Sony just axed 60fps Bloodborne mod with a DMCA takedown

"Let me cope": Bloodborne 60fps mod creator hopes the remake is real this time as Sony seemingly sends a DMCA after yet another fan project
It's a question action RPG fans have been asking for years as everyone's pondered when or if we're ever going to get a PS5 remake or PC port, and recent takedowns have left some wondering if Sony and FromSoftware could finally be cooking up something official behind the scenes.
Sony's Bloodborne 60fps Mod DMCA Takedown Was About the Name, Not the Patch Itself
Original Story: Almost four years down the line, Sony has issued a DMCA takedown request against an unofficial Bloodborne patch that allows it to run at 60 frames-per-second. The news comes via the mod's creator, Lance McDonald, on social media:
Bloodborne at 60fps is no more, as the person behind the fan-made patch has been hit with a takedown notice from Sony
Love playing Bloodborne in 60fps? Too bad as Sony has filed a takedown notice against the fan-made patch that makes the beloved FromSoftware title run smoothly.
Sony hates Bloodborne fans so much it’s taken down a free 60fps patch
Despite aggressively ignoring Bloodborne all generation, Sony has asked that a fan-made patch that bumps up the game’s frame rate be taken offline.
Bloodborne 60 fps mod targeted by Sony DMCA takedown
All the way back in 2021, a prolific modder and researcher of FromSoftware games, named Lance McDonald, released his magnum opus: a 60 fps mod for Bloodborne. Now, almost four years later, Sony has made the unfortunate decision to issue a DMCA takedown forcing McDonald to stop publicly providing access to the patch files.
Modder Behind Bloodborne 60FPS Patch Finally DMCA'd By Sony Four Years Later
Back in 2021, modder Lance MacDonald released a patch for playing Bloodborne on PlayStation 4 Pro at 60FPS in boost mode. Sony didn’t seem to notice or care. Until now. Almost four years later, the console maker and publisher of this game hit MacDonald with a DMCA request to have the patch removed from the internet.
Bloodborne 60 FPS Mod Struck Down by Sony Years After Release
Sony Interactive Entertainment sent a DMCA notice to the creator of the Bloodborne 60 fps mod to shut it down.
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