{"id":189,"date":"2015-06-01T14:03:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.al-t.co.uk\/?p=189"},"modified":"2023-06-22T21:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T21:21:14","slug":"bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-a-new-kickstarter-project-from-legendary-castlevania-director-koji-igarashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.al-t.co.uk\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Bloodstained \u2013 Ritual Of The Night \u2013 A New Kickstarter Project From Legendary Castlevania Director Koji Igarashi (Posted for GamersFTW)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article can be found on the GamersFTW website released may 11th; http:\/\/www.gamersftw.co.uk\/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-a-new-kickstarter-project-from-legendary-castlevania-director-koji-igarashi\/
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Koji Igarashi, known for his work as a director of the Castlevania series including the seminal \u2018Castlevania; Symphony of the Night<\/em>\u2019, today announces his new Kickstarter project: Bloodstained \u2013 Ritual of the Night<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The game self\u2013describes itself under the coined genre IGAVANIA; a portmanteau of IGA, Koji\u2019s nickname, and vania, from Castlevania, and is a game which is \u201cA Gothic exploration-focused action platformer designed by one of the godfathers of the genre!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

After working on his last Castlevania game \u2018Order of Ecclesia<\/em>\u2019 in 2008, Igarashi had begun withdrawing from the public eye, following a slow decline of output up to his last game \u2018Leedmees<\/em>\u2019 in September 2011. This gave rise to speculation as to whether or not his prospects with game developer and publisher Konami, as well as his work on video games as a whole, were drawing to close.<\/p>\n

It was then later announced that Igarashi had decided to leave Konami altogether on March 15th 2014, while mentioning an interest in creating his own game studio in passing.<\/p>\n

After over a year of radio-silence from the developer, a teaser site \u2018sword or whip<\/em><\/a>\u2018 had surfaced at the start of this month, featuring an avatar of Igarashi resembling Dracula from the Castlevania series, making cryptic remarks and allusions to a new game.<\/p>\n

It was only today at 11am PST that it was officially announced that Igarashi would be working on a new 2.5D action platformer, revisiting a genre he felt would still resonate with the current gaming crowd, \u201cbuilt on some of the classic gaming principles his works are known for<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The game will be an exploration-focused side-scrolling platformer, which will not only include RPG elements but also crafting features, a co-op option and battle mode.<\/p>\n

The Kickstarter itself also includes several stretch goals for backers, including a 2nd playable character, Nightmare difficulty mode and a  goal to include voice acting from David Hayter, famous for his portrayal of Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Bloodstained \u2013 Ritual of the Night<\/em> has currently close to 7000 backers and already reached the set $500,000 goal in just a few hours of the Kickstarter\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

Those interested in backing the project can visit the kickstarter page here: https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/iga\/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night\/description <\/a><\/p>\n

Koji Igarashi is also currently running a stream on his sword or whip website, playing several 2D platformer titles, which you can visit here: http:\/\/swordorwhip.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

(Source of the information on Bloodstained \u2013 Ritual of the Night was found via IGN<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Article can be found on the GamersFTW website released may 11th; http:\/\/www.gamersftw.co.uk\/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-a-new-kickstarter-project-from-legendary-castlevania-director-koji-igarashi\/ Koji Igarashi, known for his work as a director of the Castlevania series including the seminal \u2018Castlevania; Symphony of the Night\u2019, today announces his new Kickstarter project: Bloodstained … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-article-porfolio","category-portfolio"],"yoast_head":"\nBloodstained \u2013 Ritual Of The Night \u2013 A New Kickstarter Project From Legendary Castlevania Director Koji Igarashi (Posted for GamersFTW) - al-t portfolio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.al-t.co.uk\/?p=189\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/?p=189#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/?p=189\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5c4cf0c31f8c83ddf051ed1593c650dd\"},\"headline\":\"Bloodstained \u2013 Ritual Of The Night \u2013 A New Kickstarter Project From Legendary Castlevania Director Koji Igarashi (Posted for GamersFTW)\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-01T14:03:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-22T21:21:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/?p=189\"},\"wordCount\":449,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"News Article Porfolio\",\"Portfolio\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/?p=189#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/?p=189\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.al-t.co.uk\\\/?p=189\",\"name\":\"Bloodstained \u2013 Ritual Of The Night \u2013 A New Kickstarter Project From Legendary Castlevania Director Koji Igarashi (Posted for GamersFTW) - 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