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

is without doubt one of the greatest 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 greatest inspiration, Castlevania. The studio says it’s “an all-out celebration of Konami’s iconic franchise.”

The biggest paid Vampire Survivors enlargement so far has greater than 20 new characters, resembling some Belmonts and Belnades. There are dozens of extra 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 will probably be greater than 30 new music tracks as properly, with Poncle borrowing dozens of them from the Castlevania collection.

What’s extra, the DLC will introduce the most important Vampire Survivors stage thus far, with an entire heap of secrets and techniques and executives to trace down. Regardless of this enlargement tying right into a collection that’s all about vampires and vampire hunters, Vampire Survivors nonetheless received’t really characteristic any vampires — although we’re “actually at Dracula’s fortress.” 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 cellular. 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’ .