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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Will Run At 30fps On Switch
Konami's 2D action-exploration game arrives this October. Earlier this month, Konami announced Castlevania: Belmont's Curse would be launching for the original Switch at the same time as other versions on 15th October 2026. Now, Konami's Castlevania website has revealed a little more information...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will target 30fps on Switch and 60fps on PS5, Xbox, and PC
Konami's website reveals the storage space and frame rate targets for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse on all platforms.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will target 30fps on Switch and 60fps on PS5, Xbox, and PC
Konami's website reveals the storage space and frame rate targets for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse on all platforms.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse devs say their female protagonist was a "natural fit" because the "role was best suited for a woman"
Lead developers of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse have spoken about the process that led to the creation of Rose Belmont, the game's protagonist. Initially, they didn't have a specific gender for the protagonist in mind, but after developing the story, they wanted to base it around the strong bonds...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse devs say their female protagonist was a "natural fit" because the "role was best suited for a woman"
"At the start, we hadn't decided that the protagonist would be a woman," director Hokao says
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse wants you to find the "joy" in the difficulty and it won't be "simple or easy": "That's not Castlevania"
Leads working on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse have spoken out about how it will continue the series' tradition of challenging difficulty, while allowing players ways to mitigate it through level ups, exploring alternative paths, and if none of that works for you, difficulty settings. In an...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse wants you to find the "joy" in the difficulty and it won't be "simple or easy": "That's not Castlevania"
But there will still be settings to remove barriers to entry
Silent Hill: Townfall is Getting a New Trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Evil Empire's upcoming Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is also playable on the show floor for attendees from August 26th to 30th.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse was made to enlighten players who "love Metroidvanias" but have "never played a Castlevania game," Konami lead says
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse producer Tsutomu Taniguchi explains that he proposed the development of a new game in the series after reading comments from Metroidvania fans who'd never played a Castlevania game. Castlevania may be the one half of the genre name, but according to Taniguchi, many...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse was made to enlighten players who "love Metroidvanias" but have "never played a Castlevania game," Konami lead says
Konami wants to make sure you know what the vania stands for
Round Up: Glowing Previews for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Promise a Triumphant Return
Rosy outlook. Publisher Konami has been gradually making its proper come back to video games, and the next in line for a modern revival is Castlevania. The series of action-platformers has been laying dormant for many years, but developer Evil Empire and advisory studio Motion Twin — teams that...
Round Up: "The Game F***ing Rules" - The First Previews For Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Are In
Alucards on the table. Konami revealed earlier this week that Castlevania: Belmont's Curse would launch on the Switch on the same day as other platforms, extinguishing any fears of a potential delay. So mark 15th October 2026 in your diaries, folks, because it sounds like it's going to be a banger....
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse isn't technically connected to the Netflix anime, but its cinematography was inspired by the show
When Konami revealed back in February that it's finally making a new Castlevania, the teaser trailer's art and color palette was so reminiscent of the Netflix anime series that it seemed possible the game was actually using the show's designs, or at least had gotten a little love from the folks at...
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse isn't technically connected to the Netflix anime, but its cinematography was inspired by the show
We’re really hoping that people who’ve only watched the anime also enjoy the game," Konami said.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Leads On How It Came To Be, Not Being A Roguelike, And The Potential Future Of The Series
Belmont’s Curse producer Tsutomu Taniguchi and creative director Emmanuel Nouaille dive into how it honours and innovates the Castlevania legacy.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is like playing classic 'Vania on fast forward, with a whip to die for
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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Might Make the Long Wait for a New 2D Castlevania Worth It | IGN Preview
After playing the first three hours of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Dead Cells developer Evil Empire's take on the legendary series seems to be poised to live up to extraordinarily high standards set by its predecessors.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Hands-On Preview
After three hours with Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, it feels safe to say that the beloved series is going to be making a triumphant comeback.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse: The Comeback We've All Been Waiting For - Hands-On Preview
12 years on from the last mainline entry into the Castlevania franchise, we got the chance to try Belmont's Curse, the latest from the storied franchise dropping later this year. We only got three hours with the game, but we're still very confident when we say that the wait was absolutely worth it.
Castlvania: Belmont's Curse Has 'No AI,' Developer Evil Empire Says
We were recently invited out to Paris, France to play three hours of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and while we were there, we got to speak to the development team about how the game was made. In addition to behind-the-scenes details on the relationship between developers Evil Empire and Konami...
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Turns Bosses Into Friends
Belmont's Curse looks to add a lot of good ideas to the Castlevania series' formula. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is another in that recent lineage of search action titles, taking the solid foundation of Konami's storied vampire-hunting, monster-killing franchise, and enhancing it with some of the...
After 3 hours, the new Castlevania game I've wanted for 12 years already feels like a classic
Hands-on | Castlevania: Belmont's Curse finally slakes my hunger for a proper new game in the series, and anime fans will find this a great jumping on point
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is like playing classic 'Vania on fast forward, with a whip to die for
The Konami comeback continues.
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