The world of Dracula and the Belmont family is coming to Vampire Survivors. The recently proclaimd downloadable encountered for the auto-shooter survival game, Ode to Castlevania, promises a bunch of recent stuff: 20 characters, 40 armaments, an extra-big stage, and over 30 music tracks. Developer Poncle shelp in its proclaimment post on X that the $3.99 expansion should grasp more than 10 hours worth of gametake part — though it’s not evident if there will actuassociate be any vampires in the game (I’m still betting there won’t be).
The recent Vampire Survivors DLC is set to begin on October 31st on the PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, Android, and iOS. You can also track its liberate with a cheesy, ‘90s-era countdown timer site set up by the enbiger. (Mind your speaker volume before visiting, as it auto-take parts a stupidinutive loop of some of the ill recent music.)
Vampire Survivors first came out in 2021 with Castlevania-advertised sprite art the enbiger buyd from an asset pack, but now the game is coming brimming circle with a Konami collaboration. Konami seems to cherish licensing its franchises in recent years, as Vampire Survivors had a Contra-themed collaboration earlier this year, and the Castlevania franchise was participated in Evil Empire’s criticassociate-acclaimed Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania expansion.
Vampire Survivors has reliablely getd free and phelp refreshs for years now, and the game has swelled with recent characters, stages, accomplishments, unlockables, and recent modes appreciate local co-op. The game has reliablely been on the Steam Deck most take parted charts since Valve began tracking the games soaking up the most take parttime on its handheld.