Konami has dropped a free playable demo for the latest entry in the legendary Castlevania series, and it\u2019s available on PS5 – as well as PC and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n
The Castlevania series has been one of the longest-running and most popular video game franchises since Konami<\/a> released the first game in 1986 on the NES.<\/p>\n The series typically follows the vampire-killing Belmont family as they take on Count Dracula and his sinister minions, with a gothic-horror theme. The early games focused on challenging 2D action-adventure gameplay with platforming and tough enemies, eventually helping define the metroidvania genre.<\/p>\n While Castlevania has explored 3D over the years, including 2010\u2019s successful Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, sometimes it\u2019s nice to roll things back. That\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re getting with Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse later this month.<\/p>\n Play Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse early with the free demo<\/p>\n Ahead of its launch later this month, the free playable demo for Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse is available to download now. However, it\u2019s not just available on PlayStation 5, but also on PC, Xbox Series X\/S and Nintendo Switch consoles.<\/p>\n You can find it on the digital store for your preferred platform.<\/p>\n In collaboration with Konami, Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse is co-developed by Evil Empire, the studio behind the DLC for the critically acclaimed 2018 action-adventure platformer Dead Cells. It also developed The Rogue Prince of Persia<\/a>, so Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse already has a solid track record behind it in this particular genre.<\/p>\n Will your demo progress carry over to the full game?<\/p>\n Yes, it will. However, you\u2019ll need to keep the demo save data on your platform, and it can only be transferred to the full version of Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse on that same platform.<\/p>\n READ MORE: PlayStation Plus adds three more free games today including a highly-rated action game<\/a><\/p>\n What\u2019s the story of Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse?<\/p>\n \u201c1499. Paris is engulfed in flames as monstrous creatures suddenly emerge from the shadows. Trevor Belmont, the hero who defeated Dracula, ventures into the burning streets with his daughter, Rose Belmont,\u201d reads the synopsis of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cArmed with the legendary holy whip, the Vampire Killer, they hunt down the beasts bleeding from the looming castle. Rose is soon swept up in the dark conspiracy that lurks beneath. Will she succeed in saving Paris from devastation?\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what we said about Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse<\/p>\n “When the game was first announced, I was initially dissuaded by the art style. I\u2019m a sucker for pixel art, and because I have so much love for the classic games in the series, the game\u2019s modern look didn\u2019t appeal to me,\u201d said GAMINGbible\u2019s Sam Cawley, in his hands-on preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, after going hands-on with the game for an hour, I can\u2019t lie – it looks fantastic. It\u2019s really grown on me, and while everything in the game\u2019s forefront looks top-notch, it\u2019s the background vistas that really sold me. All in all, I\u2019m very, very excited for Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse, and I hope its success leads to many more games in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse will be released on October 15, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Konami has dropped a free playable demo for the latest entry in the legendary Castlevania series, and it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34055,111,139,69,10661,10664,145],"class_list":["post-618158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-konami","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-playstation","tag-playstation-5","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}