Vampire survivors comes full circle on Halloween, when characters from the Castlevania series join the ranks of roguelike players. Developer Poncle announced on Monday that yes From Castlevania The DLC will bring over 20 novel playable characters from Castlevania, or maybe just Maybe – a real vampire Vampire survivors for the first time.
The list of novel playable survivors includes familiar Castlevania characters such as Simon, Richter and Trevor Belmont; Sypha and Yoko Belnades; half-vampire Alucard; and even deeper cuts. Poncle throws Vampire Survivors: An Ode to Castlevania as an “everyone’s here” event, so it’s likely your favorite Castlevania hero or heroine will show up.
Vampire Survivors: An Ode to Castlevania it will also feature over 40 novel weapons, 30 novel music tracks and the “largest map”. Vampire survivors I’ve ever seen,” says Poncle. Besides, the developer teased, From Castlevania will contain the word “man” – which means a pile of secrets. Expect a sumptuous love letter to all things Castlevania.
From Castlevania will be released on October 31 for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The DLC costs $3.99.
The collaboration between Poncle and Konami is a long-awaited advancement Vampire survivorswhich began its life in 2021 as part of a (blatant) homage to the Castlevania series. Vampire survivors developer Luca Galante used a set of pre-made Castlevania-inspired sprites to improve his game, which was still in a primitive state at the time. Since then, Poncle has added dozens of new characters, including collaborations with us Among us and Konami’s Contra series.
The addition of beloved characters, enemies, weapons and spells from Konami’s venerable action series is sure to deliver Vampire survivors even stronger Castlevania atmosphere. Lots of novel character sprites, some of which are very close to the original Vampire survivors counterparts, are much nicer, more detailed and well-animated than some of Poncle’s previous attempts.
