Castlevania: Belmont's Curse sees Dead Cells' devs bring back vampire whippage, and Konami say it's just the start of a revival

Cue idiosyncratic going HAM connected an organ arsenic "Trevor Belmont’s successor" swings past traps and slaps up monsters

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Sharpen your fangs and chuck retired each of the ail breadstuff successful your house, Castlevania's backmost with a caller crippled co-developed by the folks who made roguelike-Metroidvania Dead Cells. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the sanction of this caller bout of vampire whippage acceptable successful medieval Paris, which publishers Konami person teased is conscionable the archetypal of galore Castlevania things they person coming arsenic the bid turns 40.

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Revealed during past night's PlayStation State of Play, Belmont's Curse has already been confirmed to beryllium connected its mode to PC erstwhile it releases astatine immoderate constituent successful 2026. Konami, Evil Empire, and Motion Twin - the second 2 being the Dead Cells devs - sum its premise up arsenic follows:

1499. Paris is engulfed arsenic monstrous creatures abruptly look from the shadows. Armed with the legendary beatified whip, the Vampire Killer, Trevor Belmont’s successor ventures into the burning streets and the looming castle to hunt down the beasts. Will she win successful redeeming Paris from devastation…?

Naturally, speculation's rife that this mysterious protagonist is Belmont and mage Sypha Belnades' daughter. Regardless, she'll beryllium utilizing the whip, a sword, and much weapons to beryllium revealed down the enactment arsenic she slices done colourfully-rendered gothic chambers, battling foes and searching for hidden secrets.

Konami person been speedy to enactment their tease trousers connected and state successful a station connected Castlevania's 40th day website that Belmont's Curse is conscionable the archetypal measurement successful a wider revival of the classical series. "This twelvemonth marks the 40th day since the archetypal ‘Akumajō Dracula’ archetypal saw the airy of day. In this commemorative year, 'Castlevania' volition beryllium revived," the publishers declared. "This is the opening of galore caller products astir Castlevania. Look guardant to the instrumentality of the magnificent 'nightmare' lurking successful the darkness."

If you're successful request of convincing wherefore Evil Empire and Motion Twin are large candidates for Konami to person gotten progressive successful this large vamprevival, astatine slightest successful theory, here's an excerpt from Brendy's (RPS successful peace) Dead Cells review:

In short, each small fracas is simply a proceedings of quickness, luck and assemblage memory, and it feels superb. I could speech much astir the regular situation mode, oregon the caller "malaise" that infects you erstwhile definite enemies strike, oregon whether oregon not the crippled counts arsenic a “true metroidvania” (this is an statement that boils the corporate piss of squad RPS and volition ne'er beryllium resolved). But I’m happier to conscionable urge it connected the spot of its question alone. Blisteringly accelerated erstwhile it needs to be, challenging without being frustrating, and packed with sharp, fatal toys, Dead Cells doesn’t support you connected your toes, it keeps you connected your toenails.

If you're truthful inclined, you tin wishlist Castlevania: Belmont's Curse connected Steam close now.