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A Castlevania musical show will appear courtesy of the famed all-female troupe Takarazuka Revue in Japan. The revue announced plans to put on a stage play inspired by Konami's game franchise throughout Summer 2025. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

Konami has been gradually bringing classic Castlevania games to more recent platforms with the releases of Castlevania Advance Collection in 2021 and Castlevania Dominus Collection in 2024. However, the Takarazuka Revue noted that this musical show will have an original story that is not directly related to any of those titles.

Sea Towaki and Misaki Hoshizora will be starring actresses in the show. However, the Castlevania musical will not be the only show in the overall Hanagumi group performance program. Takarazuka Revue will pair it with an original romantic revue titled "Ai, Love Revue!"

The revue will stage the performances at two different locations. The first one will take place at the Takarazuka Grand Theater in the revue's origin city of Takarazuka in the Hyogo prefecture from June 7 until July 20, 2025. The revue will then head to the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater in Yurakucho to do the same performances from August 16 until September 28, 2025. Sales for the tickets will begin on May 17, 2025, for the Takarazuka home venue and July 13, 2025, for the Tokyo theater.

The Castlevania: Awakening in the Moonlight musical show by the Takarazuka Revue will debut on June 7, 2025.

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The Castlevania game series is the focus of a huge sale on Steam and Humble Bundle. The Castlevania Fair contains significant discounts on the main installments and some collaborations, along with a selection of bundles.

The Castlevania Fair is offering significant discounts on almost every game currently available on PC through either Steam or Humble Bundle. These are the current discounts:

• Castlevania Anniversary Collection – $3.99 (80% off)
• Castlevania Advance Collection – $10.99 (45% off)
• Castlevania Dominus Collection – $19.99 (20% off, Steam only)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition – $5.99 (80% off)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate – $2.99 (80% off)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Digital Bundle – $7.99 (85% off)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Revelations DLC – $1.99 (75% off)

In addition, the three classic collections are available as a bundle through Steam, which offers an overall 52% discount.

Various collaborations are also part of the Steam sale, whether it’s the Castlevania content itself or the base game. The Return to Castlevania DLC for Dead Cells currently has a 30% discount. While the Castlevania content for Dead by Daylight doesn’t have a discount, the base game currently has 60% off.

The collaborations are also available as bundles, all with the Dominus Collection, for the following discounts:

• Castlevania Dominus Collection and Dead By Daylight with its Castlevania Chapter DLC – $32.37 (38% off)
• Castlevania Dominus Collection and V Rising with its Legacy of Castlevania Pack – $67.47 (15% off)
• Castlevania Dominus Collection with Dead Cells and its Return to Castlevania DLC – $46.77 (22% off)

Vampire Survivors is also part of the Steam sale, with a 25% discount. This is likely to get people ready for the Castlevania content, which launches on October 31, 2024.

The Castlevania Fair sale is currently happening on Steam and Humble Bundle.

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Another set of Castlevania DLC has appeared in V Rising, this time taking a queue from the Dominus Collection and includes a Soma Cruz and Shanoa skin. The pack includes several furniture items and more Castlevania inspired decor. Those who have purchased the Castlevania Pack will receive this DLC entirely for free. The DLC pack will cost $24.99.

As mentioned previously the Castlevania Dominus DLC Pack for V Rising will include a Soma Cruz and Shanoa skin. It does not specify that the skins themselves are gender locked, but are shown on the Type 1 and Type 2 bodies respectively. The previous DLC, Legacy of Castlevania, which included an outfit and hairstyle inspired by Alucard, were not gender locked.

Stunlock Studios share details about this DLC pack, and announced that V Rising has now received a special Castlevania bundle, which includes the Legacy of Castlevania DLC. Again, if you have purchased this DLC pack, you will receive everything included in the Domnius Collection for free.

Castlevania crossovers seem all the rage, as Dead by Daylight and Vampire Survivors have gotten their own set of DLC. Dead by Daylight has since received Trevor and Dracula, as the Survivor and Killer respectively. And Vampire Survivors will see the inclusion of over twenty Castlevania characters into it's already robust roster.

