Overview
- Konami confirmed Wednesday, July 15 that the Nintendo Switch version will launch day‑and‑date with PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC on October 15, 2026.
- Physical reservations for the Switch edition are open in Japan now, Konami said, while the start date for digital preorders will be announced later.
- Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is a new 2D action‑exploration entry set in 1499 Paris that follows Rose Belmont and occurs 23 years after Castlevania: Dracula’s Curse.
- Gameplay centers on classic whip combat plus customizable weapons and relics, and introduces an Arcana system that seals defeated bosses into tarot cards to grant abilities.
- The game is published by Konami and developed by Evil Empire and Motion Twin, a team with a pedigree in modern 2D action design, and the simultaneous release reduces platform fragmentation for fans while keeping a Switch 2 edition unannounced and reliant on backward compatibility.