Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi’s return to the so-called ‘Igavania’ genre that made his name, will be open for beta testing to those who back it for at least $60.
Development team IGA revealed the news in an update on their Kickstarter campaign page, though the exact details haven’t quite been nailed down just yet.
“All $60+ digital and physical PC copies will be eligible for the beta, but the beta version will only run on Windows,” they explain. “It’s definitely going to be the biggest group of beta testers IGA has ever worked with, but he and the team are looking forward to your help.”
Bloodstained is an exploration-focused, side-scrolling platformer in the style of classics like Symphony of the Night, and it’s pretty obvious that there’s a huge audience of players out there who have missed jumping about in old, spooky castles – the campaign for Bloodstained has raised almost $2.5 million so far, blowing past its set goal of $500k.
That means stretch goals for a Speed Run Mode, Boss Rush Mode and a Retro Level have all been unlocked, while it’s surely only a matter of time before the $2.5 million goal, the linear, exploration-free Classic Mode, is also added to the pile.