V Rising is available for PC via Steam and PlayStation 5. You can read our review here.

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Poncle announced a second Vampire Survivors crossover with Konami, this time being the Ode to Castlevania DLC. It will debut on Halloween 2024, adding characters and the largest map so far. It will be on the PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and mobile devices for $3.99 on October 31, 2024.

As this is a Castlevania add-on with no vampires, it means other iconic characters from the series will be playable instead. Poncle confirmed over 20 will be available. It noted that many of them will be from the Belmont and Belnades families. 

So far, the following folks are all confirmed.

• Charlotte Aulin
• Eric Lecarde
• Maria Renard
• John Morris
• Jonathan Morris
• Richter Belmont
• Shanoa
• Simon Belmont
• Sonia Belmont
• Sypha Belnades
• Trevor Belmont
• Yoko Belnades

Poncle confirmed over 40 weapons for the crossover too. Alucard’s Shield, Spear, and Sword will all be present. Eight different kinds of whips will appear, building on the one in the base game. The announcement also confirmed Glyphs, elemental magic, and projectiles will show up. 

Here’s the animated announcement trailer, which showed many of the characters we’ll get to use when the add-on appears. It also hints at Soma Cruz and Alucard’s inclusions. 

As a reminder, the Vampire Survivors Konami crossover prior to the Castlevania DLC involved Contra. Characters and stages from that game showed up in the Operation Guns add-on.

Vampire Survivors is available for the PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC, and mobile devices, and its Ode to Castlevania DLC launches on October 31, 2024. 

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Konami will be bringing three DS games to modern systems today in Castlevania Dominus Collection . The collection was announced at the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase August 2024 and will recieve a surprise release today.

The Castlevania Dominus Collection features Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Since these games originally released for the Nintendo DS, the collection will include the ability to customize how the two screens appear together on one, along with options for controller input for touch controls. The collection also includes features such as a rewind and a quick save, along with a gallery and music player. The collection also contains Haunted Castle Reiminaged, a remake of the Castlevania-adjacent arcade game from 1988.

This is the third Castlevania collection to be released by Konami in recent years. The Castlevania Classic Collection contained early 8-bit and 16-bit games, while the Castlevania Advance Collection focused on games released for the GBA. These included Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the predecessor to Dawn of Sorrow featured in the new collection.

The Castlevania Dominus Collection is out now for Nintendo Switch.

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When the Castlevania and Dead by Daylight crossover was announced, I wasn't all that excited. And I'm a pretty big Castlevania fan. I mean, I dressed in the stylings of a Castlevania character for an entire year, and even the middling Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series has grown on me after being starved of content for so long. Some of you are probably reading this thinking, "Kazuma! The Netflix series exists!" and I know that, and I don't like it.

So when Behaviour Interactive announced that it would be collaborating with Konami to bring Castlevania into the fold, I immediately assumed it would be versions of the characters that appeared in the popular Neftlix adaptation. Color me surprised when it was not. In fact, the version of Trevor and Dracula that appear in the crossover are actually two of my favorite designs. One could argue that Dracula has more or less looked the same across generations, with the version he appears as clearly being more akin to Symphony of the Night. But Trevor, oh Trevor Belmont, he's ripped right out of Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, and I love that.

While I might have lost some of you at Lords of Shadow, Curse of Darkness is actually my favorite Castlevania game. I love it for a lot of reasons; for Hector and Isaac, and the weird Digimon-esque Devilforging system. I just think it's a lot of fun, and I love the character designs and the sort of theatricality of it all. It's Castlevania through and through, even if you're not immediately playing a Belmont.

