Sure the whole experience may be a little derivative, but when you’re copying from yourself, is it really plagiarism? Either way, Bloodstained is likely to delight fans who can get past the relative lack of gothic icons like Dracula and Alucard. I will say that the 20 or so minutes I had to demo the game absolutely flew by, leaving me sad - and definitely wanting to play more.

Unsurprising to anyone but Konami, players are clamouring to get a new taste of Castlevanie-esque goodness with BloodstainedL Curse of the Moon. And many are heading to Switch to give it a go.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was everything that a Castlevania fan could ever want. Now, Igarashi’s new franchise is making a retro return this month in the form of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Somebody pass me my VHS tapes of M-Net open-time recordings of Buffy The Vampire Slayer while I boot this trailer up.

Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor to Symphony onf the Night is heading to Nintendo's new console. But that does mean the Wii U version is now no more.

Koji Igarashi's Symphony of the Night spiritual successor is going to take a little longer than previously expected.

Kickstarter had a great 2015 and ran up pledges to the tune of over $46 million, even though video games had a 70% chance of failing on that crowdfunding platform.

Bloodstained has reached the end of its Kickstarter. People contributed over $5,500,000 to see the game come to life!

Kickstarter offers developers a chance to fund a game that might not otherwise be made. Sometimes, the response is astounding.