be seen, but there’s no denying thatBloodborneis approaching a critical date. July 28, 2025 will markBloodborne’s 10th anniversary, and given how much back and forth there has been among the fanbase regarding the potential for a remake, remaster, or sequel in recent years, the property has arguably reached an impasse. If Sony doesn’t do something with theBloodborneIP soon, there’s a strong chance it never will.
Already, the mere mention of aBloodbornerumor is enough to frustrate a certain contingent of the fanbase who refuse to give into a false sense of hope, while others' “copium” reserves are at full tilt in the shred of possibility that such rumors will bear fruit. With Sony now openly dropping theBloodbornebreadcrumbs for players to follow, it should make good on that so-called persistence it’s been asking ofBloodbornefansfor a decade.
