What A Horrible Night To Have Some Awesome Cosplay
Underneath all that armour and costume is not Castlevania's Gabriel (or, in this case, Gabrielle) Belmont. It is cosplay superstar
16-Bit Characters Fit Perfectly In Real-Life Environments
Mixing old video game sprites with real life is not one of the most difficult artforms, but if you're creative enough the results
2010's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
In case you missed it, here's the Mega64 spoof of that super-serious, emo-vampire trailer
Classic Video Games With Real-Life Backdrops Are Delightful
Video games from the 8-bit and 16-bit era mixed with real life environments look awesome, and it's a technique that lets anyone's creativity shine. It's something that Kotaku has covered before
The Largest, Most Awesome Video Game Castles
Inspired mostly by Medieval architecture and the Middle Ages, fortified stone castles in video games are always among the most exciting locations. These bastions are the keepers of many secrets, hidden cellars and lost knowledge all awaiting the player to find them.
The Best NES Game Endings
Video game endings back in the 80s and the early 90s were never really all that complicated. A short animation or a few screens, sometimes text only. But, hell, it still felt so rewarding when we were able to experience it for the first time after beating a hard game.
Toki Tori 2 hatches on the Wii U and the original Castlevania makes its big 3DS debut in this week's Nintendo Download. Get your ghostly groove on with the full list right here.
What A Horrible Night To Have Such A Wonderful Castlevania Map
Artist Bill Mudron, who is no stranger to amazing video game maps
Here's the launch-trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate: The Reckoning: Rising, which Jason liked
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate: The Kotaku Review
Castlevania has a serious identity crisis.
The Most Atmospheric and Relaxing Aquatic Locations In Video Games
Water levels can be pain in the ass, especially when unnecessarily complex gameplay mechanics meet blurry, monotonous graphics. But that's not always the case. Truth is, there are water levels (or places where water plays a key role) that look really refreshing, relaxing, and that might even possess a special, eerie…
You Got Your Castlevania in my Katawa Shoujo!
Last January saw the release of Katawa Shoujo, a fan-made visual novel based around the idea of dating girls with physical disabilities. When I first heard the concept of the game
The Most Notable Vampires In Video Games
Surprisingly, blood suckers aren't as common in video games as you might expect. They might appear as a generic type of enemy, and of course there are a few of them in the Castlevania series. We collected some of these vampires, paying attention to leave out those who like to carry people on their backs.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Resurrects Dracula in the Modern Day
We knew some kind of sequel to the last Castlevania game was coming, and a new trailer shown during the VGAs offered up a ton more info.
Lieutenant Worf is Playing a Werewolf in the Castlevania Movie. Wait,…
In the latest episode of Chris Hardwick's Nerdist podcast, Michael "Worf" Dorn discusses his role in the big screen adaptation of Castlevania, a movie I had absolutely no idea was in production.
Here Are a Bunch of New Top Screens for Castlevania 3DS. No Bottom…
How are we feeling about the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate these days? The game played well when I tried it last spring
LEGO Is About The Best Way to Make 8-Bit Video Game Art
LEGO and video games to together perfectly. The blocky, pixel-based aethetic of retro 8-bit gaming is ripe for recreation in squared off blocks.
If Koji Igarashi Is Tim Burton, Dave Cox Says He's Christopher Nolan
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But not Dave Cox, oh no. The head of development at Konami EU has had far too much to say to me as of late.
The New 3DS Castlevania Brings Back Metroidvania In Lovely 3D
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate is likely to be a better game for being on Nintendo's 3DS. It is, for the most part, a game that gets two important things right.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Isn't Afraid to Show You Giant Wooden…
As expected since its reveal was spoiled yesterday
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Gets a Sequel
Konami's Castlevania reboot (of sorts), Lords of Shadow, will be getting the sequel treatment, a slip-up on GameTrailers has revealed.
Looks Like Castlevania: Mirror of Fate isn't the 2D Platformer I Was…
Last week news of a game
Konami Appears to be Teasing Something Castlevania-Related
Over on their official Facebook page, Konami links out to a teaser site that sure seems to hint at something Dracula-related. The site bears the words "The Dragon Returns," which refers to the linguistic roots of the evil count's name. Dracul—as in Vlad Dracul—means dragon in Romanian.
