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‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate’ Review: A Slaying Spree Without Substance

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Posted by David Harley on April 05, 2013 @ 7:00am
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MercurySteam’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, released in 2010, played like no Castlevania game that came before it, yet it still felt like it took place in the same universe. The series’ flagship European castles, dark and moody forests, and supernatural creatures worked better than expected when mixed with God of War-esque combo-driven combat, larger-than-life set pieces, and light RPG elements, a noticeable departure from its NES and SNES ancestors and Metroidvania counterparts.
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Konami Producer Teases Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Sequel

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Posted by Adam Dodd on January 03, 2012 @ 9:15pm
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David Cox is a producer at Konami who’s been working on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. David likes tweeting about the game, posting links to interesting articles, and he also recently tweeted a link to an article on CVG about titles that will define gaming this year. It might be a bit of a leap to suggest his tweet is a tease of a sequel for one of my favorite games of last year, but because I’m enough of a fan I’m willing to throw logic out the window and go full fanboy.

sequel1 Konami Producer Teases Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Sequel

Lords of Shadow deserves a sequel and it certainly did well enough critically to warrant one. If you want to check out the tweet–maybe you think you can find something I didn’t in Cox’s three very intriguing words–you can check it out right here. Until then, let’s all just let the idea of a Lords of Shadow 2 simmer in our minds. READ MORE

Lords of Shadows’ Reverie Available March 30th

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Posted by Adam Dodd on March 15, 2011 @ 9:24pm
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Looking for a reason to dust off your copy of Lords of Shadow? Well, look no more as the first of the two announced batches of DLC called Reverie will be out in just a few short weeks. In it we get to return to Carmilla’s Castle to help Laura (who will also be a playable character in certain parts of the episode) vanquish a new evil.

I’d say that trailer gets me sufficiently excited for the DLC. The second DLC entitled Resurrection, is larger than Reverie but no release date has been announced. Reverie will cost you $10, which translates to roughly 800 Microsoft Vampire Testes. READ MORE

Not One, But Two DLC Packs En Route For Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on December 23, 2010 @ 9:19pm
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Don’t put away your copy of Lords of Shadow just yet as there are two DLC packs on the way that will continue the story next year. The first, dubbed Reverie, will have Gabriel returning to the vampire’s castle to vanquish an evil that was let loose after he took out Carmilla. The second dose of DLC, entitled Resurrection is an epilogue to the main game and will continue the story and promises a fight with a yet to be revealed “notorious enemy”. No word on what these packs will cost but Reverie and Reserrection are due out in February and April, respectively.

HappyXmas Not One, But Two DLC Packs En Route For Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

If that wasn’t enough to quench your thirst for all things Castlevania, maybe a delightful Christmas e-card will from the team at Konami will. It’s cute, and this is the time of year where cuteness runs rampant, growing in power until mid-February where cute hits its climax of over Valentine’s Day. Check it out at the Konami site. READ MORE

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Review: Trolls, Vampires and Werewolves, Oh My!

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Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on November 16, 2010 @ 5:24am
Category: Games / Reviews

In the past this series hasn’t had much luck when it comes to its forays into the realm of 3D gaming. This inability to produce a decent game not of the side-scrolling variety led some among the gaming community to label it a curse, but lucky for us Lords of Shadow has taken that curse, torn it apart and placed its head upon a stick that faced the bedroom where it would then proceed to make love to its mom. Multiple times.
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Castlevania Composer Outs Lords of Shadow Sequel

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Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on October 13, 2010 @ 11:50pm
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With Lords of Shadows barely out and our review incoming, the game has received a solid amount of acclaim so far. Speaking with a Spanish radio station the game’s composer, Oscar Araujo outed that the game’s sequel is already in development.

sequel1 Castlevania Composer Outs Lords of Shadow Sequel

It’s hardly surprising that a gorgeous game in an established franchise that’s garnered very positive reviews would get a sequel, it’s just surprising we’re hearing about it so soon. Read Araujo’s tease after the jump. READ MORE