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MegaPlatinum Forums Index -> Video games and consoles Author Message AceFrehley Friedalive Field Reporter Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 81051 Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:09 pm Why 'Lords of Shadow' wasn't 'Castlevania: Lords of Shadow' at first Being Dave Cox, head of European development for Konami, can't be an easy job. For one, he's not Hideo Kojima, so he's already got that going against him. Worse yet, he's had to tow the company line and let his upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow languish out of the spotlight while Castlevania Judgment got all the attention. It seems Konami didn't even have the confidence to allow Lords of Shadow the Castlevania license -- nor did fans. "It was quite a radical departure from what had gone before with Castlevania, and there was a little bit of nervousness that perhaps it wouldn't be accepted as a Castlevania game," Cox told GameReactor. Though he claims the project was approved originally as a Castlevania game and was built from the get-go with the vampire-hunting series in mind, the folks in charge at Konami had cold feet going into the big reveal at Games Convention 2008. "Senior management took the decision that we were going to announce it as Lords of Shadow, see what the reaction is, and if it's a good one then this would become a fully-fledged Castlevania." It was definitely a good one. Gallery: Castlevania: Lords of Shadows [Via VG247] Why 'Lords of Shadow' wasn't 'Castlevania: Lords of Shadow' at first originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [link] [link] [link] [link] Author: Ben Gilbert Category: castlevaniacastlevania-judgmentcastlevania-lords-of-shadowdave-coxkonamikonami-europelords-of-shadowmercury-steam Publish Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST Read more... Source: Joystiq Description: Joystiq blog comments powered by Disqus

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