Bloodborne is an action role-playing game played from a third-person perspective and features elements similar to those found in the Dark Souls series, also made by FromSoftware. [1] The player makes their way through different locations within the decrepit Gothic world of Yharnam while battling varied enemies, including bosses, [2] collecting different types of items that have many uses, interacting with non-player characters, [3] opening up shortcuts, and continuing through the main story.

I’m doing my best to create stories that question the reality of where I am and what it might mean,” Kot explains. “I want to nurture my own imagination, my community’s imagination, the imagination of my species.” PS4専用タイトル「Bloodborne（ブラッドボーン）」とはどんなゲームなのか。ディレクター・宮崎英高氏インタビュー". 4Gamer. June 19, 2014. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015 . Retrieved February 16, 2015. Wilson, Tony. "Bloodborne boss guide". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015 . Retrieved July 17, 2015.a b VanOrd, Kevin (March 23, 2015). "Bloodborne Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 24, 2015 . Retrieved March 23, 2015. Robinson, Martin (June 11, 2014). "Bloodborne is From Software's darkest game yet". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015 . Retrieved June 29, 2015. World – Bloodborne – PS4 Games – PlayStation". PlayStation. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015. Wales, Matt (December 5, 2017). "Heres what the new Bloodborne comic looks like". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022 . Retrieved May 24, 2022. FromSoftware (March 24, 2015). Bloodborne ( PlayStation 4). Japan Studio. Scene: Epilogue The Old Hunters. Blood Minister: Ah, sweet child of Kos, returned to the ocean. A bottomless curse, a bottomless sea, accepting all that there is and can be.

Hillier, Brenna (March 10, 2015). "Bloodborne guide: how multiplayer works". VG247. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015. Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep—written by Ales Kot ( Zero, Wolf) with gorgeous art by Piotr Kowalski ( Wolfenstein, The Witcher, The Dark Tower)—is published by the independent publishing company Titan and collects the first four issues of the graphic novel series. The official synopsis for the first run reveals the comic follows a nameless Hunter:

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Bloodborne 'The Old Hunters' expansion announced". Gematsu. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015 . Retrieved September 15, 2015. a b "Video: Deconstructing the Gothic horror music of Bloodborne". Gamasutra. July 11, 2016. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016 . Retrieved July 12, 2016.Digital Manual for Bloodborne – Story". Archived from the original on March 25, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015. a b c Cueto, Gerard (October 29, 2014). "GameStart 2014 – Bloodborne Interview With Masaaki Yamagiwa Talks Frame-Rate, Messengers and More". PlayStation Lifestyle. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015 . Retrieved February 16, 2015. Digital Manual for Bloodborne – The Hunter's Dream". Archived from the original on March 25, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015.

Tach, Dave (April 2015). "Bloodborne patch fixes game-crushing and item duplication bugs". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015 . Retrieved April 5, 2015. Bloodborne guide: hints, tips and secrets for beginners". VG247. March 13, 2015. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015. The game sold 152,567 physical retail copies within the first week of release in Japan, [90] ranking first place within the Japanese software sales charts for that particular week. [91] Bloodborne debuted at number two in the UK software retail chart, behind Battlefield Hardline by 22,500 units. [92] In North America, Bloodborne was the second best selling software in March, despite being released at the end of the month. [93] By April 2015, the game had sold over one million copies, [94] and by September 2015, the game had over two million copies sold. [95] Soon after release, Sony stated that the game's sales exceeded their expectations. [96] Awards [ edit ] Bloodborne guide: list in progress of all weapons". VG247. March 13, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015 . Retrieved May 14, 2015.

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