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.
[Via
VG247]
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