After four long years, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night finally has a release window

I wanted to work in [stained glass] window but spared you

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Nighthas had a long development cycle: at least, longer than most people expected.

Originally, the 2015-launched Kickstarter was set for a March 2017 release, but things changed and several delays came into the picture. Now we know that Kickstarter estimations are just…guidelines. But all the same, a lot of alterations have been made like the elimination of a Vita version and the swap from Wii U to Switch.

But the time has come for a probably real, likely set in stone releasewindow(it’s something). During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced thatBloodstainedproper is bound for a “summer 2019” release. Just as a platform update, it’s still slated for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.

Nintendo didn’t have all the fun though: shortly after the Direct Sony took to Twitter to make the announcement themselves. Oh, and the official Twitter account shared the final box art.

Promotional art for Warframe`s Duviri Paradox, which shows Dominus Thrax and the cast of the expansion.

It looks like it’s happening! No matter what happens we at least got the rockin’ retro-themedCurse of the Moonout of it.

Bloodstained fans overwhelmingly asked for the official box art to be painted by#Artplay‘s incredible Mana Ikeda (aka@Vusc). We thought that was a great idea, so here you go…Official Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night box art by Mana Ikeda!”pic.twitter.com/BzYho5AzLh

Naoe, Sorin, and Jinchiro looking serious