The word from a Games Press listing, via Kotaku, seems to be that the new console Castlevania has been formed from Lords of Shadow, and may involve famed Metal Gear master Hideo Kojima. As someone who’s played and disliked Metal Gear, I for one hope he and developer Mercury Steam would be deferring to Koji Igarashi wherever asked.
Lords of Shadow was actually announced at last year’s Games Convention, a title to be developed by Madrid-based Mercury Steam and originally pitched as the foundation of a new “action-adventure IP.” Looks like that might have changed, as the game may have been retrofitted to be a new Castlevania game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
I’ll have more on this later today as time allows.
Source: Kotaku