Sony Closes Bluepoint After Bloodborne Remake Blocked

Sony Interactive Entertainment closed its first-party studio Bluepoint Games last month, ending operations for the developer renowned for remaking classic titles such as Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus. The decision has drawn attention amid reports that Bluepoint had pitched a remake of the 2015 action role-playing game Bloodborne, only for the proposal to be blocked by its original creator, FromSoftware.

According to sources familiar with the matter, Bluepoint formally proposed the Bloodborne remake to Sony in early 2025, following the cancellation of another internal project. Sony officials indicated that the financial projections for the remake aligned with Bluepoint's capabilities, but FromSoftware, which developed the original game despite Sony owning the intellectual property rights, ultimately rejected the idea. The studio's president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, is said to hold a strong attachment to Bloodborne and prefers to oversee any future updates or remakes personally, a stance that Sony has respected.

This perspective aligns with comments from former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida, who speculated last year on why Bloodborne has not received a remaster, port...