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SPOILERS: Full game of Castlevania Rebirth on Youtube

Yesterday, the Nintendo Week showed us about 12 seconds of the new WiiWare title Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth. Now, less than 24 hours later, someone has played through the entire game and ...
There's Castlevania Rebirth footage somewhere in here

Look, if Jonathan Holmes can make four little screens of Castlevania Rebirth work, I can do the same with these tiny snippets of video.Sure, there's only a few seconds of hot new Castlevania Reb...
More Castlevania Rebirth screens = more sexy fun for you

So, this is what I do with my life now. I find screenshots of videogames and sexy people, put them together, then post them on the internet. Why do I do this? Well, the technical reasons are stil...
A Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth screen (and friends)

Forgive the less-than-classy use of space up there. I didn't want to stretch the above screenshot to fit Destructoid's header size requirements, and other than decorating the borders with as many...
The Memory Card .71: The rotating room

“The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Last week was the first edition of ...
Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth screens pop up

Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth has come a long, long way since the GameBoy days, if these new screens that were recently shown in Famitsu are any indication. The WiiWare title has been confir...
More wall-meat! Castlevania ReBirth gets ESRB-nounced

I feel bad for PR firms that work for game publishers. They can spend years planning the perfect launch announcement for an upcoming game, only to have the ESRB unceremoniously list it on their w...
Vampire Killer theme throughout the ages

The Vampire Killer theme from the Castlevania series is by far one of the most recognizable gaming themes out there, and it's probably one of the best themes from the days of 8-bit gaming. It has...
GC 09: New trailer from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow wows

When Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was announced at this year's E3, I'll admit, I pulled a little bit of the retro snob behavior. I wasn't so sure I wanted a 3D Castlevania game,but after I saw th...
Check out Frontier Aja's Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony

Watch the video below, but don't stop it if you feel like you've seen it before. It's pretty clear that indie developer Frontier Aja's upcoming PC game, which debuts this week at Comiket 76, is h...
Igarashi still with Konami, still making games

The announcement at E3 that Hideo Kojima would be taking over the Castlevania series with the next game, Lords of Shadow, was met with much excitement, but one man was probably not as excited. Th...
SDCC: SAW director bringing Castlevania to the big screen

While we're not sure if we needed a Castlevania live-action film, this is an interesting twist -- James Wan, best known for his work on the SAW franchise, will be directing the Paul W.S. Anderson...
The Videogame Show What I've Done: The Castlevania

I am now an international videogame video celebrity Internet superstar on the Internet. Following the smash hit success of last week's debut of The Videogame Show What I've Done, you can now find...
E3 09: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trailer and screenshots

  I, for one, am uncharacteristically excited about the new Castlevania game which was announced at Konami's E3 press conference. I have yet to really enjoy a 3D game in the franchise b...
E3 09: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow officially announced

The fourth Kojima Production game was just announced at the Konami press conference and it's a new Castlevania game! It's called Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and it has something to do with that ...
E3 09: Castlevania: Lords of Shadows coming in 2010

Thanks to an early leak, it looks like the long-in-production Kojima game Lords of Shadows is actually a -- gasp! -- Castlevania title … and it’s headed to the Xbox 360 and PlayStati...
Castlevania movie gets stake through heart?

Remember the Castlevania movie that Paul W.S. Anderson was working on? Well, it looks like that terrifying prospect may never come to pass. The project appears to have officially been consigned t...
Castlevania arcade game hits Japan, looks perfect for the Wii

It looks like the Castlevania arcade game we showed you awhile back has finally hit Japanese arcades this week. Castlevania: The Arcade uses a "whip/sword controller," that (as you can ...
Destructoid review: Castlevania Judgment

When I first got word that Konami was working on a Castlevania fighting game for the Wii, I was pretty sure it was going to suck. Then, when I was lucky enough to play the game at E3 08, I ...
Castlevania arcade game is a light gun game with a whip

Your eyes do not deceive you -- you're looking at video footage of a new Castlevania arcade game. It appears to use some Wii Remote-like device that you point and swing to take out ghouls. I...
Castlevania Judgment's Maria wants bigger breasts

 Castlevania Judgment recently came out and a lot of people think it’s nothing special. The only person I know that seems to like it is Jonathan Holmes. Whether the game really su...
Castlevania Judgment screens reveal new characters

