I was honored to be mentioned in the book when he wrote about his time in the convention world. If you haven’t read it yet check out his book Cast a Giant Shadow where many of those stories are told. He was my adopted grandpa and hands down the best storyteller you could have ever met. “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him and working with him for close to 20 years. I was told he passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home. The other is the Invert shard, which (taking a cue from Igarashi’s own Castlevania: Symphony of The Night) allows players to invert the castle whenever and wherever they’d like, allowing them to navigate areas that normally would be unreachable.Īs for the graphical comparison, the footage shows off the June 2018 demo, and a current February 2019 build of the game, which has a better texture quality and lighting effects.īloodstained: Ritual of The Night is due out in the Fall for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and the Nintendo Switch.īest known to horror fans for playing Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, we’ve learned the sad news tonight that actor/stuntman Ted White has passed away.Ĭonvention All Stars owner Sean Clark writes on social media tonight, “As I’m here setting up at Monsterpalooza I just got hit with the news that my dear friend Ted White has passed away. There is the Reflector Ray which allows the player to bounce around the environment, letting players slip into tight spaces and reach new areas. The update, penned by Koji Igarashi, delves into some of the gameplay mechanics, including the use of crystals to help maneuver the castle.
Bloodstained kickstarter update#
Iga said that he’s hopeful for a 2017 release.With Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night finally getting a Fall release date (even if it’s not specific), ArtPlay and 505 Games have released a development update on the title’s Kickstarter page, which includes a nice graphics comparison video showing the game’s progress heading into the home stretch. In an implied promise to fans, Igarashi has dubbed Bloodstained an Igavania. It couldn’t be happening to a more deserving or trustworthy creator.”Ĭastlevania: Symphony of the Night was the starting point for the Metroidvania video game sub-genre.
“We knew Iga was well-respected for his contributions to the gaming industry, but the fans have been *bursting* out of the woodwork to embrace him.
A $2 million campaign was as much as any of us were holding our breath for, so it’s almost an out-of-body experience to be bracing for a $5.5 million stretch goal.” “What we weren’t prepared for was the scale. Everyone at Fangamer grew up participating in and operating fan communities, so we knew where to set the bar, and the fans rose to every occasion,” Fangamer CEO Reid Young told me earlier today. “The fan response has been exactly what we hoped and expected. Iga teamed up with Fangamer, the American maker of game-geek memorabilia and merchandise for the Kickstarter rewards. Backers of a certain amount had the option between a digital copy of the game at $28 and a physical retail copy of the title at $60. Iga’s goal was to create a game “built on some of the classic gaming principles my works are known for.” The campaign stretch goals included Wii U and PlayStation Vita ports, three playable characters, orchestrated tracks, a prequel mini-game for PC, consoles, and handhelds, and an online challenge mode.
The campaign also became the most funded video game on Kickstarter this week, and closed out as the eighth most funded Kickstarter campaign of all time. Igarashi, known to his fans as Iga, reports that additional support through Paypal was “over $208,778,” bringing the total amount of funding received to more than $5.75 million.īloodstained met all of its stretch goals, including one quickly added at the last moment earlier today. The campaign closed at 11pm EDT, with a total of $5,545,991. Koji Igarashi, who produced more than a dozen Castlevania titles and worked as assistant director for the iconic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, launched the fundraiser for new title Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night with an original goal of $500,000. Legendary Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi’s Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming title Bloodstained has just closed at over $5.5 million, more than eleven times its original goal.
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