Castlevania and Bloodstained developer Shutaro Ida dies aged 52

I’ve been a huge fan of action-platformers for years, and I owe a lot of that enjoyment to Ida. He’s the guy behind a lot of the classic Castlevania games, and more recently, he was the creative director on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Seriously, he’s spent decades making some of the most important and influential games in the genre – a true legend!