You all know the way I feel about my preview time with Castlevania Judgment (although if Koji Igarashi brings that whip around again, I could likely be convinced otherwise). These newest screens ...
Symphony of the Night: Resurrection remix EP released

The Bad Dudes are back again. Following up after the Super Dodge Ball EP No Balls, No Glory and the Sagat Theme remix collection Thai Guy,  they're back just in time for Halloween with this ...
Destructoid review: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

The Castlevania series stands alongside Mega Man, Mario, and Zelda as one of most prolific franchises in gaming. Every game in the series is unique, but like all games that fall under the same na...
Castlevania Judgment screenshots want to judge your Castlevanias

I make the best headlines in the whole of the Blogocube. Anyway, here are ten screenshots of Wii fighting game spin-off Castlevania Judgment. As far as Wii games go, this one isn't looking too vi...
Order of Ecclesia contains more bare flesh than most Castlevania games

[video]105280:433[/video]Here we have a trailer for Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia which seems to have a heavy emphasis on the powers the new heroine, Shanoa, will acquire in the game. And, as ca...
Bondage bitch Belmont coming to Japan with Castlevania Judgment pre-orders

I don't want to question Simon Belmont's choice of attire -- he's the expert, not me -- but I personally can't see what good can come of walking around a monster-infested castle while dressed up ...
Konami NYC Media Day: Castlevania Order of Order of Ecclesia feels like home

After playing the non-traditional Castlevania title, the Wii exclusive Judgment, I had a chance to clense my gaming-palette with some hands-on time with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia for the DS....
Japanese-only Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia special edition looking good

Japan wins again. Konami has revealed that a special edition set for the upcoming DS title, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, will be available through the Japanese Web store, Konamistyle. The set ...
E3 08: Video interview with Castlevania's Koji "TigerMan" Igarashi

[video]96220:81[/video]I managed to score interviews with some pretty amazing game developers at this year's E3, but nothing topped the opportunity to speak with Koji Igarashi, producer of Castle...
E3 08: Hands on with Castlevania Judgement

Like I said in the Konami press conference live blog, I'm not a huge fighting game fan. I've been known to go a few rounds with Arcana Heart from time to time, but I'm more into the moé ac...
E3 08: Konami finally remembers to announce its game lineup

While most videogame companies were quick to get the word out on which games they would be showcasing this year at E3, Konami decided that being fashionably late was the way to go.So, without fur...
First official Castlevania Judgment screens revealed

When I heard that a new, exclusive Castlevania game was coming out for the Wii, I think I may have pushed down a random old lady in excitement. Once I heard that it would be a 3D fighting game, I...
Konami officially tells us about Wii exclusive Castlevania Judgment

The fact that it's coming isn't news -- Nintendo Power has the exclusive first look at the Wii exclusive Castlevania Judgement in its latest issue. But we just got the press release and its been ...
The three big WUTs of Nintendo Power's Castlevania Judgment announcement

Last Thursday, our own Brad Nicholson broke the rumor that a new Castlevania fighting game titled Castlevania Judgment was announced in the latest issue of Nintendo Power, with pics to prove it c...
Rumortoid: Castlevania for the Wii image reveal

The latest Nintendo Power magazine allegedly has quite the tasty image for mass consumption. The picture above is a photo of a photo of the newest Castlevania game for the Wii, taken from the lat...
Koji Igarashi speaks on Castlevania; comments '2D is still alive'

My first encounter with Koji Igarashi was at E For All in 2007. Dale North and myself were at the Konami booth trying to control ourselves from buying every Silent Hill shirt available to us, and...
Rumortoid: Castlevania: Judgment to bring the whipping action to the Wii

Rumors have been flying around recently about a new Castlevania game popping up. First, we got word about Konami trademarking "Castlevania: Judgment" soon after the Order of Ecclesia tr...
Order of Ecclesia trailer may be the best Castlevania trailer ever made

Ignore the first minute. Although cool, the first section of this trailer for upcoming Nintendo DS game Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia is just random, gothic images flashing over a dramatic score...
Igarashi is very smart, thinks using the Wii remote as a whip is a bad idea

If there's anyone who knows a thing or two about whips, it's Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi. Considering his history with the game industry dating back to the early 90s, he also knows a bit a...
RetroforceGO! Epsisode 49: Castlevania Mania

