Update: While we thought it was a teaser for something bigger, it seems that Reddit’s most daring researchers have solved the mystery that The Game Kitchen was anticipating this afternoon. Apparently, what they’re preparing is not the announcement of a third Blasphemous game, but the announcement of a collaboration with Laced Records, a company that creates vinyl editions of high-quality video game soundtracks. The announcement would be for a vinyl edition of the Blasphemous 2 soundtrack.
The Game Kitchen committed to the work of artists and against AI
Precisely because of the image with which they have made the teaser of the soundtrack, there have been users on social networks who questioned whether or not that image had been created with AI. The official account has gone ahead to state that nothing in the studio’s work has been done with artificial intelligence, and that they are committed to the work of the artists.
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When last year The Game Kitchen director Mauricio García anticipated that Blasphemous 3 would arrive “it’s happening in the same year that Half-Life 3 is happening”, we took it more as a fun joke in the relaxed atmosphere of IndieDevDay 2024, which this year will become BCN Game Fest. If you need the proof, you can fast forward the video timestamp to 4:40.
However, rumours of a third instalment in Valve’s franchise are gaining momentum (there’s even talk of an announcement this summer), and perhaps the definitive clue is that The Game Kitchen is getting a head start on it… by announcing Blasphemous 3.
At least, that’s what it looks like we’ll be seeing in a week’s time. The official account of the Sevillian studio has published on social networks an image of a gothic cathedral like the ones that appear in the two Metroidvania instalments of the Penitent that have made the studio world famous. The message calls for next Thursday, 17 July at 15:00 CEST/14:00 BST for what can only be signified as the third instalment of Blasphemous.
There’s a chance that the announcement doesn’t necessarily mean a release this year, given that The Game Kitchen is also putting its heart and soul into finishing its own take on the Ninja Gaiden universe for Dotemu with Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. However, we are sure of one thing: When it arrives, we will once again wield the Mea Culpa and don the bloody helmet, because the Miracle will work once more.