Konami is seeking to kick some vampiric ass as they introduced the resurrection of Castlevania at Sony’s current State of Play, and it’s solely the start.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is the primary brand-new entry within the sequence in over a decade, and it’s being developed by Evil Empire, the crew behind Useless Cells (closely Castlevania impressed) and The Rogue Prince of Persia. It’s additionally being developed by Movement Twin, who additionally labored on Useless Cells.
“We couldn’t suppose in different studios to work collectively fairly than Evil Empire and Movement Twin, studios brimming with expertise and fervour, to ship a brand new exploration-based 2D motion recreation that captures the essence of Castlevania whereas bringing recent innovation,” wrote Konami.
It’s going to launch on PS5, Xbox Collection S/X, PC and Change. Though
The sport stars a red-headed feminine described because the successor Trevor Belmont and wielding Vampire Killer, the traditional whip.
The brand new art-style is attractive, each invoking the traditional Castlevania vibe and but giving it a cool new spin. Gameplay seems to be clean, snappy and, importantly, enjoyable.
Thus far, fan reception appears good, and also you received’t have to attend lengthy to play it both because it does have a 2026 launch date.
However that’s not all as a result of Konami additionally introduced that they’ve extra plans for the sequence fortieth anniversary which shall be celebrated later this 12 months. In a submit, Konamia states, “On this commemorative 12 months, Castlevania shall be revived.”
“That is the start of quite a few new merchandise round Castlevania,” guarantees Konami. Observe that they do say “merchandise”, that means it might be something from video games to motion pictures to books to comics to anime. Regardless, it appears Konami desires to carry again Castlevania and make it an enormous a part of their firm.
Castlevania is again, child.