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness was a maligned entry in the series. Almost all Castlevania fans just wanted that classic 2D platforming experience, and while Konami was desperately trying to make 3D stick for the series, it just wasn't taking. But it had all of the flavors, all of the visuals, and was a deeply satisfying game. At least to me. I'm just one of those weirdos that actually likes a lot of the less loved entries in the series, but I've always loved Curse of Darkness. This is probably why I don't care for the Netflix series, even if it has arguably done a lot more for Castlevania than Curse of Darkness has.

That's why I was totally surprised it was Curse of Darkness Trevor that made it into Dead by Daylight. Not that I'm complaining. I'm absolutely going to slap down the dollars to purchase this Chapter, even if I don't play Dead by Daylight all that much anymore. (I'm extremely casual, and have only popped in for the Silent Hill and Resident Evil Chapters.)

So I just wanna thank whoever at Behaviour Interactive and Konami came to the decision to incorporate one of the less-liked Castlevania entries into Dead by Daylight. Because Dead by Daylight is a behemoth of a game and seeing one of my favorites designs from the Castlevania games over something that's just generally popular, is awesome.

Dead by Daylight is available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X. The Castlevania crossover Chapter will come to Dead by Daylight on August 27, 2024.

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Behaviour Interactive has revealed what Killer and Survivor will appear in its Castlevania crossover for Dead by Daylight. Dracula, the main antagonist of the series, will appear as the Killer, with Trevor Belmont appearing as the Survivor. Consumers that own Dead by Daylight on PC through Steam will be able to access the PTB today (August 6, 2024) to test out the iconic vampire lord and vampire killer. Trevor Belmont and Dracula will appear in Dead by Daylight on August 27, 2024 outside of the PTB.

You can watch the trailer for the Dead by Daylight Castlevania crossover below.

Dracula will be Behaviour Interactive's first "transforming" Killer. Dracula will be able to take the form of a vampire, as a given, and as a wolf and bat. Each transformation will have their own unique benefits, which will players will need to play around to emerge victorious and leave no Survivor left alive.

Trevor's skillset as a Survivor will tap into the legacy of being a Belmont, which means his skills as a vampire slayer will be appearing in some shape or form.

The Dead by Daylight Castlevania crossover was announced in May 2024 with a short teaser trailer. It showed Dracula with the titular castle behind him.

Dead by Daylight is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X. The Dead by Daylight Castlevania crossover content where Dracula will appear as the Killer and Trevor Belmont as the Survivor, will release on August 27, 2024.

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Behaviour Interactive, developer of Dead by Daylight, announced a Castlevania crossover for the asymmetrical horror title. More information will appear on August 6, 2024. However, a short trailer has accompanied this announcement, which teases the addition of Dracula as a possible addition to the roster of Killers.

You can watch the Dead by Daylight Castlevania crossover announcement trailer below.

The trailer shows the iconic titular castle in the background as a vampire stalks towards the camera before bursting into a swarm of bats. Outside of this footage, nothing has been revealed as to who the potential Survivors could be.

This is not the first time a Konami IP has appeared in Dead by Daylight. Previously, Cheryl (Heather) Mason and Pyramid Head of the Silent Hill series ed the roster as a Survivor and Killer, respectively. Since then, various Silent Hill characters such as Maria, James Sunderland, and Cybil Bennett have appeared as skins.

Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical horror title that pits four Survivors against one Killer. Players must cooperate and repair generators to open exit gates to escape hazardous stages before the Killer eliminates them. Crossover stages include the Raccoon City Police Department, from the Resident Evil 2 remake, and Midwich Elementary School from Silent Hill.

Dead by Daylight is available for PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X. An Android and iOS version is also available. More information about the Castlevania crossover will appear on August 6, 2024.

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A home computer version of Castlevania will be available to play on the classic computer's emulator console. Zuiki has announced that it will release the X68000 version of Castlevania on its X68000 Z mini-console on May 30, 2024. The company will bundle the game with Block Hole, a puzzle shooter game that is also known in Japan as Quarth.

Pre-orders for the physical package are immediately available on Zuiki Store at ¥5,478 (~$35.45). The package will feature a game case modeled after floppy disks that were used in classic PCs. The actual game cartridge will appear in the form of an SDHC card that the owner can insert into the X68000 Z console.

