Belmont’s Curse Announced, More Castlevania Coming – WGB

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 group 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 relatively than Evil Empire and Movement Twin, studios brimming with expertise and keenness, to ship a brand new exploration-based 2D motion recreation that captures the essence of Castlevania whereas bringing contemporary innovation,” wrote Konami.

It can launch on PS5, Xbox Sequence S/X, PC and Swap. 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 beautiful, each invoking the traditional Castlevania vibe and but giving it a cool new spin. Gameplay appears clean, snappy and, importantly, enjoyable.

Thus far, fan reception appears good, and also you gained’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 can be celebrated later this yr. In a submit, Konamia states, “On this commemorative yr, Castlevania can 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 could possibly be something from video games to films to books to comics to anime. Regardless, it appears Konami desires to carry again Castlevania and make it a giant a part of their firm.

Castlevania is again, child.