Bluepoint Reportedly Pitched Bloodborne Remake, But Was Turned Down - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 March 2026 / 2,144 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment recently announced it will be shutting down Bluepoint Games "following a recent business review." The video game developer had about 70 employees, which will be losing their jobs.
A new report from Bloomberg claims the studio pitched a Bloodborne remake, however, it ended up being turned down.
People familiar with the process stated Bluepoint pitched the idea of the remake in early 2025 and was told the numbers made sense. Despite this FromSoftware, the developer of the original game, didn't want it to happen.
Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida in an interview with Kinda Funny Games last year said he thought FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki was interested in remaking Bloodborne, but was too busy to do so and "doesn’t want anyone else to touch it." He thought PlayStation would respect Miyazaki's wishes despite owning the IP.
After the Bloodborne remake was turned down, Bluepoint proposed an updated version of Shadow of the Colossus, which it already remade in 2018 for the PlayStation 4. Sony turned down this idea.
Bluepoint also proposed developing new projects in other first-party franchises such as a spinoff of Ghost of Tsushima, however, nothing ended up being greenlit.
Bluepoint Games was founded in 2006 and acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in September 2021. The studio last released 2020's Demon's Souls remake for the PlayStation 5. The developer had been working on a live-service God of War game that was cancelled in January 2025.
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Direct quote from Jason schreier- "Sony said yes and Fromsoft said no".
Why would they do that? Perfect job for Bluepoint
Wouldn't surprise me if The Duskbloods doesn't hit the sales FromSoftware expects, then they'll come back to Sony looking to do the Bloodborne remake lol
I think the Duskbloods won’t sell much, but they’ll just make Elden Ring 2. That’s the easiest truck of money you can get.
If they want the most money but longer time then Elden Ring 2 would definitely be the one.
A Bloodborne remake would be the easiest and quickest way to make a good amount of money since everything is already written.
FromSoftware definitely has some good options lol
Well that's a bummer. But I guess it would be awkward to have the only technically impressive and polished versions of your games be the ones not made by you.
Bloodborne is a PS4 game. It doesn't need a remake at all, at best a remaster with better resolution and 60 FPS (and a PC port)
Bloodborne remake is a day 1 purchase for me and most of the fans i know. But i'd be happy with a remaster too
To be fair Bloodborne doesn't really need a remake, it's only one generation old and Fromsoft's gameplay hasn't really changed since.
It sucks when you are good developer but you make niche games. I think Housemarque is in big trouble if Saros dont sell a lot, and i mean a lot, at least 5+ million copies. For companies today if your game cant make 400%+ of invested money then these developers are not worth keeping.
if sony expected housemarque games to sell huge amounts then they would have never purchased them after returnal in the first place. they know how much returnal sold and still allowed a similar successor to happen anyway.
Housemarque was purchased under different management with a different vision. Jim and Hermen dont share the same vision. Also Nishono and Totoki also have a different more profit oriented vision. Whilst Jim Ryan had a more expansionist vision.
I don't know why would need one. I can pop that bad boy into my PS5 right now and feel like I'm playing a game from this year. It's fine as it is.
Heard Sony was a complete ass to the developers and publishers when making the game.
You're probably thinking of Demon Souls when Sony thought it was rubbish. Didn't stop them working with them for Bloodborne though.
It really doesnt need a remake. Just a fps bump.
I think Miazaki disliked all the liberties Bluepoint took with Demon Souls.
