Mar 5
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By the end of its second season, Netflix’s Castlevania show seemed to have reached its apex. Dracula was defeated,…
Mar 4
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Just in time for the third season of the Netflix animated series it inspired, PlayStation classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is now available for $2.99 on iOS and Android devices. It’s the PS Vita and PS4 re-release of the game, now with virtual on-screen controls, which everybody loves.
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Dec 11
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Castlevania is a punishing game. Getting hit at the wrong time might mean plummeting to a frustrating death. It’s a…
Nov 30
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The Castlevania Anniversary Collection is on sale this weekend so I picked it up as it includes the Japanese editions of some of the classic games. I knew there was an array of differences between the US and Japanese versions, but it’s been neat seeing them directly. One of the most interesting is that in the original…
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Sep 16 2019
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Konami quietly announced a new Castlevania game at the Tokyo Game Show last week, called Grimoire of Souls. Before…
Aug 7 2019
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Jul 12 2019
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You’ll be able to complete the trifecta of tiny 16-bit throwback systems on March 19, 2020, when Konami releases the …
Jul 2 2019
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Let’s talk about one of my least favorite words in the video game lexicon: metroidvania. A portmanteau combining the…
Jun 28 2019
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Genre is mostly bullshit. It’s useful for discussion and for imagining where a certain game exists on the continuum…
Jun 22 2019
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The original Castlevania was one of the first NES games I played. So when the sequel came out for the NES in…
Jun 21 2019
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What is a Kickstarter-funded spiritual successor to Castlevania? Either a miserable or non-miserable pile of secrets…
Jun 18 2019
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a very good solution to a problem we haven’t really had for years: a dearth of…
Jun 18 2019
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Konami is patching its arcade, Castlevania, and Contra collections today to add Japanese versions of most of the games. It’s also adding button remapping to Castlevania and Contra. Now you can play Castlevania III with the better music.
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Jun 6 2019
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Timespinner is a game that’s trying really hard to be Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It’s got the platforming,…
May 17 2019
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Castlevania Anniversary Collection isn’t quite as good as it could be, but even a limited feature set can’t stop…
May 7 2019
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An estate sale for a former DIC Animation City employee has turned up promo art for four old Nintendo cartoons (like…
May 2 2019
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Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained will be out on June 18 for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC (June 25 for Switch), the developers said today. You can watch the ridiculous new launch trailer, complete with promises to address all of those player complaints, right here.
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Apr 19 2019
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Konami’s Arcade Classics Anniversary Edition is out this week, collecting eight of its classic coin-op games like Hau…
Apr 18 2019
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When Konami releases its Castlevania Collection on May 16, it will include eight classic games from the venerable…
Apr 8 2019
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While at PAX East I finally had the opportunity to try Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. What I played left me…