“Hudson’s” Bloody Roar 5 Announcement Appears To Have Been A Hoax
By Ishaan . October 3, 2011 . 1:31pm
This past weekend, Hudson announced Bloody Roar 5, a reboot of the series, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, slated for a 2012 release…or did they?
The announcement was made via what everyone believed to be Hudson’s official Twitter account. The reality of the situation is, the Twitter feed appears to be manned by someone that’s been “role-playing” as Hudson very convincingly since March 2011.
This morning, the person managing the Twitter account posted: “NEW BLOODY ROAR 5 IMAGE!” Clicking on the tweet directed one to the image on the right.
Another tweet posted a few minutes later stated: “Bloody roar doesn’t have a chance against [Street Fighter] SF, [Tekken] TK, [Soulcalibur] SC. Sorry guys ;)”. For now, we’re going with the likely assumption that the account is indeed fake.
Prior to learning that the account was fake, we reached out to Konami early this morning in light of the odd tweets, asking whether Hudson’s Twitter had been compromised in some way, but have received no reply. We’ll update if we do.
A new entry in the Bloody Roar fighting game series is in development. Developer Hudson Soft teased the new project on Twitter today.
They wrote: “New Bloody Roar sequel, is in production! we’ll post more soon!”
The latest title in the franchise, Bloody Roar 4, released on PlayStation 2 in 2003.
Hudson Announce Bloody Roar 5, Will Be A Series Reboot [Update]
By Ishaan . October 1, 2011 . 2:28pm
In May, Konami announced that they would be leveraging Hudson’s network expertise to help create social games based on popular Konami brands. That said, it looks like Hudson may have a future outside of social games yet.
Today, they tweeted that new game in their Bloody Roar fighting games series is in production. It will be a retail title and more of a series reboot. The original cast will return, including Hans, Mitsuko, and Greg.
Bloody Roar 5 is planned for release sometime in 2012. What platforms the game will be available on hasn’t been announced yet.
