DLC premium plans saturated with blood have been announced, angering some fans

Bloody: Ritual of the Night will offer six optional game modes plus other playable characters, free of charge, after the game's launch in June. Some of this content will even be available from the first day, announced Thursday the 505 Games publisher.

Day 1 presents will be Boss Rush and Speedrun, as well as a Pure Miriam outfit for the main character. Later, Blood stain will get two other playable characters, the Roguelike, Chaos, Classic and Boss Revenge modes, as well as the multiplayer mode (local and online) for some cooperative and competitive modes.

Regarding the premium content, there will be and it will also be available on the day of the launch. The problem is that Iga's "backpack", at $ 9.99, offers two things – the Swordwhip weapon and an Igarashi Koji in play to fight – that were originally promised as exclusive to the donors of the crowd-funded game.

A representative from 505 Games acknowledged that the DLC was a sensitive topic. But about 30,000 donors were surveyed a year ago on their impressions of the downloadable content, and most of them said that they agreed to sell it "at a price that would respect the price. purchase that the sponsors initially made ".

"Making this content accessible to all was not just a money deal," said Robert Angel-Corlux of the 505 group. "I mean, obviously, that's part of it, but the main thing to which I thought was to ensure that everyone has a safe and legitimate way to get a complete gaming experience, no matter when they learn. Blood stainwhether 5 months or 5 years ago and that we pay the price initially paid by the sponsors (hence the DLC price). "

Nevertheless, some donors have chosen to complain about the premium DLC offer in the comments under the post.

Bloody: Ritual of the Night started life in May 2015 as a Kickstarter project by Igarashi, the long-time producer of Konami in Castlevania. He raised $ 5.5 million from fans, a record that was quickly overtaken by Shenmue 3 a month later. First scheduled for 2017, the game will be launched on June 18 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One, and June 25 on Nintendo Switch.