The Bloodborne alpha test scheduled for October 5 has been postponed.

The announcement came via the official Bloodborne Twitter account . No specific reason was given for the delay though “ a defect ” and “ some issues ” were cited in two separate tweets.The alpha test for the PS4 exclusive was made available to players on October 1 and October 3, during which the game was playable for a total of three hours each day. October 5 was the third and final date in this first wave of alpha testing before the game’s release.IGN went hands-on with two new character classes in Bloodborne at TGS, calling it “ one of the most beautiful games we’ve seen. Bloodborne will launch in Japan on February 5, 2015 and in North America and Europe on February 6, 2015.

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