Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Switch) News Articles
Tuesday13th May 2025
News Yakuza 0? It Can't Be! Check Out David Hayter In Sega's Switch 2 Launch Title
Actor voices Osamu Kashiwagi
After confirming the English voiceover cast for Yakuza 0: Director's Cut recently, Sega has now shared a quick look at actor David Hayter in the role of Osamu Kashiwagi. In case you're unaware, Hayter is perhaps best known for his role as Solid/Naked/Old Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series. He's also worked on titles...
Friday7th Feb 2025
News Metroidvania 'Chronicles Of The Wolf' Takes A Few Cues From Castlevania II
Ah-woooooo!
Publisher Pqube and PixelHeart, alongside developer Migami Games, have revealed that their new Metroidvania Chronicles of the Wolf will be launching on Switch this Summer. This one looks like it will appeal specifically to Castlevania fans, and seems to be taking quite a few cues from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. You've got day/night...
Wednesday23rd Oct 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Update 1.6 Now Live, Here's What's Included
Expect fixes and more
Update [Wed 23rd Oct, 2024 00:15 BST]: Update 1.6 for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has now officially gone live. It contains some Switch-specific fixes as well as fixes for all platforms. Below is the full rundown, courtesy of the official game website: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Bug Fixes | 1.6 Update Notes...
Tuesday1st Oct 2024
News Castlevania Dev Steps Down From Bloodstained 2 After Cancer Diagnosis
"It is a great blow to have him step away from the project"
Shūtarō Īda, a veteran designer on the Castlevania franchise and director of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, has sadly stepped down from the development of Bloodstained 2 following a cancer diagnosis. Īda announced his decision on social media (thanks, VGC), stating that although he...
Tuesday30th Jul 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night To Address "Switch Crash" In Next Update
"We apologize for the inconvenience"
There have been some concerns raised about the state of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on the Nintendo Switch in recent times, and it seems the development team is looking to resolve some problems in the next update. In a brief post on social media from the official account, the team apologised to players for...
Tuesday11th Jun 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Final Content Update Is Out Now
End of an era
Five years after its initial release, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has just received its final content update in the form of 'Classic II: Dominique's Curse', available now for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99. Building upon the first Classic mode (which essentially arranges the game's environments into a more linear, 'classic' format),...
Thursday2nd May 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting PvP And 'Chaos' Modes
The game that keeps on giving
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is getting yet another update on Switch later this month, bringing new modes to the game along with a number of cosmetics for protagonist Miriam. Announced via a blog post, the information provided is described as the 'final development roadmap' for the game after its Switch launch in...
Wednesday6th Sep 2023
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night To Share Details On Two New Modes Next Week
Game reaches 2 million sales worldwide
We were promised a "big year" for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night back in December 2022. And it's been a bit of a wait, but, developer ArtPlay has released a new blog update on Kickstarter along with a video to tease the future of the Metroid
Wednesday28th Dec 2022
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Dev Teases "Big Announcement" For 2023
Wrapping up the first game is the priority for now
Japanese publication Famitsu has posted its usual end-of-year creator interviews with prominent local developers and once again, it's provided some insight to the year ahead. Koji Igarashi - known for his work on the Castlevania series and more recently the troubled Kickstarter project...
Wednesday26th Oct 2022
News Nintendo's Next Switch Game Trial Is Now Available To Online Subscribers
Just in time for Halloween
If you happen to be a Switch Online subscriber and are eager to play something else outside of Mario Kart and all the usual offerings, why not try out the latest trial? Nintendo has announced OBAKEIDORO! as its next free trial for Switch Online subscribers. It's available in North America and Europe from now until...
Saturday20th Aug 2022
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting A New Crossover Next Week
"A new boss area inspired by Journey"
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has received a number of updates and crossovers since it originally launched on the Nintendo Switch in 2019, and the development team has today announced another one. This time around, it's collaborating with Journey - an indie adventure title, originally co-created by...
Tuesday16th Aug 2022
Random Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Gets The Game Boy Treatment
Demake highlights similarites to other Castlevania titles
The act of 'demaking' games has become a rather popular endeavour in recent memory, with Game Boy Demakes on Twitter showcasing numerous impressive attempts to authentically recreate popular games with the handheld console's visual aesthetics. The latest game to receive the 'demake'...
Friday3rd Jun 2022
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Just Got A New Character Update
Aurora from Child of Light is ready for battle!
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night didn't exactly start off life on the Nintendo Switch in the best state, but since then, the experience has been improved with regular patches and updates - including some new content. In a crossover we didn't see coming (at least until March 2022), Bloodstained has...
Wednesday30th Mar 2022
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting A Child Of Light Crossover, For Some Reason
Sure, that's cool
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has had some intriguing updates and crossovers to freshen up the experience and keep the game on our radar. These have been slowing down, understandably, but back in October a "special character" collaboration was teased; now it's been revealed. It's an intriguing crossover, albeit a bit of a...
Saturday30th Oct 2021
News Bloodstained Is Getting A Special Character Collab In The Next Update
"We have been working closely with a well-known partner"
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night didn't get off to the best start when it arrived on the Nintendo Switch in 2019, but it's slowly improved with the rollout of regular fixes, updates, and additional content. If you've been wondering what's been going on since the previous patch and the...
