Castlevania: Belmont's Curse resurrects the classic vampire hunting game in bold, bloody fashion

This year has been quite the story for dormant platformer franchises, especially Castlevania. It’s been nearly 20 years since we’ve had a single-player Metroidvania-style Castlevania game. My introduction to the franchise was with Symphony of the Night over a decade ago, and…

Evil Empire/Konami; PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox There are buzzsaws and blood pits, bats burst into blood and demons burn to cinders. The series’ new emphasis on twitch-based action may annoy purists but you can’t call it dull A gorgeously gothic Paris swarming with demons should be a…

Belmont's Curse is mostly a roaring resurrection for the 40-year-old series — but its punishing difficulty could make it hard to recommend to newcomers to the genre.