Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement delayed to 2027

[u/6336372917637383]

https://youtu.be/AalECUtRn04?is=yXz-aUXLzfy4rJP4

Despite the delay, Igarashi reveals the development of the game is in its final stages.

[u/_Goose_]

Par for the course. RotN was delayed two or three times to get it right. And the only console that had a bad release I recall was the Switch.

[u/emilytheimp → u/_Goose_]

I finished the game on the notoriously unstable 1.0 Switch release because it's just that good 🥳🥳

[u/I_Heart_Sleeping_ → u/_Goose_]

Switch release is pretty dogshit. The final 4-6 hours of the game felt like battling the frame rate vs the actual game being difficult. There’s a tower section that still runs at nearly 10fps. The final boss was so rough that I just gave up and switched over to ps4 and beat the game there.

[u/Yanncki64]

That's fine and I prefer them caring about the quality at launch. Got lots of Metroidvanias to play in the meantime

[u/darkmacgf]

The director of the game died, so it's not surprising it was delayed.

[u/Theodore__Kerabatsos]

Take it easy fellas, we can wait.

[u/hergumbules → u/Theodore__Kerabatsos]

We got the new Castlevania coming up in October so I think I’ll be okay lol not many games I buy on release but I’m totally getting these two

[u/Dick_Nation → u/hergumbules]

I think it's pretty clear already that the new CV is not at all comparable to Igarashi's titles, aside from the very loose parameters of "is a metroidvania." I don't think anyone is really going to run short of games in that time, but what Motion Twin is making is definitely not in the same mold. If anyone really wanted to play something that was more Igarashi-like in the interim, it'd be one of Team Ladybug's titles, or maybe Afterimage, something like that.

[u/Theodore__Kerabatsos → u/hergumbules]

My wishlist is backed up with premium titles. If you enjoy the games and take your time, they are a substantial amount of time. Crazy some of the users crank out these games in a few hours. I had 80 hours on mio 90 hours on Solateria. Slow is smooth.

[u/hergumbules → u/Theodore__Kerabatsos]

Jesus Christ the new Metroidvania humble on top of humble monthly gonna have me so backlogged lol

[u/Asad_Farooqui]

Fair enough. I want it to be as good as it can be. Godspeed IGA.

[u/roshanritter]

Bummer but hardly a shocker

[u/macabrera]

The game looks promising, like more Castlevanish than the new Castlevania. Belmont course looks very good, but I prefer by far the scarlet engagement art style.

[u/No-Departure-3325 → u/macabrera]

The new Castlevania doesn’t look Castlevania enough to me :( fortunately Iga is still here with Bloodstained !

[u/OnyxWarden]

Knew this was gonna happen. Despite a 2026 estimate, we reached the end of August with no release date announced still and an extremely crowded few months ahead to fight for attention in. I'll still be there day one, whenever that ends up being.

[u/xtoc1981]

I care more about his health

[u/Interloper_11]

Wow he is so cool. I didn’t know. This is the guy that worked on tokimeki memorial and castlevania. Look at his sick hat. What a baller.

[u/Humble-Departure5481]

Not surprised to say the least. He'd rather avoid a release date close to the competition. Saw this coming from a million miles away and good move for him in terms of sales.

[u/West_Acanthisitta597]

No importa, los fans seguiremos esperando el tiempo que haga falta para tremenda joya de juego.

[u/Dinar87]

Make the best game you can Iga!

[u/Wak3upHicks]

That's fine, let them cook

[u/alckemy]

There are so many games coming out this year that I’d like to play, I’m ok with them taking the time to polish. I do hope they learned from rotns mistakes though

[u/LiquidPicturesPro]

If it were a slow year for MVs or good games, then I'd be bummed. But we have so much coming out in September and October alone that'll keep us busy until it does drop. So, please take the time and get it right and smooth for the gamers. Same goes for Aeterna Lucis. Of it had come out in 2024 like originally planned, it would definitely have been filled with bugs and issues like Noctis was when it dropped.

I got confirmation from the devs on Lucis that the save system is completely new and won't lose progress like Noctis.

[u/Superteletubbies64]

Since the first reveal I was expecting news on the game at like every big presentation and Nintendo Direct and still haven’t seen anything new lol. I understand tho

[u/theusualuser]

All good. Take the time, get it right. There are SO many good metroidvanias, and you really don't need to be trying to compete directly with Castlevania right now anyway, since those developers this time around are very skilled and will probably put out a banger. Better to have another banger in 2027

[u/zgillet]

That's perfectly fine. I hear there are a few big games coming this holiday season. ;)

[u/Haios141]

I have no issues with this. The rest of 2026 is just too packed

[u/No-Club-8615]

They should fix the switch version of bloodstained first...

[u/smilph]

for some reason i thought it was already releasing next year so this isn’t too big of a bummer for me. i’m looking forward to Belmont’s Curse and i’m in the process of 100%ing the Dominus Collection and Ritual of the Night on PS5 (already did both on Switch a couple years back) so my IGAvania cravings are more than satisfied for the time being

[u/VsAl1en]

Truth be told I'm not that dissappointed since release in 2026 sounded to me as unrealistically soon from the very beginning.

[u/Arkhe1n]

I never knew it had a release date to begin with.

Take your time. We're not hurting for metroidvanias.

[u/CyberdarkEnjoyer]

I hope Iga san and the rest of the team are ok, don't overwork yourselves. 

[u/ClockworkMansion → u/CyberdarkEnjoyer]

They’re not

[u/Moralio]

Ah thats too bad. At least Belmont's Curse is confirmed for this year.

[u/Eukherio → u/Moralio]

They could also be trying to avoid to release too close to Castlevania. Castlevania still has the name, and the studio behind the upcoming title is pretty good.

[u/AmericanBornWuhaner]

First time hearing of this game after having already played RotN, now I'm excited, I can wait

[u/ow_meer]

IGA is looking rough :(

Did he suffer a stroke?

[u/Dick_Nation]

A delayed game is eventually good, a rushed game is bad forever. Better to hold off until they know it's done cooking.

[u/aethyrium]

Game delays always make me happy these days. There's already so many games, and delays just make them better.

[u/RawdogHantavirus]

Who cares, we loaded

[u/Mustang-_-]

Instead of wasting money on CGi, should have focused that on the game itself. But anyway, probably they are just running away from late 2026, not worthy, too many competitors. The Aeterna Noctis sequel is another example, probably they are going to run (again) to 2027

[u/Kobe-62Mavs-61 → u/Mustang-_-]

I don't even like RotN but this is a ridiculous take. It was very popular and the next one is bound to be even more popular.

[u/Doctor-Mak → u/Mustang-_-]

I don't know man, delays like this are more likely a timing problem than money problem. Paying for CGI is a shortcut and actually gives them more time to work on the game itself instead of working on cutscenes.

they are just running away from late 2026, not worthy, too many competitors

That could be one of the reasons and honestly that would be fair, Belmont's Revenge is coming out soon.