Bloodborne Racing Game Delayed: Sony's Intervention and Developer's Response

2024-01-28 13:54:07

Popular works often have “secondary creations” born. Generally speaking, manufacturers will turn a blind eye, but if profits are involved, this is a different matter. Recently, a developer produced “Bloodborne Racing”, but due to Sony’s intervention, the launch needed to be delayed.

The game itself is an online meme of “Bloodborne”, and developer Lilith Walther is also a fan of this game. After previously making a free PS1-style “remastered and degraded version” of the game, he developed it again “Bloodborne Kart” combines gameplay similar to Mario Kart with the world view of the “remastered and degraded version” of Bloodborne. The game itself is set to launch on January 31st, but Lilith Walther said she recently received contact from Sony, so it will take longer to process. Although the game may look different, it will still launch eventually.

WHELP. IT HAPPENED

Sony contacted me ????

Long story short I need to scrub the branding off of what was previously known as Bloodborne Kart, which we will do. But that requires a short delay.

Don’t worry, the game is still coming out! It’ll just look slightly different ????

— ???????? PSX Bunlith????????️‍⚧️ BLM ACAB ???????? (@b0tster) January 26, 2024

This game directly uses the settings of Bloodborne from its name to its content, so it is no wonder that Sony would block it. However, judging from the developer’s response, it should be able to be launched with slight modifications to the content so that it is not too similar. Some netizens said that this incident successfully made Sony pay attention to the work “Bloodborne” again, and learned that it is still very popular, and it is not certain that there may be a sequel or peripheral works in the future.

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