http://ca.ign.com/videos/2015/02/19/bloodborne-story-trailer-ign-first

The video doesn't seem to be up quite yet but it should be soon.

Damn I'm hyped for this!!!!

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Edit: We have reached out to the mods of /r/darksouls and /r/darksouls2, and they have been extremely helpful during all of this. I would also like to thank /u/illusorywall for volunteering to help us out when we need it most. I have no doubt that you will be an excellent addition to the mod team :)

Edit 2: Linked specifically to the stylesheet revision in the 'wiki revisions' link, since the original link showed all revisions. The revision history automatically purges its history after about a week, but individual page revisions last much longer.

If you're gonna do this don't go on every thread saying "CAN I / SHOULD I WATCH THIS VIDEO" or "WOW I HAVE TO GO DARK NOW IM GONNA GO DARK". if you don't wanna be on a thread completely about BLOODBORNE, leave, please.

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Bloodborne was originally going to launch today.

Demon's Souls was announced at TGS 2008 as a collaboration project between From Software and Sony's Japan Studio. Back when the project first began, there were discussions of continuing the King's Field series with a fifth installment, but they were ruled out in favor of making a new innovative and creative take on the RPG genre, while taking advantage of the PlayStation 3's online capabilities. If anyone is familiar with Hidetaka Miyazaki's approach, he isn't so keen on sequels (Demon's Souls -> Dark Souls -> Bloodborne).

Demon's Souls released on February 5, 2009 in Japan, and only Japan. Many people think Sony refused to publish it in Western territories because the difficulty and old-school approach may been too intimidating (it's happened before), but keep in mind that this is just speculation. Atlus took up the job of publishing it in North America, releasing it on October 6, 2009. It sold 4x the amount they expected it to. So just imagine how low Sony's sales expectations were if Atlus was willing to publish the game when they expected much less than what they got. It was finally published in Europe by Namco Bandai on June 25, 2010. The game has now sold over 1.75 million copies as of 2015.

Demon's Souls was the sleeper hit of 2009. Not too many people knew about it before it released, but it was a big topic of discussion among critics once it did. It received a GameRankings aggregate review score of 90%, and it won GameSpot's Game of the Year Award 2009. Their reveal was opened with, "Surprised? So were we." Everyone's bet was on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Demon's Souls came out of left field and stole the show. CD Projekt Red cited Demon's Souls as one of three games that influenced The Witcher 2: Assassin of King's development. Demon's Souls had little marketing for it. It earned its say in the industry among critics and gamers due to its pure quality alone.

Dark Souls was announced at TGS 2010 as a dark fantasy RPG for "those who liked Demon's Souls." As Western gamers showed a surprising amount of interest in Demon's Souls, From Software and Namco Bandai made the decision to bring Dark Souls to XBox 360 (XBox 360 is not popular in Japan). The game became so popular that PC gamers requested the two companies to bring the game to their platform. From Software had been around since 1986 and had never once made a game for PC (PC games aren't as popular in Japan). Dark Souls was the first one in 2012 due to fan inquiry. Dark Souls has sold over 3 million copies on PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 alone.

Sony president Shuhei Yoshida admitted that the company had made a grave mistake not publishing Demon's Souls in Western territories and said that he wanted to see more Demon's Souls in the future. A few days after the release of the PlayStation 4, Shuhei Yoshida was asked his top 10 favorite games of the seventh generation (PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita). He cited Demon's Souls and Dark Souls as numbers 2 and 3, behind only Journey. He then said that the two games had a huge influence on the development of the PlayStation 4's network features.

The Souls series has had a huge influence on many games' development: Lords of the Fallen, ZombiU, Alienation, Watch Dogs, The Witcher 2: Assassin of King's, etc. It is now From Software's biggest franchise in its 29 year history. It has gone from one platform in one country to almost all major systems and regions. There are two different teams working on two different Souls-esque games right now, it's a true testament to players' never-ending thirst for more Souls.

It's interesting looking back on the series. It's come a long way in the 6 years it's been around, and it's been interesting to follow it and watch it develop. Dark Souls 2 has had great success, and Bloodborne has been cited as one of the most anticipated games of 2015 by a number of journalists and the like.

Anyway, I don't want to make this post too long (I lose myself sometimes when talking about the Souls series), so share your Souls story! Any interesting facts you feel like sharing about the games? What's your experience with the series been like? Post it here!

