Netflix’s Castlevania series launches this week. If you’ve not played the game you’ve probably heard about it as there’s quite a history to the series. In this 10 minute video the Distractotron team walk us through the first appearance of the title, from its translated Japanese name, and how it ended up being called Castlevania. […]
Wicked Child: Castlevania on the banjo
Where does Castlevania rate on your nostalgia meter? Do you remember the tunes? I didn’t expect to listen to Castlevania’s Wild Child theme played on a banjo when I crawled out of bed this morning but this is the age of the internet and such wonders are possible. You can hit up Banjo Guy Ollie’s […]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 special editions
There are two special editions for Konami’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. The top of the range special is a Game.co.uk exclusive in the UK. Dracular’s Tomb Premium Edition (with a tomb for a case) has the game, four detailed miniatures, an A4 hardcover art book and the Steelbook. There are only 30,000 of these […]
Know Your Vampire Hunter
The vampires get a lot of attention. In fact, just yesterday this blog reviewed a book about World War I fighter pilot vampires. But what about the vampire hunters? After all, vampire hunters come in many different shapes and sizes and are awfully prone to being vampires themselves. This handy chart, in chronological order, covers […]
E3: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
At E3 Konami took the wraps off three minute long teaser video for the next Castlevania game. The game is expected to be out for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There’s no official note for Wii U or a release date. The trailer video shows Gabriel Belmont showing just what an army of well […]
