mercury steam
In Real Life

The Latest Castlevania Game Originally Had Simon Belmont In It

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, released last year, ended up starring Gabriel Belmont, and was let’s say…different from most other games in the franchise.

Fans will be interested to see, then, that developers Mercury Steam and publishers Konami originally had other plans for the game, with series legend Simon Belmont cast in the lead role.

The footage above shows an early demo for the game, with Belmont front and centre, dishing out the hurt.

This Is What Simon Belmont Looked Like In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow [Siliconera]

October 12, 2010

Review: Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow

Gabriel Belmont will have his revenge upon the Lords of Shadow, venturing to the very depths of hell to find retribution against those who have corrupted the ideals of the Brotherhood of Light and murdered his wife.

September 29, 2010

What A Horrible Night For A Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Trailer

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/1GRKMKkvqkc&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Remember that 7-minute-plus trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow from Tokyo Game Show? Konami’s got more where that came from, issuing a new, gameplay-filled preview of Mercury Steam’s take on Castlevania that can go all night.

August 27, 2010

Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Looking Like Some PlayStation Greats

Earlier today we told you that the next big Castlevania game might remind you, from time to time, of Shadow of the Colossus or Uncharted. These screens show why:

Nothing Bad To Say About The New Castlevania’s First Chapter

The first chapter of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is broken into five parts, parts that tour through reinventions of some of PlayStation’s best exclusive games, from God of War to Uncharted to Shadow of the Colossus. Gradually, it’s also a fine Castlevania.

August 19, 2010

New Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Screens Start With Creeping Coffins

With the release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow mere weeks away, what can reignite our interest in the latest and perhaps greatest attempt at a three-dimensional Belmont adventure? How about the creepiest coffins you’ve ever seen in a video game?

June 22, 2010

Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Hands-on Impressions

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the best 3D Castlevania game I’ve ever played at an E3. And I’ve played two of them – not counting Konami’s flirtation with the series as a 3D fighting game.

April 10, 2010

A New Look At Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow

Given Castlevania: Lords of Shadow star Gabriel Belmont’s situation in the screen shot above, we’d offer the advice “Don’t look down.” But if you want to see how the new PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 game is shaping up, do just that.

December 16, 2009
News

What Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow Vampires Look Like

Wonder what the vampires of Hideo Kojima and MercurySteam’s take on the Castlevania franchise will look like? Well, there you go. Keep in mind this is *a* vampire, not *the* vampire, according to producer David Cox.

August 20, 2009

New Screens For Kojima’s Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow

Hideo Kojima’s giving the Castlevania series a shot in the arm, courtesy of developer MercurySteam. The Kojima Productions head and Konami producer David Cox showed a new extended trailer of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game today at Gamescom.

Subscribe Contact