Let me tell you, fellow hunters and Tarnished, the air in the gaming world in 2026 is thick with anticipation and cosmic dread! With the monumental Shadow of the Erdtree now firmly in our rearview mirror, the question on every soul's lips is deafening: What in the name of the Great Ones is FromSoftware cooking up next? 🤔 The studio holds the keys to kingdoms—Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Sekiro—but I'm here to scream it from the rooftops of Yharnam: the stars have aligned, the blood moon rises, and the next title must be Bloodborne 2! Anything else would be a tragic misstep, a failure to heed the call of the old blood! Can you even imagine settling for less after the masterpiece that was the first hunt?

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Now, I know what you're thinking. 'But what about Elden Ring 2?' Oh, you sweet summer child. Let me paint you a picture of why that would be a catastrophic idea right now. First, the lore! Much of Elden Ring's foundational mythos was a collaborative effort with the legendary George R. R. Martin. Is the man busy? Is the sky in The Lands Between a sickly gold? Of course he is! He's juggling the next Song of Ice and Fire book and a dozen HBO projects. Trying to wrangle him for a sequel so soon would be like trying to parry Malenia's Waterfowl Dance blindfolded—a fool's errand! 😱

Second, look at the landscape! The next few years are a veritable tsunami of medieval fantasy RPGs. We've got Avowed, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, The Elder Scrolls 6, a new Witcher—the list is endless! Releasing an Elden Ring sequel into that saturated market? It would be lost in the crowd, another knight in slightly tarnished armor. Do we want FromSoftware to be a follower? NO! We need them to be the trend-setting, genre-defining pioneers they are!

But the most compelling argument? The sheer, untapped potential of a Bloodborne sequel. Think about it! The first game, while a cult classic, was shackled by its PlayStation exclusivity. A Bloodborne 2 released on PC and modern consoles? It would be an event of seismic proportions! Players have been begging, pleading, and making ritual offerings for a remaster or port for years. Giving them a full-blown sequel would be the ultimate 'Grant us eyes!' moment for an entire generation of gamers who missed the first hunt.

Let's talk about what makes Bloodborne not just a game, but an experience:

  • The Aesthetic: Forget your standard dark fantasy! Bloodborne plunged us into a Gothic, eldritch nightmare of towering spires, cobblestone streets slick with blood, and fashion so impeccable it spawned a thousand 'Fashionborne' posts. It's a style that has been copied but never, ever duplicated.

  • The Lore: Cosmic horror! Madness! The search for forbidden knowledge! Its Lovecraftian depths are more relevant and popular now than ever. A sequel could explore entirely new nightmares beyond Yharnam.

  • The Gameplay: Faster, more aggressive, and utterly relentless. That strafe dash? The rally system? It created a rhythm of combat that felt like a deadly, elegant dance. After years of slower, methodical Souls combat, the breakneck pace of a new Bloodborne would feel like a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart!

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Now, let's address the other contenders, shall we? Sekiro? A brilliant, one-and-done masterpiece. Its story is complete. Wolf's tale is told. Dark Souls? The series was meant to end with Dark Souls 3 and its perfect finale in The Ringed City. Slave Knight Gael was the ultimate punctuation mark on that saga. To resurrect it would be to undermine its beautiful, bleak conclusion.

So, we're left with a choice: a brand new IP, or Bloodborne 2. And I ask you this: Why start from scratch when you have a setting this rich, a fanbase this ravenous, and a style this uniquely potent just waiting to be unleashed upon a new platform? FromSoftware proved with Elden Ring they can create phenomenal new worlds. But now, in 2026, the call isn't for something new—it's for a return to the nightmare we never truly left. It's time to pick up the Trick Weapon, to feel the weight of the Hunter Pistol, and to gaze once more into the abyss of the cosmos. The hunt must continue. Anything less would be... blasphemous. 😉