A New AAA Castlevania Game to be Announced This Year, Says New Rumour – WGB

Whereas it has been a decade since a model new Castlevania recreation graced us with its presence, the model has continued to exist within the type of re-releases and the Netflix present. However now it looks as if a brand new recreation could be on the horizon.

At the least, that’s in keeping with Portuguese web site Geekinout which claims to have spoken to sources with data of Konami’s plans. Under is a quoute from the web site, however please observe it was acquired by way of Google translate, which can not at all times be 100% correct.

“Geekinout.pt discovered, by sources with data of Konami’s plans, {that a} new AAA recreation within the Castlevania collection is in growth and will probably be formally introduced in 2025.”

Some video games that will probably be revealed/introduced this yr:

Tomb Raider (new AAA most important title)
Hearth Emblem Remake
Nier Automata sequel
Castlevania (AAA)
EA FC 26 (😉)

Completely different dependable sources, pretty assured. pic.twitter.com/2kXtQhDylA

— Daniel Camilo (@DanielOlimac) February 6, 2025

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The precise supply is up for debate, although, as a result of on the backside of the web page Geekinout contains a tweet from Daniel Camilo, one other trade insider. In his tweet, Daniel has posted an inventory of titles he expects to be revealed or introduced this yr, citing “totally different dependable sources, moderately assured.” On his checklist, which features a new Tomb Raider and a Nier Automata sequel, Daniel mentions a AAA Castlevania recreation. Is that this the supply Geekinout is referring to, or is their supply nameless?

This isn’t the primary time we’ve heard a couple of potential new Castlevania recreation, both. In 2021, for instance, GameRant reported on rumours that Sony and Konami were discussing a potential new game in the series.

God of Warfare: Ragnarok director Eric Williams additionally advised the Kinda Funny crew in 2022 that he’d love to make a Castlevania game. In fact, that’s only a want, however along side the experiences of Sony speaking to Konami it’s fascinating. And Sony has been rising nearer to Konami over the previous yr or two.

However who can be growing a brand new Castlevania? Mercury Steam had been the final studio to launch a brand new Castlevania expertise within the type of the poorly acquired Lords of Shadow 2. At present Mercury Steam is engaged on two tasks: Metroid 6 for Nintendo, and one thing known as Mission Iron for 505 Video games. It appears unlikely the studio can be start to help engaged on a one other triple-A title on the similar time.

Perhaps…FromSoft? Would individuals like a Souls-like Castlevania recreation?