Bloodborne Kart completes its six-year journey from meme to full-blown fan game with a full release in January

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Finally, the Bloodborne release we've all been waiting for

Bloodborne reimagined as a kart racer
(Image credit: FromSoftware / Lilith Walther)

Bloodborne's unofficial, wonderfully low-poly kart racing spin-off has got a release date, and it isn't far off. 

Developer Bunlith reveals on Twitter that Bloodborne Kart releases on January 31, 2024. Upon launch, you're getting 12 racers, 16 maps, a full single-player campaign mode, multiplayer, and oh so much more. 

If you've been out of the loop, where have you been? Bloodborne Kart is an unofficial fan game stitched together by a community of developers over the past six years. You race through the streets of Yharnam and beyond, using heaps of vehicles – the karts and motorcycles will appear familiar to Mario Kart fans, though the wheelchairs? Not so much. 

While we doubt the studio has its own kart racer on the way, it looks like the actual Bloodborne developer, FromSoftware, is plenty busy, too. As IGN Japan reports, the studio is staffing up for "multiple new projects" following the success of Elden Ring and Armored Core 6. Whatever those projects end up being remains to be seen, though a low-poly kart racer likely isn't one. It's simply been done.

Bloodborne Kart releases on January 31, 2024, on Itch.io.

"The Elden Ring of Metroidvania in terms of map size" is blatantly threatening me with a good time.

Iain Harris
Iain Harris
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