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As part of today's Nintendo Direct partner showcase, Konami has shadow dropped an entire Castlevania collection, including on Xbox! Yep, the Castlevania Dominus Collection is out now and includes three classic titles, plus a bonus "redesigned version of the very first Castlevania arcade game" -...

It was just announced that Castlevania Dominus Collection is coming to Nintendo Switch, bringing the DS entries Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia together in one bundle – but the big news for us is that Haunted Castle, one of the worst games in the series, is being remade as...

Update [Fri 23rd Aug, 2024 10:30 BST]: Pigsy has released a new video showing off some of the recent developments related to his Symphony of the Night Genesis port. Update [Mon 25th Dec, 2023 14:25 GMT]: Pigsy has released a playable demo - Merry Christmas! You can download it here...

As promised, Behavior Interactive has delivered more details on the upcoming Castlevania crossover, coming to Dead By Daylight. And Konami's whip-cracking series is going vampire hunting in the online game on 27th August. Both Dracula and Trevor Belmont will be joining the game and, amazingly...

YouTube musician Charles Cornell knows his way around a piano, but he's also a huge fan of video games and devotes plenty of time to analysing and highlighting music which he feels does interesting things. His latest video looks at a series which is famous for its amazing music: Castlevania...

Modder Proteus Resurrection is bringing Konami's Castlevania: Bloodlines to the SNES. Originally released on the Genesis home console, Bloodlines (or Castlevania: The New Generation, as it was known in Europe) is the first entry in the long-running vampire-hunting franchise to arrive on a Sega...

Speedrunners have recently found a ridiculous new glitch route for Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance's Juste Any% category and it's already led to a new World Record. The new route first came to our attention over the weekend thanks to a tweet from the speedrunner Jupiterclimb on Twitter, who...

Originally released in Japan as Dorakyura II: Noroi no Fūin," which translates to "Dracula II: Curse's Seal," Castlevania II: Simon's Quest boldly introduces adventure and RPG elements to the tried-and-true action platforming established in Castlevania. Play as Simon, the vampire hunter, as you...

Update [Mon 25th Dec, 2023 14:25 GMT]: Pigsy has released a playable demo - Merry Christmas! You can download it here. Original Story [Tue 3rd Jan, 2023 12:30 GMT]: Some time ago, our friends over at Nintendo Life reported on the existence of a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis port of Konami's...

The Genesis / Mega Drive is getting some serious love from homebrew and indie developers of late. We've got exciting projects like Final Fight, Symphony of the Night, Earthion and True Galactic Mission all hovering on the horizon, and now we've got another exciting project to look forward to –...

While some would argue that the shift from 2D to 3D was the most significant moment in the history of Konami's Castlevania series, for others it was the release of Symphony of the Night in 1997. This was the dawn of the "Metroidvania" genre – or at least it being recognized as a genre – and the...

Following up on the superb Castlevania: Symphony of the Night can't have been easy for Konami. One of the foundations of the Metroidvania genre, the 1997 epic is widely considered to be one of the best games of all time, and many would argue that the series hasn't really reached the same heights...

Update [Wed 20th Mar, 2024 14:45 GMT]: Retroware has issued a new video which shines a light on the progress of its forthcoming Castlevania parody, The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, which is due for release in 2025. Original Story [Sat 13th Jan, 2024 18:10 GMT]: Retroware has revealed...

When Konami released Castlevania: Bloodlines on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, it marked the long-awaited debut of the franchise on Sega hardware. Saturn owners would later be treated to a port of Symphony of the Night, but had things gone a little differently, Sega fans would have had bragging...

While it would be inaccurate to claim that Konami has turned its back on the Castlevania series (we've had collections of classic games and some neat collaborations, including one with Dead Cells), we've not had a "proper" entry in the franchise since the divisive Lords of Shadow 2. It turns...

ZUIKI has just announced a new deluxe pack for the X68000 Z — its recreation of Sharp's X68000 — which will include Konami's 1993 X68000 enhanced port of the original NES Castlevania as well as the puzzle shoot 'em up hybrid Quarth. Pre-orders for the pack will start later today at 8:00 pm JST...

The survival multiplayer game Dead By Daylight has done all sorts of collaborations and its next batch has now been revealed. The game is getting a special Castlevania Chapter, which will arrive later this year. There's more to be revealed about it on 6th August 2024. In addition to this...