Bloodborne emulation

Summary The shadPS4 emulator brings full sound to Bloodborne PC emulation, rekindling hopes for a PC port. Players need to download a mod from Nexus Mods for the complete sound fix. The updated emulator only features English language support currently, but its creator stated that they will work on other languages at a later date. The PC emulation of Bloodborne has made a major breakthrough as the game is now running with full sound on the the shadPS4 emulator. Fans of the Soulsborne genre have been waiting for the release of Bloodborne on PC for a long time now, and this is the first time some significant progress has been made towards emulating the game on PC. While fans had pretty much given up hope of a Bloodborne PC port, the shadPS4 rekindled those hopes. Around the same time, popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat also kickstarted a Bloodborne marathon stream to urge the developers to release a PC port. While neither FromSoftware nor Sony have revealed their plans for a Bloodborne PC port, the shadPS4 emulator seems to be well on track for bringing the game to PC. Related Rumor: New Bloodborne Game Project Could Be in Development A rather unusual source weighs in with information about a supposed new Bloodborne game project in development. In a new post on Twitter, user iExplosiveRage revealed a major hurdle that the shadPS4 emulator has crossed in emulating Bloodborne on PC. While the shadPS4 emulator set the ball rolling on emulating Bloodborne on

Bloodborne running on Steam DeckDeck Wizard via YouTubeTo quote a certain Atlus game I can’t stop playing, “Time marches on, and the age of a new king draws nearer.” This particular king, of course, is the Steam Deck, which has been a retro gamer’s dream since it launched in 2022. But unless you’ve been paying close attention to the emulation scene lately, you may have missed the news that PlayStation 4 emulation is now up and running on Steam Deck. And it’s looking very promising.We knew PS4 emulation was inevitable on PC, but I honestly didn’t think we’d see it in a playable status on something relatively underpowered like the Steam Deck. After all, even PS3 emulation can still be hit or miss (though, to be fair, some of that is due to the PS3’s Power PC-based Cell Processor, which makes emulation tricky). And yet, PS4 emulation looks to be making some confident strides forward.As evidence of that, here is the tragically not-yet-remastered Bloodborne — a game never released for PC — running at ~30FPS on Steam Deck courtesy of the Deck Wizard channel:There are some dips below 30FPS, but I’m surprised to see it in a playable state. You’ll notice that even during more chaotic parts of gameplay, the framerate remains pretty stable. Now, consider that as of just a few months ago, the emulation wizards hadn’t even managed to get Bloodborne running beyond the main menu.Speaking of those developer wizards... what makes this all possible is the ShadPS4 project, a PS4 emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS that’s in the early stages of development. During the second half of 2024, however, it has been progressing forward at an increasingly productive pace.Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesCurrently, ShadPS4 lists Dark Souls Remastered, Red Dead Redemption, Journey, Transformers: Devastation (yay!), Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, and many others as playable. However, it seems like more demanding games with complex graphics (read: not 2D) present more of a challenge. For example, inFamous: Second Son barely reached “in-game” status in September 2024.Still, things are promising enough that the EmuDeck team has added ShadPS4 into its default suite of emulators that get installed. So, if you’re not afraid of some instability and want to test the bleeding edge of PS4 emulation on Steam Deck, here is a terrific guide on getting EmuDeck installed and configured.If you don’t have a Steam Deck, or simply

PC quite a while back, it was plagued with a number of issues. One of the major ones was the sound not working as expected, and as per recent footage, it seems like a majority of those problems have been solved. Bloodborne PC Emulation Sound Issues Mostly Fixed, But There's A Catch The tweet adds that an array of things, ranging from the menu sounds to the character's and enemy's sounds, seems to be working quite well, something which wasn't the case earlier. In order to fix the sounds, players will have to download a Bloodborne mod from Nexus Mods. However, there is a catch. So far, it seems like the mod is only supporting the English language, but the creator has assured that they will work on other languages once they complete the entire batch of sounds. This also likely suggests that a few sounds might not work as expected as the entire sound pack hasn't been fixed yet. Fans have been eagerly waiting for the issues to be ironed out and the emulation to get more polished. Apart from PC players finally getting a chance to play the game after waiting for almost a decade, the emulation has also opened up a number of secrets in the game. For instance, a player found a proper shield in Bloodborne's assets, something that didn't feature in the game altogether. Considering the pace at which the development is progressing, it shouldn't be surprising to see the game being fully functional in

No one is quite sure why Bloodborne is not yet on PC but it's really just a meme now. Sony just recently tweeted a close up picture of Bloodborne asking people to guess what game it was, before being forced to delete it once rumours once again circulated that it was news of a remaster or port. Many of PlayStation's biggest PS4 games have made the jump to PC but Bloodborne is still missing. "But", I say sobbing quietly while cradling my PS5, "who needs Bloodborne on PC when you can add the parrying mechanic to The Witcher 3."We can all simply pretend that Bloodborne is on PC together, yes, with a mod adding the parrying mechanic to The Witcher 3. If you've yet to play Bloodborne, one of its main features strayed from the rest of FromSoftware's work by eliminating shields. Bloodborne was bored of seeing players cower behind shields holding out for openings while shivering in their boots, and gave hunters something a little more aggressive. Instead of shields you get a gun. And if you fire this gun into someone's face at the right time it stuns your enemy, giving you an opportunity to unleash a visceral attack instead, which knocks them back and does a lot of damage. It's a very important technique to learn in Bloodborne, and screwing it up can be fatal, but man, is it satisfying. You may likeRetired PlayStation exec reckons Bloodborne PC hasn't happened because Miyazaki 'cannot do it himself, but he doesn’t want anyone else to touch it'Using the State of Play showcase to announce a remaster of Days Gone makes it feel like Sony has graduated to deliberately trolling Bloodborne sickos for kicks(Image credit: Mugijang / Nexus Mods)One modder on NexusMods has taken it upon themselves to add this very mechanic to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Mugijang's' Bloodborne Gun Parry and Execution mod can be downloaded after adding a different firearm mod to the game, and allows you to parry both human and monsters. The timing is also just as specific as Bloodbornes: "A successful gun parry requires the bullet to hit on the target at the start of an attack, which is when the red light first appears on his health bar." Brutal. Of course this is like putting a little tiny Star Wars R2D2 plaster on the massive gaping visceral wound of Bloodborne missing from PC but hey, it's at least a new way to experience The Witcher 3. We're not getting another Witcher game for a while anyway. Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.