Bloodborne Team Opted for Larger Expansion Instead of Two DLC Packs

While at Tokyo Game Show, Eurogamer’s Martin Robinson had the chance to try The Old Hunters DLC for Bloodborne and also talk about it with a Sony Japan producer who worked on it, Masaaki Yamagiwa. Thanks to that chat we learn that the developers were originally planning two DLCs for Bloodborne but ultimately opted to release a single, larger one:

“We were originally planning on doing two sets of DLC,” Masaaki Yamagiwa, Sony Japan’s producer for Bloodborne, told Eurogamer at Tokyo Game Show today. “It was decided that with one set, we’d be able to do more with it, and have more volume for players to play with. As of right now, we have no plans for any more DLC.”

Additionally, production on the DLC only started after the game’s release, though the November release date for the DLC was always in the cards:

It took almost six months for Sony to announce an expansion, although a November release was always on the cards. “At least in Japan, the plan was to release the DLC in November,” said Yamagiwa. “I should mention, though, we finished making the game and then moved into production on the DLC. It took that long, but that’s because of the sheer amount of volume. We’re sorry it took so long! But it’s as fast as was possible considering what’s in it.”

There are more impressions of the DLC based on a showfloor demo in the article, but Robinson also discussed what he’s played and how he feels about the DLC’s release date and size with Aoife Wilson in a Eurogamer YouTube video. I’ll embed it below: