November 27th, 2009 at 02:30pm
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Being Dave Cox, head of European development for Konami, can’t be an easy job. For one, he’s not Hideo Kojima, so he’s already got that going against him. Worse yet, he’s had to tow the company line and let his upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow languish out of the spotlight while Castlevania Judgment got all the attention. It seems Konami didn’t even have the confidence to allow Lords of Shadow the Castlevania license — nor did fans. “It was quite a radical departure from what had gone before with Castlevania, and there was a little bit of nervousness that perhaps it wouldn’t be accepted as a Castlevania game,” Cox told GameReactor.
Though he claims the project was approved originally as a Castlevania game and was built from the get-go with the vampire-hunting series in mind, the folks in charge at Konami had cold feet going into the big reveal at Games Convention 2008. “Senior management took the decision that we were going to announce it as Lords of Shadow, see what the reaction is, and if it’s a good one then this would become a fully-fledged Castlevania.” It was definitely a good one.
[Via VG247]
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August 21st, 2009 at 05:00pm
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We were a bit perplexed when Konami announced Castlevania: Lords of Shadow at E3 earlier this year. The reason: Konami announced the exact same game last year, minus the “Castlevania” in the title. Many of us here at the ‘Stiq had assumed that Konami had seen an opportunity to raise the profile of the title by attaching the Castlevania name but, according to producer David Cox, that wasn’t the case.
Cox tells 1UP that the game was always meant to be a Castlevania title, but the association was removed when it was first announced at E3 2008. It seems Konami didn’t want to steal any thunder from its then upcoming Castlevania: Judgment. Probably a good call, considering Judgment’s nominal thunder could be stolen by a reasonably large rubber ball.
Cox also revealed some fresh details on the game, most importantly saying that it will not follow the design of most of the recent titles in the theory, abandoning Metroid-esque exploration in favor of more linear action. In response to franchise purists, Cox pointed out that some of the best entries in the series (notably Castlevania II and IV) have been action-only affairs. Of course, it helps that the main character, Gabriel, is actually a Belmont. Head over to 1UP for more details and be absolutely certain to watch the new, extended trailer above.
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