Konami originally released the X68000 version of Castlevania in 1993 in Japan. This version was also a remake of the game's inaugural edition which came out on the Famicom Disk System in 1986. The company later ported this version as-is in the Original Mode of Castlevania Chronicles, which it gradually released worldwide on the PlayStation in 2001.

This new port will add another entry to the list of classic Castlevania games that get brought over to modern consoles. Konami released the Castlevania Advance Collection which primarily featured the series' GBA entries for the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2021. Nintendo also added the Game Boy version of Castlevania Legends to its Nintendo Switch Online lineup in October 2023.

The Castlevania and Block Hole Deluxe Pack will be available for X68000 Z on May 30, 2024.

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Castlevania content will be making its way into V Rising, Stunlock Studios has confirmed. This new content will include cosmetics, music and the chance to face Simon Belmont himself.

From May 8, 2024, all V Rising players will be able to face off against original Castlevania protagonist Simon Belmont. The developers promise that his appearance will feature a wide array of holy weaponry, taken straight from the original series. This will, of course, include the Vampire Killer whip, which players will be able to take for themselves if they defeat him.

In addition, a special Legacy of Castlevania Pack will be added to the game. This will include cosmetics, allowing players to customize both their vampire and their castle with items from Konami’s series. This will also include two music tracks from the Castlevania games, rearranged by V Rising’s composer Aleksandria Migova.

This is not the first time that Castlevania has featured in a crossover with an indie game. In 2023, Motion Twin released an expansion for Dead Cells called Return to Castlevania. It featured the game's main protagonist, The Beheaded, teaming up with Alucard and Richter Belmont to fight Dracula.

V Rising is out now in Early Access for PC. A full release and PS5 port are planned for sometime in 2024. The Legacy of Castlevania content will be coming to the game on May 8, 2024.

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The Nendoroid figure of Castlevania: Nocturne's Richter Belmont is now available for pre-order. After previously revealing the project at WonHobby 37 Summer in late July 2023, Good Smile Company has set up new webpages for the figure on its International and North American online shops. The Nendoroid will be available at ¥7,800 / $48.99.

The set will contain three different face parts for Richter. Other than a normal calm face, he will also have angry and sorrowful faces. The package will also include Richter's whip as an optional part. The whip will be available in rolled and extended forms.

This Nendoroid will be modeled after Richter Belmont's appearance in Castlevania: Nocturne, an anime show available immediately on Netflix. Other than Good Smile Company, Super Groupies has also revealed merchandise inspired by the title, such as watches, wallets, and jackets.

Pre-orders for the Castlevania: Nocturne Richter Belmont Nendoroid will close on December 21, 2023, at noon JST / December 20, 2023, at 10 PM ET. Good Smile Company will ship the figures to Japan in April 2024 and North America in Q3 2024.

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Nintendo announced the October 2023 additions to the Nintendo Switch Online library. The newest titles people can play on the Switch are Castlevania Legends (Game Boy), Devil World (NES) and The Mysterious Murasame Castle (NES).

Castlevania Legends was a Game Boy title originally conceived as a prequel to the entire Castlevania series before appearing on NIntendo Switch Online. You play as Sonia Belmont battling the first incarnation of Dracula in the series’ classic style. Due to the game now being considered non-canon, it was left out of the Castlevania Collection released a few years ago.

Devil World is notable for being Shigeru Miyamoto’s first console-only game. It’s similar to Pac-Man, only instead of pellets, you're collecting crucifixes to defeat the devil. Its original NES release was blocked by Nintendo of America due to policies around religious imagery. This makes the Nintendo Switch Online release its debut in North America. The game’s devil character has been seen in the Super Smash Bros series as an Assist Trophy.