Hey everybody! Sorry everything is so late today. Dear ol' Dyson couldn't make the show last night, so I didn't get my usual eight hour head start on exciting sound editing! But they say better l...
RetroforceGO! recording episode 49 tonight: Castlevania

Hey, we're back! Did you miss us? We'll be recording episode 49 tonight, safe within the RFGO! fortress and far away from the bitter words of Jim Sterling. We've got two weeks worth of stuff to c...
Konami Gamer's Night '08: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia details and screens

Our woman in the field, the lovely .tiff, has just come from the Konami Gamer's Night with some delicious details of the new Castlevania DS game, Order of Ecclesia. You saw some scans yesterday; ...
New screens from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Okay, I hate to admit it, but I laughed at the title of this game -- it sounds like it came straight out of the Castlevania Name Generator. Samba of Rabies? Epitaph of Cramps? Order of Ecclesia? ...
Miniboss Monday: Granfaloon / Legion

  Today's miniboss is yet another offering from the Castlevania series and is certain to creep a few people out who haven't already seen this gigantic gob of gore before. The "prop...
ESRB Confirmedtoid: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia coming to DS

While the name was trademarked by Konami not long ago, here is your confirmation -- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia has been rated by the ESRB, and will be coming to the Nintendo DS. While we...
Rondo comes home: Dracula X Rondo of Blood to hit the Japanese Virtual Console

When the Wii's Virtual Console was first announced, the collective "meh" uttered by fans of illegal video game emulation was so massive, it could be heard around the world. Pirates had ...
Rumortoid: Is a mysterious new Castlevania game in the works?

The above images were apparently posted by a member of the Castlevania team on the GameFAQs forums minutes before the thread mysteriously disappeared.Hmmmm. If the screen grabs are ...
Castlevania movie on hold due to the Writer's Guild strike

The writer's strike that is plaguing everything in the entertainment industry (excluding videogames) has now struck the Castlevania movie. Variety is reporting that Rogue Pictures had to halt pro...
Difficult games: The real brain training

I beat that damn werewolf.I complained recently that the current era's intuitive, "easy" games might have blunted my legendary, meticulously-honed gamer skillz of old, like a one-time c...
Difficult games: My miserable little pile of failure

So, extending my... extended Castlevania kick recently, I started playing Dracula X Chronicles on the PSP over the weekend. Firstly, it's a toe-curlingly good remake -- when Richter first crosses...
Destructoid review: Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

Rondo of Blood was the one Castlevania title that some people on staff (OK, Linde) were creaming their pants over. Now, Konami finally put out Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, which contain...
Castlevania film really coming, shooting soon

Whether or not the world needs a live-action Castlevania film is up for debate, but that doesn't matter to producer Paul W.S. Anderson. In a recent interview, the director/producer told SCI FI Wi...
Destructoid Interview: Castlevania's Koji Igarashi

Koji Igarashi leads a busy life. When he's not breathing new energy into neglected classic games like Rondo of Blood, he's touring the world, fedora poised perfectly atop his head somewhere betwe...
Miniboss Monday: Death

(This logo has been brought to you by bluemeep. Also, bears -- Mother Nature's natural born minibosses.)Today's Miniboss Monday is one that is near and dear to my heart. For those of you who were...
Try to out-hat Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi at LA EB Games meet and greet

Heads up! Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi will be shaking hands, signing autographs, and kissing babies at a Los Angeles EB Games next week. This is all in preparation for the PlayStation Port...
Castlevania movie script being re-written, now 100% Anderson free

There's a change of pace in the Castlevania film coming up. The script is now being entirely re-written by Ian Jeffers, instead of the script that had been written before by Paul W.S. Anderson. I...
Konami reveals new, original Castlevania game for mobile phones

Not to be outdone by Kratos and tetrominos, the Belmonts are making their way to mobile phones this September with Castlevania: Order of Shadows. Announced today as part of Konami's new mobile in...
Castlevania: Dracula's Curse obsessive about goat sex

Foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, greasy-haired deviant author (and genius!) Warren Ellis has posted an excerpt from his first draft script to the new Castlevania: Dracula's Curse animated movie to ...
E3 2007: Hands-on with Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles

One of the few chapters of the Castlevania saga not to reach Western shores is also arguably one of the best: Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, originally appearing on the PC Engine CD, which never had ...


 
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