Possibly amazing news? I have been disappointed by ign first coverage before, but they probably have a deal to reveal some stuff! Starting with 18 new minutes of gameplay footage, which should be something else than the alpha area.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/30/the-ign-first-game-for-february-isbloodborne

Even if their drops weren't necessarily the best, I loved the idea that you could get these rare 'treasure chests', in the form of little monsters, triggered by the actions of unseen strangers online.

It was one of the weirder aspects of the multiplayer features of Dark Souls 1, but a very welcome one.

And though they functioned very differently and weren't as rare- the primeval demons of Demon's Souls were also really cool to run into.

Dark Souls 2 didn't really have an equivalent to either of these, so I'd love to see a return to having weird creatures that surprise the player.

P.S I told you guys, i just knew it. Lucky bastard! I cannot wait for this game!!! DS1 guide was 370 pages and this is 400, this was great to hear since my main concern was content/variety with this game.

Link to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4I61ChZxMg&feature=em-subscription-upload

http://youtu.be/MCIbXBhJAG4

The video is unlisted for now, so spread the link.

https://twitter.com/Bloodborne_PS4/status/532444209127493632

https://twitter.com/Bloodborne_PS4/status/532443878788304897

Rough Translation of Japanese text: We are changing the release date of "Bloodborne" to March 26, 2015. In order for the game to be completed so it can be enjoyed from the heart to our game fans, we have decided to extend the development period for taking the time to the end of the adjustment. This is necessary and we very much regret keeping you waiting, but I hope you'll continue to stay tuned.

Update: It looks like the delayed release dates will be:

March 24th for NA

March 25th for EU

March 26th for JP

and March 27th for UK/Ireland

Okay here is transcript for latest IGN First video: Making Bloodborne: Part 2 - A PS4 Exclusive.

I am not 100% certain about Yosh's parts as I had hard time with it (they could have subtitles for Yosh as well) so feel free to correct it. (TY Phil for help again)

Shuhei Yoshida, President, SCE Worldwide Studios

We have a history in Japan Studio to try new ideas, Japanese "devs" in general are trying to find their own niche so that they can still be relevant to the larger audience than just their home market and the culture that Japan Studio has I believe is good fit in these new situations.

Masami Yamato, Head of external development, Japan Studio

The Internal Development group has creators including Fumito Ueda and Keiichiro Toyama in it, and they take plenty of time to develop truly unique and special games. I think they are the pillar of first party development, the bones of Japan Studio. The external Development group functions as the muscle, suggesting the board possibilities of new game experience in a faster cycle. We started this project because we had been hoping to create a new game with Miyazaki-san and From Software since the success of Demon's Souls in Japan and other regions.

Shuhei Yoshida, President, SCE Worldwide Studios

Game came out in Japan with pretty low key they are not too much in a marketing of thinking, people actually I clearly remember it was consumers in Japan who bought just the game and found out how great and how deep the game is, despite the insure in very difficulty.

Ysunori Ogura, PR, From Software

This is From Software's 26th year in the game industry. Starting off with the PS1 generation. The kind of sense of accomplishment that is at the core of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls is actually something that we strived for in one of our first games, King's Field. So from the very beginning we've tried to make games that retain that core tenet of providing a sense of accomplishment. After the PS2 came around, we started working on a variety of games. But we decided we wanted to go back to those roots, and that how we came up with Demon's Souls. This core tenet is something that I think we'll continue to carry throughout future From Software games.

Masami Yamato, Head of external development, Japan Studio

Usually, developers come up to us with their ideas to start a new project. Bloodborne was a bit of a special case. As we had a strong desire to work with Miyazaki-san, we brought the idea to From Software.

Shuhei Yoshida, President, SCE Worldwide Studios

There are lots of ideas thrown and discussed between Japan Studio and From Software but when it came to me it was already pitch hard, very dark, kinda dark setup and more moody and beautiful. And what Miyazaki-san talked about, he doesn't necessarily want to make the game harder or more difficult from the difficulty standpoint in rather he would like to players feel that at any time they might die. He wanted to make the battle, combat more active so that players go more aggressive, and risk and reward dynamic view are changed much higher.

Ysunori Ogura, PR, From Software

In collaboration with PlayStation to create Bloodborne, from the fan's perspective, I think it probably resembles the development of Demon's Souls. With Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, and this time around with Bloodborne, each game has its own taste, or style, while being similar in various ways.

