Bloodstained is a series of Metroidvania and platform video games developed by ArtPlay and Inti Creates. The series currently consists of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and two spin-off titles styled after retro platformers. It has seen releases on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Games Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is a 2018 platform game developed and published by Inti Creates. It is a companion title to developer ArtPlay's 2019 game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and was conceived to fulfill the promise for a retro-style accompaniment to Ritual of the Night after its Kickstarter campaign exceeded crowdfunding goals. Curse of the Moon follows Zangetsu, a cursed swordsman hunting down demons for revenge, as well as three other playable characters named Miriam, Alfred and Gebel. It features an 8-bit aesthetic and gameplay style similar to Castlevania games on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), particularly Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (1989). Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a Metroidvania video game developed by ArtPlay and published by 505 Games. The game's development was led by former Castlevania series producer Koji Igarashi, and is considered a spiritual successor to the series. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is a platform video game developed and published by Inti Creates. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on July 10, 2020. It is the sequel to Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and a spin-off of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
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