Konami’s New Trademark May Be Related to Castlevania

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Konami has shown interest in the gaming space again with its recent revival. Reports have swirled around alleging that that initiative is also being applied to and . This is potentially even further backed up with a new trademark that appears to have some connections to the fantastical, vampire-rich franchise.

As noted by Gematsu, Konami applied for a trademark on March 7 (which was published on March 15) for something called. It’s obviously a temporary a name and nothing else in the trademark points to any specific title. It also might not even be a video game, as it has many descriptions that both can be applied to games (like “game software” and “game program”) and can’t (like “money changer” and “ticket issuing machine”).

However, zircon is a jewel found in the series and is strangely the least valuable one. It first appeared in 1997’s seminal as the Sparkling Ring and later showed up in the PlayStation 2’s and on the DS.

It is a faint link that grows a little stronger in the context of the aforementioned reports. Video Games Chronicle reported in October 2021 that Konami was reviving,, and. The outlet, after the portion of the report turned out to be accurate, then came out with another report in February stating that Konami is going to have a big E3 and will likely show a remake and new .

Konami also recently responded to the desire for more in an interview with IGN, which came to light of ‘ recent -focused expansion. Tsutomu Taniguchi, Konami’s supervisor, acknowledged the “excitement and enthusiasm of the fans online” and said that it was “really motivating for [Konami].”

There has been a precedent for crossover DLC sowing seeds for full games in the past for Konami, as  DLC came to  in 2020, which preceded