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The Belmonts are Back! New Castlevania Trailer

The veteran heroes of Konami's Castlevania series are making a triumphant return in the upcoming epic Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Konami Confirmed today at GamesCom that the Belmont family - the stalwart heroes of the long-running series - will play a part in the new game.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is under development by Madrid-based developer Mercury Steam, working closely with Kojima Productions studio, led by Hideo Kojima. The upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 title is an ambitious project that mixes combat elements with a fully interactive 3D world populated by all manner of undead and inhuman denizens.

The new trailer shows off the sheer scale of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and reveals key new elements to the game's plot. The game's as yet unnamed protagonist, voiced by Jason Isaacs, is heard to proclaim he will "wipe the name of Belmont from this world... forever", while a mysterious new Mask adds further to the mystery...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is set in a ravaged Europe of the middle ages. The planet has been devastated by a powerful magic. The souls of the dead are trapped on our earthly plane unable to find peace, and inhuman creatures of nightmare now roam the Earth, wreaking havoc. Having witnessed his wife Marie (voiced by Natascha McKelhone) murdered at their hands, Gabriel (Robert Carlyle) pledges revenge against those responsible: the mysterious Lords of Shadow.

Gabriel learns from an ally called Zobek (Patrick Stewart) that each of the Lords possesses pieces of a relic called 'The God Mask' that, when assembled, can purify the world and has the power to bring the dead back. Thus, Gabriel must face the three factions of the Lords of Shadow and confront them - defeating huge adversaries that dominate the screen, making his way across inhospitable but beautifully realised locations, and using the Combat Cross device to whip, swing, and rappel his way to the Mask's location.

Gabriel will stop at nothing to see his beloved returned to him but someone has other plans for Gabriel and the mask holds the key. For good or for ill, Gabriel will meet his destiny: what is the secret of the masks and how are the Belmonts involved?