Trust me, this is going to be a great game! The fact Patrick Stewart is narrating it makes it more compelling, as I’m a Trekkie and sci-fi fan.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is an upcoming video game in the Castlevania series. It is being described as a reboot of the franchise. It will be an action adventure game in a fantasy setting in Southern Europe during the Middle Ages. The game is being developed by MercurySteam and Kojima Productions to be published by Konami in 2010.

Hideo Kojima will be involved with the title, albeit in a small role. Actor Patrick Stewart narrates the game’s official trailer and will lend his voice to the character Zobek. Robert Carlyle provides the voice for the lead character, Gabriel, while Jason Isaacs and Natascha McElhone also star.

The game was originally announced as Lords of Shadow with no connection to the Castlevania series mentioned. According to Konami this was to keep their plans to radically change the direction of the Castlevania myth a secret.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Specs

Developer(s) MercurySteam / Kojima Productions

Publisher(s) Konami

Composer(s) Oscar Araujo

Series Castlevania

Engine Proprietary game engine

Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Release date(s) TBA 2010

Genre(s) Action / Third-person

Mode(s) Single-player