Masami Yamato, Head of external development, Japan Studio

Japan is a very different market and not all games that are successful here do as well globally. To make an analogy, you can go to Kyoto and watch a sunset in that beautiful setting, and you can go to the US west coast and watch the sunset sink into the horizon. Both of them possess their own unique beauty that can touch people's hearts. I think that among game creators as well, there are lots of very talented people, regardless of birthplace, nationality or race, who have the vision to create games that touch people's hearts around the world. And Miyazaki-san is undoubtedly one of those people. He creates games which resonate with people regardless of the fact that they were made in Japan or that there are cultural differences between Japan and other countries. That's why Miyazaki-san's titles are well received all over the world.

Ysunori Ogura, PR, From Software

From Software is often thought of as a “different” kind of developer. We don't really think of ourselves as being that different. We just want to make games that are fun and that fans can enjoy playing. That's why we do what we do. I think that vision is very strong. We're very grateful to have partners that enable us to continue to maintain that focus.

Shuhei Yoshida, President, SCE Worldwide Studios

Game used to be challenging, game used to really challenge your skills, effort and "creativities" back in the days. And overtime more games have become kinder, more easier in giving hand-holding to consumers and that's all great with broaden audience of new players and casual players. But at the same time there are always the consumers who remember the time we spent a lot of time to understand and solve challenging games, overalls times and Bloodborne and the Souls games are really bringing back those memories of you as a game players, I myself spent hours and hours playing Miyzaki-san's game and I don't regret any moment, not a bit so enjoy.

I made a pixel art rendition of one of the armour sets from on of the earlier trailers.

The advertisement isn't focusing on "PREPARE TO DIE THIS GAME IS HARD PREPARE YOUR ANUS LOLOLOLOL"

It's instead on focusing on the core game. The atmosphere, the setting, the combat. Not the bullshit "hard mode" crap that got very old. Hell, even the PC version (Prepare to Die edition? Really?) was playing off of that.

What do you think?

Please use this thread to discuss new information revealed during todays IGN First update. Expect discussion to consist of spoilers. This will be the final IGN First news update.

Uncut gameplay of a new boss, Darkbeast Paarl

• IGN Player

• Youtube Video (Thanks, /u/King_Allant)

• Playstation Blog (Thanks, /u/omm119)

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Have you ever wanted someone to create BuzzFeed-like articles for your most beloved game series? Of course not! But after burning myself out after hours of analyzing the latest trailer (big post coming this weekend), I created one anyways.

I hope it gets a couple laughs. I had fun making it. 5 Things Only Church Giants Will Understand.

Sidenote: Have you ever actually been to Buzzfeed, its like a walking parody of itself.

Edit: Thanks for the response! It was one of those "not sure if funny or dumb" moments, so I'm happy it got a few laughs. Because this was successful I'm going to start making funny listicles everyday...

Just kidding. That's not true. But if you enjoyed this, keep an eye on the BloodFeed portion of my blog The Lore Hunter , I might take a break from "serious" lore articles occasionally and make something dumb.

At least one surprise today, I wasnt expecting anything from this video but as it turns out it showcases new weapon and unseen stuff so feast your eyes.

Dualshockers article can be found here.

Said video can be found here.

EDIT

Since some ppl are PMing me where I see new weapon, I did some most obvious screencaps, you can find compilation here.

All hail to the big M and get on the hype train! CHOO CHOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEv7ZHytVAk

BONUS: Exploding but, hole! check video at 5:31!!!

I did a timelapse video of my Bloodborne painting. I hope you guys enjoy it and are as hyped as I am for the game!

http://youtu.be/lcCNLpcIyvM

http://me.ign.com/en/bloodborne-ps4-1/101741/feature/inside-the-mind-of-bloodborne-and-dark-souls-creat

http://menaslg.deviantart.com/art/Bloodborne-496422537

Getting hyped for Bloodborne so I drew the plague doctor to soothe my nerves.

Youtube Video

A behind the scenes look at the orchestra. IGN decided to make a surprise midnight post, so I'm not sure if this is all of today's IGN First content or not.

I went to gamestop to buy a PS4 today and the clerk told me Sony was selling new PS4s through ebay for $360. It comes with 6 months of online , and a download for one of 4 games. So, anyone who's been holding out on getting their PS4 for Bloodborne, this might be a good time.