Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Update 1.001.004 Whips Out on November 10

Konami and Evil Empire have released Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse update 1.001.004 on consoles, and this is the version 1.1.4 patch released on PC a few days ago.

Expect this to fix issues, though it doesn’t bring any new content as expected.

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For the complete list of changes made on each platform, read on, as the Xbox version has a meatier changelog than the rest.

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Life Drain Spell Adjusted

Note that we ve also included the changes applied from the previous patch for reference.,

PS5

– The version number is now displayed at the bottom of the title screen.
– Adjusted the effective range of the “Life Drain” spell.
– Fixed an issue where the screen could remain black after loading under certain conditions.
– Fixed various other issues.

Ver. 1.1.2

– Players using certain languages (mainly Arabic) as their system language may not be able to go past the title page after saving the game and quitting to the title page

Xbox

– The version number is now displayed at the bottom of the title screen.
– Adjusted the effective range of the “Life Drain” spell.
– Fixed an issue where the screen could remain black after loading under certain conditions.
– Implemented additional fixes for an issue where the game could fail to launch when V-Sync is disabled. [Xbox on PC]
– Fixed an issue where the game could fail to launch on Xbox after transferring save data from Xbox on PC while V-Sync was disabled.
– Fixed an issue where DLC could become disabled when using the Xbox Quick Resume feature.
– Fixed an issue where the cursor continues to move around the menu screen when virtual controller is enabled. (XBOX on PC)
– Fixed various other issues.

Ver. 1.1.3 

– Players using certain languages (mainly Arabic) as their system language may not be able to go past the title page after saving the game and quitting to the title page
– Game may fail to launch when V-Sync is turned OFF and FPS is set to Unlimited
– Save data may not load correctly when switching between XBOX Series X|S and XBOX on PC

Given how polished the game is, don’t expect a lot of updates to be released for it.

In other Konami news, Silent Hill 2 just received a new PS5 patch today, and if you own a PS5 Pro, you’ll be glad to know it finally fixes the graphical issues.

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