Castlevania Creator’s New Game is ‘Bloodstained’ [Updated]

<p><strong>Update&colon; <&sol;strong>Bloodstained&&num;8217&semi;s now passed its &dollar;500&comma;000 Kickstarter goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Original Story&colon;<&sol;strong> We told you last week that former Konami designer&comma; Koji Igarashi&comma; was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;castlevanias-creator-teasing-something-castlevania-esque&sol;">cooking something up<&sol;a> on the indie scene that just wreaked <em>Castlevania<&sol;em>&period; As it turns out&comma; the ex-Castlevnania creator&&num;8217&semi;s taken to Kickstarter with <em>Bloodstained&colon; Ritual of the Night&colon;<&sol;em> a game<em> <&sol;em>that he wants YOU to help fund&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;82858" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-82858" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04234014&sol;Miriam-Bloodstained-Concept-Art-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-82858 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04234014&sol;Miriam-Bloodstained-Concept-Art-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Miriam 'Bloodstained' Concept Art BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-82858" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Miriam&comma; Bloodstained&colon; Ritual of the Night Concept Art<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The 2&period;5D action-adventure game follows the story of Miriam&comma; a girl with crystals infused in her skin &lpar;ouch&excl;&rpar; who can summon demons&period; Her crystal-powers will be upgradeable over the course of the game as players progress&period; You can check her out in the concept art above which Igarashi&&num;8217&semi;s warned are both are subject to change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Igarashi is asking for &dollar;500&comma;000 on Kickstarter&comma; which he says will not be the game’s entire budget&period; Should the Kickstarter campaign be a success&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s said that he&&num;8217&semi;s set up other investments to cover the game’s remaining budget&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Proudly described as &&num;8220&semi;A gothic&comma; exploration-focused action platformer&comma; designed by one of the godfathers of the genre&excl;&&num;8221&semi; the Kickstarter has 32 more days to go until Friday&comma; <strong>June 12th<&sol;strong>&comma; at 8&colon;00 PM PDT to reach its half-a-million price tag&period; When we last checked&comma; the game was already up to 204 backers pledging &dollar;13&comma;215&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since leaving Konami in 2013&comma; Igarashi left behind almost a decade of Castlevania work behind prior to the release of Mercury Steam&&num;8217&semi;s panned <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;vampire-blues-castlevania-lords-shadow-2-review&sol;">Castlevania&colon; Lords of Shadow 2<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period; With <em>Bloodstained<&sol;em>&comma; he hopes to create something of a spiritual successor to it in everything but name right alongside <em>Mighty No&period; 9<&sol;em> developer Inti Creates and former Castlevania composer Michiru Yamane&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;71684" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-71684" style&equals;"width&colon; 500px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;05041905&sol;Castlevania-Symphony-of-the-Night-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-71684" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;05041905&sol;Castlevania-Symphony-of-the-Night-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Castlevania Symphony of the Night BagoGames" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"291" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-71684" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Castlevania&colon; Symphony of the Night&comma; 1997&period; Konami&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>For reference&comma; it was way back in 1997 that Igarashi made another little game called <em>Castlevania&colon; Symphony of the Night&period; <&sol;em>We&&num;8217&semi;ll leave it to you to decide whether there&&num;8217&semi;s any&comma; shall we say&comma; uncanny similarities between it and the afore mentioned <em>Bloodstained&colon; Ritual of the Night&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;iga&sol;bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night">Kickstarter<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;