Friday4th Jun 2021
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Sequel Officially Confirmed
It's in the "very early planning stages"
Late last week, a financial report from Digital Bros. - the parent company of Bloodstained publisher 505 games - made reference to a second version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. It came a bit of surprise to fans of Koji Igarashi, as nothing had been officially announced yet. Now, in an update on...
Friday28th May 2021
News There Might Be A Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Sequel In The Works
Ri2al of the Night
The words "second version in development" are enough to send anyone into a frenzy, but especially so when the game involved is Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a loving homage to the Castlevania games. In a recent financial report from Digital Bros., the parent company of Bloodstained publisher 505 Games, a few games were...
Sunday7th Mar 2021
News A New Patch For Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Now Available
Fixes and more included
Earlier this week, a new update was rolled out across all platforms for Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. On the Nintendo Switch, this bumps the game up to Version 1.21. This is the same update that was released for the Steam version last month. It includes a "final update" to randomizer seeds and has...
Friday5th Mar 2021
News Bloodstained's Miriam Joins 3D Brawler Mighty Fight Federation This Spring
Iga's excited
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate isn't the only all-star brawler on the Nintendo Switch. In fact, last month saw the release of the Power Stone "inspired" 3D arena fighter, Mighty Fight Federation. The game already has characters like ToeJam & Earl along with Yooka-Laylee in it, an
Tuesday16th Feb 2021
News Bloodstained's Miriam Is Coming To Blasphemous This Week In A Free Update
Boss Rush Mode and 8-bit Demake Area also confirmed
We loved Blasphemous when it first launched. Awarding it 9/10 stars, The Game Kitchen was onto a winner, offering a Soulslike/Metroidvania action game with beautiful pixel art. Supported by free DLC ever since, th
Wednesday10th Feb 2021
News The Konami Code Unlocks A Hidden Castlevania Tribute In Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
Taking us back to 1986
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has witnessed significant post-launch support since arriving in 2019. It's most recent update was rather hefty, bringing us a crossover with Kingdom: Two Crowns alongside Classic Mode, the latter featuring an 8-bit retro aesthetic
Thursday14th Jan 2021
News Here's A Closer Look At Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night's Classic Mode Update
Out today on Switch
As promised, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been treated to two free additions today, and to give us a better look at the new content, 505 Games has shared a brand new trailer for the 8-bit Classic Mode. This latest DLC is part of a steady stream of content planned for the game throughout 2021; alongside the Classic Mode...
Friday8th Jan 2021
News Kingdom Two Crowns Update Coming To Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
Enter the Dead Lands
Remember last April, when Raw Fury announced it would be rolling out a free update for Kingdom Two Crowns featuring a Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night themed crossover event? Now it's the other way around - with Bloodstained adding a Dead Lands' themed area to the game based o
Sunday27th Dec 2020
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Gets A Free Classic Mode Update In January
Revives "old-school gameplay"
As we get closer to the end of the year, you might be starting to wonder what there is to look forward to early on in 2021. One game that might be worth revisiting in the month of January is Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. This Castlevania tribute has been updated repeatedly since its arrival on the Switch last...
Sunday6th Dec 2020
News Bloodless Joins Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night As A Bonus Playable Character
The latest update has arrived on Switch
Artplay and 505 Games have released the latest patch for the Nintendo Switch version of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The highlight is the addition of Bloodless as a playable character. She's one of the bosses that featured in the Boss Revenge Mode update back in the July update. Apart from this, the new...
Tuesday3rd Nov 2020
News Bloodless Is Joining Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night As A Bonus Playable Character
More info coming later this week
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night might not have launched in the best state, but since then, it's received a number of updates to improve the overall experience. The latest one Artplay and 505 Games is rolling out allows players to take control of the Mary Poppins style umbrella-wielding character, Bloodless, as a...
Monday26th Oct 2020
News Switch Is No Longer The Only Way To Play Bloodstained On The Move
Ritual of the Night comes to smartphones
Back when Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was first announced, PS Vita owners were getting all excited about taking Koji Igarashi's next Metroidvania classic with them on the move. However, as time went on the Vita version was canned (as was the Wii U edition) and, as it woul
Tuesday1st Sep 2020
News Koji Igarashi Explains How Zelda Influenced His Work On Castlevania And Bloodstained
A link to the future
While Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the game which is credited as fusing the non-linear approach of Super Metroid and the gothic stylings of Konami's famous vampire-hunting series, Koji Igarashi has been quite firm on the fact that it was in fact
Saturday15th Aug 2020
IGA didn't think fans would wait an extra week
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was released in a miserable state on the Nintendo Switch. There was a game-breaking bug, the frame rate was halved and the texture quality and resolution also took a hit. Despite arriving a week later than the rest (and overlooking the state of this version), out of...
Thursday23rd Jul 2020
Fixes are still in the works
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was released on the Switch and multiple platforms just over a year ago. Despite this, it's still got its fair share of problems that need to be sorted out. In an attempt to keep the game's community up to date, 505 Games Senior Community Manager has opened up a 'current status' page. It...
