The game's story takes place in an ancient, abandoned city called Yharnam which was known for housing a medical remedy. Over the years, many travelers made pilgrimages to Yharnam seeking the remedy to cure their afflictions; the protagonist is one of these travelers. Upon arriving in Yharnam, however, it is discovered that it is overrun with a terrifying curse which has rendered most of the city's population violently deranged. The player must navigate the streets of Yharnam and defeat its insane inhabitants and horrifying monsters in order to survive.
Screenshots of the game were leaked on the internet weeks before the official reveal, under the title of Project Beast.Many believed at the time that the leak could be connected to Demon's Souls. However, director Hidetaka Miyazaki has since stated that Bloodborne was never considered to be Demon's Souls II, due to Sony Computer Entertainment wanting a new IP for the PlayStation 4.
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Developer From Software
Publisher JP SCE Japan Studio
NA SCEA
EU SCEE
Director Hidetaka Miyazaki
Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa
Jun Yoshino
Composer Michael Wandmacher
Platform PlayStation 4
Release date
JP February 5, 2015
NA 2015
EU 2015
Genre Action role-playing
Mode Single-player, online multiplayer, co-op
Distribution Blu-ray disc, download