Two years back a game blew up beyond all expectations, spawning an entirely new genre despite only a very few entries coming close to matching the insanity that made it so good to begin with. Vampire Survivors hit the gaming jackpot, but its real accomplishment is that its success just made the game better. The base game grew beyond all reason, with updates adding characters, weapons, levels, and secrets even as the price, which was already cheap for the amount of playtime, turned into a ludicrously good value. Paid DLC followed along, adding even more features and new gameplay twists, but the big news was a collaboration with Konami.
When A Vampire Comes Along, You Must Whip It
When Vampire Survivors came out it was a little hard to ignore how much of the spritework was "inspired" by Castlevania, to the point that a lot of people wondered when it would get hit with a cease & desist order. Thankfully that never happened, and during the upgrade cycle the sprites were changed to be unique to Vampire Survivors. It would still be easy to think there may be bad blood between Konami and Vampire Survivors' developer poncle, but last May's...
