Child Of Light’s Aurora Joins Bloodstained As Free DLC Today, Gameplay Trailer Revealed

Updated 3/31/22  Aurora is now available! The occasion was marked by the release of a trailer that shows how the guest character will interact in Bloodstained. You can see the footage above and continue reading to find out more about this DLC.

Original Story 3:30 PM 22Aurora, the main character of Ubisoft’s Child of Light and tenacious, will become playable in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on selected platforms starting March 31st. In 2019, she was first teased along with Yacht Club Games’ Shovel knight.

Bloodstain’s publisher 505 Games has released a short trailer which teases Aurora’s inclusion. However, more details can be found on the website’s new blog post. A little context is provided to explain why Aurora has joined a new franchise. 

Aurora has lost her way, and she has awoken in an unfamiliar, dangerous land. With the Sword and Matildis at her side, along with Igniculus the faithful companion, Aurora must discover a way out. Aurora is not in a dire predicament alone. Johannes will help Aurora by transmuting any items that she finds in the chests during the game. Jason Ryan, 505 Games community manager says.

Aurora can be used as the character playable in a Bloodstained campaign. She’ll be listed alongside the game’s native characters, Miriam and Zangetsu. 

However, this DLC is not yet available on all Bloodstained versions. Tomorrow marks Aurora’s arrival on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, but Switch owners will have to wait for an unspecified later date.

Child of Light is a 2014 turn-based RPG developed by Ubisoft Montreal that stars Aurora, a princess who finds herself in another world and fights for a way back home with the help of her firefly partner Igniculus who also appears in the Bloodstained DLC. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the spiritual successor to Koji Igarashi’s games in the style of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which released in 2019 following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015. Our review can be found here.