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

is likely 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 most recent 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 growth thus far has greater than 20 new characters, corresponding to some Belmonts and Belnades. There are dozens of extra weapons, together with eight extra whips. As a devotee of the sport’s authentic 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 likely be greater than 30 new music tracks as effectively, with Poncle borrowing dozens of them from the Castlevania collection.

What’s extra, the DLC will introduce the most important Vampire Survivors stage to this point, with an entire heap of secrets and techniques and managers to trace down. Regardless of this growth tying right into a collection that’s all about vampires and vampire hunters, Vampire Survivors nonetheless received’t really function any vampires — though 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 number of the collection’ .