Sony Just Axed The 60fps Bloodborne Mod With A Dmca Takedown

A celebrated Bloodborne framerate mod is nary longer disposable acknowledgment to a DMCA takedown petition from Sony. Australia-based Twitch streamer Lance McDonald first developed nan mod backmost successful 2020 earlier making it disposable to download successful 2021. Lance announced coming successful a position connected X that Sony Interactive Entertainment asked them to region download links for nan patch.

The hack’s sole intent was to get Bloodborne moving astatine a smoother 60 fps pinch improved model pacing. FromSoftware primitively released Bloodborne backmost successful 2015 for nan PlayStation 4, and nan crippled has ever been locked astatine 30 fps pinch occasional stuttering from inconsistent pacing (the 30 frames incorrect each 2nd were not ever on-screen for adjacent amounts of time). The beloved game’s graphical limitations personification persisted moreover connected nan PS4 Pro and while playing it via backwards compatibility connected nan PlayStation 5.

Lance’s mod has received its banal of testing and praise from nan “Soulsbourne” statement that covet FromSoftware games but wish their method and graphical chops were overmuch cutting-edge. This includes being spotlighted by creators for illustration Digital Foundry, who interviewed McDonald astir his hack backmost successful 2020, utilized his mod to make a 4K / 60 fps believe connected PS5 utilizing AI upscaling, and precocious published a Bloodborne PS4 emulation video that really juices up nan capacity and has an extra-spicy video thumbnail aimed squarely astatine Sony.

For years, nan astir rabid of Bloodborne fans personification been speedy to jump astatine immoderate Bloodborne-related news arsenic a imaginable hint to an upcoming, long-awaited remake. And successful this case, it only takes a short scroll of McDonald’s replies connected his position to spot group speculating that this takedown intends Sony must beryllium nearing immoderate benignant of announcement successful clip for nan 10-year time of Bloodborne’s release. Or, perhaps, Sony is conscionable taking a page from Nintendo’s playbook.