Konami just launched an online merch store, and I know, I know – you're not in the mood. Regardless of how out-of-sync the company can be with modern sensibilities, we've got the good old days, and there are some surprising back-catal...

Talk about a match made in Hell. The lovely Miriam, hero of 505 Games' Castlevania-like platformer Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is getting set to make a guest appearance in Team 17's critically acclaimed nightmare, Blasphemous. What a ...

As much as I love the game, I don't need a collectible physical edition of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 from Limited Run Games – but boy am I tempted to show up when pre-orders open next week. There's a $30 standard copy for Nint...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night debuted its Castlevania-inspired stage-based Classic Mode last month, and if you were up to the task, there's another challenge to face: 1986 Mode. It's even stricter. To unlock 1986 Mode, just start up Cla...

id Software's Doom does not only hold the title of being one of the single most influential video games of all-time, but it also seems to be the go-to for a whole bevy of fun fan projects, from efforts to get the shooter running on every pl...

It's been great having continued reasons to revisit Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, especially as of late. I've been on a real Castlevania kick with the Game Boy Advance lineup and the perennial Symphony of the Night. The latest free con...

Our best gal Miriam will get to do her best Belmont impression this week. Developer ArtPlay has announced that the anticipated "Classic Mode" will finally be launching in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Thursday, January 14th as a free...

Team IGA's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will be getting more free content next week, as the fab action-platformer crosses over with Raw Fury's "micro-strategy" title Kingdom Two Crowns. The crossover will take the form of a new secret ...

Publisher 505 Games and developer ArtPlay has shared some more footage of the incoming "Classic Mode", which is headed to gothic platform adventure Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night next month. Classic Mode will see Miriam take on Hellhold ...

Artist Dave Rapoza's take on Castlevania is one of my favorite outside interpretations I've seen. In his new art piece – available as a print from Cook and Becker – Rapoza surrounds Simon Belmont with the ghoulish bosses and fo...

That masterful spoiler of video game announcements, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee, is in full effect once again, offering up listings for a host of classic Konami titles, all of which have received fresh ratings for release on th...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Castlevania has some of the best music in all of gaming. Lost Painting from Symphony of the Night is like my go-to thinking song, but so many other entries have tracks that are just ...

Every day feels the same, but if you focus on the little things that you have some power over, you might be able to make things better. It's just going to take some time, which is bad news, because time is running out. Doom is in the air, i...

Netflix has made a short-and-sweet announcement that the Castlevania animated series has secured a fourth season. The news was announced via an animated teaser on the official Netflix Twitter.The first season of Castlevania hit the streamin...

A year ago, hearing a beloved game from my youth was getting ported to mobile would have only extracted an unenthusiastic groan from me. Classic console games are meant to be played with controllers and no amount of touchscreen buttons can ...

One of the greatest video games of all time, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, is now available to purchase on iOS and Android, giving fans the chance to carry Konami's 1997 PlayStation classic with them wherever they may wander.Directed ...

That's...a lot of colons! Games with Gold is getting silly and melancholy next month, as the four new games run the full gamut of emotions. On the former side you have Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero and Sonic Generations, and on the latter th...

Fans of the anime adaptation of Konami's legendary video game series Castlevania will be pleased to hear that the third season is exactly one month away, and will hit streaming service Netflix on March 3.The first season - written by Warren...

We've got some copies of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night up for grabs in today's contest! Have all of you good little gamer boys and gamer girls been keeping up with the hottest games this year? It's time to slap together those GOTY lists...

Retro fans Hamster have returned to Nintendo's "Vs." series for this week's Arcade Archives release, which sees the original Castlevania title now available for download on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.Released back in 1986 for Nintendo's Famico...

In mid-2018, much to the chagrin of Castlevania fans everywhere, Konami announced Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls: a mobile multiplayer series spinoff. Since then we haven't really heard much about it, but Konami is changing that with a...

Watching developers play other people's games is always interesting. Most of the good ones end up looking at the other dev's work both for what it is while also thinking about how it was made, making for more layered, insightful commentary...

Unless it was made by just one person, it's a bad idea to give all the credit for a game's success or failure to a single individual. Koji Igarashi has produced many of the best games in the Castlevania series, but he's far from the only re...

It's nearly time again to turn the calendar, which means it's time to turn our attention to a new slate of Xbox Games with Gold. The headliner comes just in time for Xbox's biggest exclusive of the year. The star attraction in August's Gam...

Technically, Konami is still making games with some of their classic franchises. They have a new Contra game in the works, a new 2D Castlevania title set for release this year, and last I checked, the servers for Metal Gear Survive were sti...