Konami is trying to kick some vampiric ass as they introduced the resurrection of Castlevania at Sony’s latest State of Play, and it’s solely the start.
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is the primary brand-new entry within the collection in over a decade, and it’s being developed by Evil Empire, the workforce 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 assume in different studios to work collectively moderately than Evil Empire and Movement Twin, studios brimming with expertise and fervour, to ship a brand new exploration-based 2D motion sport that captures the essence of Castlevania whereas bringing contemporary innovation,” wrote Konami.
It is going to launch on PS5, Xbox Collection S/X, PC and Swap. Though
The sport stars a red-headed feminine described because the successor Trevor Belmont and wielding Vampire Killer, the basic whip.
The brand new art-style is beautiful, each invoking the basic Castlevania vibe and but giving it a cool new spin. Gameplay seems to be easy, 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 collection fortieth anniversary which will likely be celebrated later this yr. In a put up, Konamia states, “On this commemorative yr, Castlevania will likely be revived.”
“That is the start of quite a few new merchandise round Castlevania,” guarantees Konami. Notice that they do say “merchandise”, that means it may very well be something from video games to motion pictures to books to comics to anime. Regardless, it appears Konami desires to convey again Castlevania and make it an enormous a part of their firm.
Castlevania is again, child.
