Vampire Survivors is getting a Castlevania enlargement, however nonetheless no vampires

is without doubt one of the largest gaming success tales of latest years and developer Poncle hasn’t taken its foot off the fuel. It continues to ship and expansions, and the newest is a crossover that (nearly) makes all of the sense on the planet.

Poncle has revealed a DLC primarily based on its largest inspiration, Castlevania. The studio says it’s “an all-out celebration of Konami’s iconic franchise.”

The biggest paid Vampire Survivors enlargement to this point has greater than 20 new characters, reminiscent of some Belmonts and Belnades. There are dozens of further weapons, together with eight extra whips. As a devotee of the sport’s unique whip, I’m happy to listen to that. Alucard’s sword, spear and protect are current, as is elemental magic in a primary for Vampire Survivors. There can be greater than 30 new music tracks as nicely, with Poncle borrowing dozens of them from the Castlevania collection.

What’s extra, the DLC will introduce the most important Vampire Survivors stage up to now, with an entire heap of secrets and techniques and managers to trace down. Regardless of this enlargement tying right into a collection that’s all about vampires and vampire hunters, Vampire Survivors nonetheless gained’t really characteristic any vampires — though we’re “actually at Dracula’s fort.” This lack-of-vampires bit continues to be fairly humorous.

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania will arrive on Halloween (October 31) on PC, Nintendo Swap, Xbox, PS4, PS5 and cell. It’ll value $4.

Within the meantime, Poncle has opened up a really ‘90s-style , which is probably impressed by Castlevania: Concord of Despair. There’s additionally a that highlights a few of the collection’ .