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Sony apparently hates fun, axes the Bloodborne demake with another copyright claim

A screenshot of a very pixelated version of Bloodborne as if it was made for the original PlayStation. | Image: Lilith Walther

Will Sony ever release a remake or remaster of Bloodborne, the Dark Souls successor that became one of our favorite games of 2015? Even Sony’s former games chief isn’t sure — but that isn’t stopping Sony’s copyright enforcers from shutting down fun in the meanwhile. Last week, it axed the 60fps mod that let the game finally run smoothly, and now it’s killed the fan-made “Bloodborne PSX” demake that reimagined Bloodborne as a block game for the original 1995 PlayStation.

It’s been over three years since Lilith “b0tster” Walther released her homage to early PlayStation games, and it’s only now that Sony is taking it down — or rather MarkScan, the enforcer that slapped the game with a copyright takedown notice that has now taken over its itch.io page.

Here’s a copy of the copyright takedown notice for posterity; it claims that Walther is engaging in “digital piracy.”

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