PS3 “lead platform” for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Dave Cox, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow producer, has tweeted that PS3 will be the “lead platform” for the game’s development.

“PS3 is the lead platform but the game is identical on both formats,” he said.

He also said the player view-point’s fixed, a la God of War.

“Camera is fixed. You cannot control it.”

The game was first shown back at the old Games Convention in Leipzig in 2008, although it didn’t carry the Castlevania name at the time.

“Nerves” kept that from happening

It was announced as a full Castlevania title at Konami’s E3 press conference last year, when Kojima’s involvement was also confirmed.

Spanish dev Mercury Stream’s developing.

It’ll be out later this year.

Good choice. We will see more developers doing that from now on.

^^LOL then comes bayonetta 2....(ohh the nightmare)

Oh that's nice.

I like to dream too you know!

Makes sense, from both a development and financial standpoint. It's easier to port from ps3 to 360 than 360 to ps3, so leading on ps3 is a good idea there. Plus hack n' slash games tend to sell better on ps3, so might as well focus on the platform that'll make you the most money.

DMC4 sold better on ps3, Bayonetta is selling better on ps3 despite the weak port, and Heavenly Sword remains the best selling game in its genre this generation (on a single platform - and that'll change when God of War III hits, obviously).  I assume the case will be the same for this game.

I wonder how the game will fair in Japan.  Yeah, it's Castlevania, and yeah it has Kojima's involvement, but it's still going to be a Western developed game at its core.