Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Is Up for Preorder

Castlevania? Now that's a sanction I've not heard successful a agelong time. After years of making astir nary video games astatine all, Konami has decided to get backmost into the fray with a fistful of caller crippled announcements successful beloved franchises. Among the upcoming releases is Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, a caller side-scrolling introduction successful the long-dormant action-horror series.

Belmont’s Curse is acceptable to merchandise sometime successful 2026 for PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PC. It’s already disposable to preorder for $39.99 (see it connected Amazon). Below, we dive into what this crippled is and wherever you tin spot your preorder. Let’s get to it.

Preorder Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

Preorder Bonus? (Nah)

As yet, nary preorder bonuses person been announced. If immoderate go disposable successful the aboriginal (which does hap from clip to time), this is wherever you’ll find them.

What Is Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse?

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is the archetypal brand-new side-scrolling Castlevania crippled since 2008’s Order of Ecclesia came retired connected the Nintendo DS. That’s 18 years! Dang! It’s published by Konami, but it’s being developed by Evil Empire, the institution down The Rogue Prince of Persia and respective Dead Cells DLCs, including Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania. So they cognize their mode astir a side-scrolling enactment game. Motion Twin, the main developer of Dead Cells, is besides connected committee successful an advisory role.

Belmont’s Curse takes spot successful 1499 Paris, which is successful the midst of a monster invasion. That puts it 23 years aft the events of the NES crippled Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. It’s not 100% wide if this is simply a “metroidvania” oregon “search action” crippled successful the vein of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the GBA and Nintendo DS installments of the aboriginal 2000s.

In presumption of gameplay, it looks similar you bash plentifulness of jumping connected platforms, swinging from rings, and whipping connected enemies. Bosses tin operation implicit you. Environmental hazards similar saw blades are strewn about. You person entree to further weapons and abilities similar a occurrence spell and a transverse you tin propulsion similar a boomerang. It looks similar fun. Watch the trailer supra to spot for yourself.

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