Konami Trademarks Castlevania and Metal Gear Rising in Japan - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 April 2021 / 1,734 Views
Konami on April 6 filed trademarks for Akumajou Dracula and Metal Gear Rising in Japan. Akumajou Dracula is the Japanese name for Castlevania.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance launched for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2013, and for PC via Steam in January 2014. There has not been a new major Castlevania game in several years.
Thanks, Gematsu.
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Probably just typical legal upkeep. I wouldn't get too excited. But maybe they want to be a video game developer again. Who knows?
konami is in a weird spot where it feels like they don't wanna make games but are also still at least half-trying at the same time. like, they just brought back Getsu Fuma Den of all things just recently, an NES game that hasn't had a new game in over 30 years so anything is possible.
It's noted that Konami trademarked turbograhx mini in 2017 and by 2020, they released it, anything is possible, but let's hope they don't make any more lords of shadows castlevania, or maybe they even re hire Koji Igarashi as he has gained moderate sucess with bloodstained
What's this a bout new castle or mgr2? On the works?
Crapchinko machines.
Wont hold my breath. Capcom trademarked Dino Crisis back in 2019 and heard nothing since.
I imagine they will allow some studio to port their older games to modern platforms. I am curious if they will ever bring MGS4 to any other console besides the PS3...
While it's extremely unlikely, I'd love to see another MGR game by Platinum.
