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

is among the greatest gaming success tales of current years and developer Poncle hasn’t taken its foot off the gasoline. 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 based mostly on its greatest inspiration, Castlevania. The studio says it’s “an all-out celebration of Konami’s iconic franchise.”

The biggest paid Vampire Survivors growth up to now has greater than 20 new characters, comparable to 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 might 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 biggest Vampire Survivors degree to date, with a complete 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 — 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 Change, Xbox, PS4, PS5 and cell. It’ll price $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’ .