In a new blog post ArtPlay and 505 Games offered an update for when Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for the Nintendo Switch may finally receive the performance improvements that were promised after the game was released.

What’s Wrong With Bloodstained on Switch?

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A New Bloodstained Switch Update Schedule

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Current Plans for Bloodstained

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When Bloodstained was released, players on the Nintendo Switch were disappointed to find that the Switch version seemed to suffer issues not present on other consoles. This included some serious frame rate and optimization problems that sometimes made Bloodstained run at 15 FPS, even when the game is capped at 30 FPS on the Switch.ArtPlay and 505 Games committed to resolving the problems as quickly as possible. Originally, the developers promised a series of small updates that would be released in short increments. But now, ArtPlay and 505 are promising one big update that will hopefully target many of the problems for Bloodstained on Switch in one go.“Initially we had planned to release a number of small updates to give incremental improvements. After looking at what needs to be accomplished, our goal is to bundle performance improvements into (likely) one patch,” 505 Games senior community manager Jason Ryan wrote in the Kickstarter blog post . “Doing so eases the submission process and will result in an overall faster completion.”Ryan was unable to give an ETA for when the update will be released, but Ryan says there will be a future update with a concrete release window.In the meantime, there will be a new Balance Update coming out soon for Bloodstained. Balance Update #1, which you can read the patch notes for here , include gameplay fixes, weapon rebalances, and more. The patch will be available on the Nintendo Switch today, PlayStation 4 and PC tomorrow, and on the Xbox One by the end of August.If you’re based in Japan, Bloodstained finally has a Japanese release date which is October 24, 2019. 505 says it’s sorry for the delay and that there are some “additional efforts” for backers as a result of the delay.Lastly, rewards for backers who pledged at the $100 tier or more should expect more physical rewards, which will be shipped out later this month.Despite the performance issues on the Nintendo Switch, Bloodstained is a great Castlevania-style platformer. Our Bloodstained review here awarded the game an 8.8, and said it was certainly “worth the wait,” for anyone looking forward to a new Metroidvania from Koji Igarashi.

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