Bloodborne Chalice Dungeon Blog, PS4 Bundle Announced

A new post on the European PlayStation blog offers another look at Bloodborne’s procedural Chalice Dungeon, and also announces that a Bloodborne PS4 bundle will be available in European stores on Bloodborne’s launch day.

A snippet:

A quick recap for the uninitiated. As you play through Bloodborne you’ll obtain various items that you can use to perform rituals in the game’s central hub area. These rituals serve to open up a Chalice Dungeon.

These dungeons are ruinous areas underneath the town of Yharnham that differ depending on the combination of items you use in your ritual. No two players will ‘˜spawn’ identical dungeons, though you can invite other players to fight with you and help clear out the instance that you’ve created.

The size and difficulty of each dungeon will vary, as will the enemies and boss fights you encounter. Once you’ve defeated the Chalice Dungeon boss you can save and replay the dungeon, or perform a new ritual to bring forth a brand new challenge that’s unique to your game. Like I said, Bloodborne is going to be with you for a good long while!

Sony has also released a video with commentary from producer Masaaki Yamagiwa, who notes that the concept of the Chalice Dungeon was inspired by roguelike titles, that with it the developers hope to keep the community engaged for longer periods of time, and that every single instance can potentially be shared with friends and the community at large. None of this is news per se, but it’s a good introduction to the concept:
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