The Mysterious Murasame Castle was originally released shortly after The Legend of Zelda in 1986 and shares a lot of similarities. You play as Takamaru, a samurai apprentice who is tasked with taking down four evil lords and an alien entity. While originally a Japan exclusive, this game later saw a worldwide 3DS Virtual Console release. Just like the Devil World antagonist, Takamaru has also appeared an Assist Trophy in the Super Smash Bros series.

While these are the October 2023 releases for the basic Nintendo Switch Online service, Mario Party 3 was also released separately recently for the higher-tier Expansion Pack.

All October 2023 additions are all available now through Nintendo Switch Online.

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Super Groupies launched a new line of Castlevania merchandise based on Richter Belmont and Alucard. It features watches, jackets, and wallets inspired by the characters from the long-running franchise published by Konami. The jackets and wallets will ship out in January 2024, while the watches will ship out February 2024.

The merchandise in this line features intricate details that call-back to familiar design motifs for Richter Belmont and Alucard in games like Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. Richer Belmont's wallet has artwork of one of the stages from franchise, and his jacket has a small patch with a cross, holy water, and a heart. Alucard's watch has a small wolf on the face.

More details can be seen in the images below:

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The full list of the Super Groupies Castlevania merchandise and their prices can be viewed below:

• Richter Belmont Watch – ¥27,500 (~$187)
• Richter Belmont Jacket in M, L, XL, and XXL – ¥22,000 (~$150)
• Richter Belmont Wallet – ¥15,400 (~$104)
• Alucard Watch – ¥27,500 (~$187)
• Alucard Jacket – ¥22,000 (~$150)
• Alucard Wallet – ¥15,400 (~$104)

Richter Belmont is a vampire hunter who made his first appearance in the franchise in Rondo of Blood, and he will appear in his own animated show releasing on Netflix in September 2023. Alucard, the son of Dracula, made his first appearance in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. Alucard is also one of the main characters in Netflix's animated adaption of Castlevania.

Castlevania Nocturne will come to Netflix on September 28, 2023. The pre-orders for Super Groupies Castlevania merchandise will end on September 25, 2023. Super Groupies ships worldwide through WorldShipping.

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At WonHobby 37 Summer, Good Smile Company announced a Richter Belmont Nendoroid based on his Castlevania Nocturne appearance. This is the second Nendoroid based on a character from the series. It's also the first Good Smile Company Castlevania figure of a Belmont, as it only made a pin of Trevor before.

Here's a closer look at Richter Belmont from the announcement. As it is so early in the process, there's no prototype yet. Only official concept art appeared. It does show that he will still end up coming with his family's familiar whip as an accessory. However, there are no other hints about what we can expect from this figure.
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Earlier in July 2023, Netflix announced a release date for the Castlevania Nocturne animated series. It will show up on the service starting on September 28, 2023. The company followed that up with a new teaser for the show.

In case you missed it, here's how that looks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYvJZ3Itw8A&ab_channel=Netflix

As for the other Castlevania Nendoroid, the Alucard one should be available worldwide now.

Castlevania Nocturne will come to Netflix on September 28, 2023, but there's no release window for the new Richter Belmont Nendoroid yet.

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There's more news on the new Netflix Castlevania show. Castlevania: Nocturne has a release date. It will begin streaming on the service on September 28, 2023. This comes over a year after its initial announcement, as we learned a new animated endeavor following Richter Belmont's adventures would appear way back in June 2022. We also learned that the teaser trailer will appear on July 27, 2023.

The new key art for Castlevania: Nocturne appeared, and it featured a look at Richter. Specifically, we get a better look at him and his outfit from the back. The insignia specifically is highlighted.
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We'll get a better look at him and what to expect tomorrow. Netflix noted that's when the new teaser trailer will appear. As it was specifically referred to as a teaser, it is likely it will only be a short video that introduces a bit of the show.

The original Castlevania animated show on Netflix started airing in 2017. Four seasons of it appeared. It followed Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard as they dealt with Dracula, then later the Council of Sisters.

The Castlevania: Nocturne release date is September 28, 2023, and it will air on Netflix. The four seasons of the original series are now live on the service.

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