On January 21st 2021, Lance McDonald released a 60FPS patch for Bloodborne that you could use on PS4, PS5 and PC (via shadPS4). However, after more than four years, Sony is trying to take down this patch/mod.
Sony sent McDonald a DMCA takedown notification, asking him to remove all links to the patch. To the surprise of no one, the modder complied. However, someone has uploaded the patch to archive.org so that everyone can download it.
As of right now, the Bloodborne 60FPS Patch is still available for download from this link. And, since I don’t know whether it will stay live for long, I suggest downloading it while you still can.
It’s really a shame how Sony has treated McDonald. This was a godsend 60FPS patch for all Bloodborne fans. And you know what Sony? If you don’t like this patch, then go ahead and release an official 60FPS patch for the PS4 and PS5 versions.
Anyway, I don’t know if the popularity of shadPS4 is the reason why Sony attempted to take down this patch. After all, a lot of PC gamers are using shadPS4 to play Bloodborne at 4K with 60FPS on PC. Let’s also not forget that the patch has been live for four years. So, it feels weird for Sony to send a DMCA takedown notice after this whole time.
Speaking of Bloodborne, I also suggest taking a look at these mods for it. And yes, in case you’re wondering, you can use them with shadPS4.
Let’s start with Bloodborne Magnus Opus. Bloodborne Magnus Opus is a project that aims to restore content that was cut from the game. Then we have two cool HD Texture Packs. The first pack overhauls numerous/various textures, whereas the second one focuses on armors.
Finally, we have Bloodborne Remaster. Created by fromsoftserve, this is a must-have mod for those who want to replay Bloodborne. Last week, fromsoftserve shared a new version of it. I was planning to cover it but since we’re talking about Bloodborne, it felt right to share it here. Moreover, you can find a gameplay video from it below.
Stay tuned for more!
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Probably doing this now because there's an increase in people torrenting the game with emulation being viable. Not that this is justified, there's demand for this because Sony has ignored fans for a decade asking for a patch or remaster. But the game is still sold digitally for PS4/PS5 play, even if it's the same awful 30 fps with bad frame pacing we've been suffering through for a decade.
Anyways, glad I grabbed the patch and I've got my copy of the game ripped and backed up to multiple drives.
yeah they ported every ps4 game except this one, wtf?
Far from every.
did infamous second son get a ps5 port?
The PC pirate race ruins everything.
I'd not previously downloaded the patch due to Bloodborne not really being my kind of game. Now I might just pirate it anyway because… F Sony.
you can bed based mods will archive it.
could this mean that sony is finally gonna port it to pc?
Smells like Sony cares about selling it, so maybe the Remaster is actually in the works.
Honestly, even if i couldn't care less about this game, i hope it happens because there's sooooo much demand for it everywhere every day, people definitely want it.
Probably only now considering every single company was making live service garbage until Concord flopped, lol.
The comical levels of disdain these companies have for their fans.
People have been utterly begging Sony for Bloodborne of their cancerous consoles for a decade now, and they kept mocking them with their inaction.
Now that someone else has delivered it, well, we can't have any of that now, can we?
F*** Sony, right in the brown eye. Pure cancerous garbage.
nintendo is worse, they are responsible for ruiing emulation.
Certainly won't get any argument from me. Nintendo truly is the worst. It's not just emulation they've tried to ruin.
Their entire history, is full of draconian, controlling, greedy activities against the entire hobby.
Sometimes, when I'm feeling optimistic, I think Sony may be able to dig themselves out of the console oriented control freak thinking of the past and move forward and sometimes……
Nintendog and sony should realize this fact that PC community is like water, it finds its way no matter what, and the moment something leaks its impossible to reverse it, they've tried to DMCA it after half of the earth population used shadps4 to finish what could have been one their best selling title.
Players, the media, and everyone must know that —Sony—is a plague on the gaming industry.
Good job, PeeC gaymurz, you wanted no PSN logging, well there you go.
Now there are rumors of GT7 and DeS PC ports being cancelled as well.
No wonder the new Spidey game sucks, Nixxes didn't bother knowing there's a junk pirate version going around, 0 optimization for you!
Can you blame them when cheap ungrateful dumbos pirate ur stuff?
Looks like the beggining of the end for PlayStation on PC.
You are one seriously retarded person, you know that right?
That or trolling, there is no in between.
GOOD.
Wish they'd cancel last of f**s 2 as well.
Aside from the obvious distain of emulation dy developers there's also the possibilty they want to reserve 60fps for the inevitable 'Remaster' that they can charge consumers for by alterering very little and bill for full price.
"It’s really a shame how Sony has treated McDonald. This was a godsend 60FPS patch for all Bloodborne fans."
Wdym by "was"? The mod is still out there and was probably uploaded by the same McDonald using an alternative account.