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1. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Symphony of the Night remains the undisputed king of the Castlevania series, responsible for shaping an entire genre of exploration-based action games. Its continued popularity two decades later fueled an enormously successful new Kickstarter game from its legendary designer, Koji Igarashi.

2. Castlevania

The very first title in the Castlevania series also hit stores during the first year of the Nintendo Entertainment System's US release. Castlevania's precise action and gothic atmosphere stood head and shoulders above its contemporaries. Facing creepy bosses and a wielding a versatile arsenal, Simon Belmont knocked down the doors of Dracula's castle with aplomb.

3. Castlevania: Bloodlines

Bloodlines has never been one of Castlevania's most beloved games, but the amount of unbridled ingenuity on display in the game's haunted hallways makes it one of the best. If you value experimental ideas, prepare to fall under its spell.

4. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

For years, Rondo of Blood was spoken about in hushed tones by importers and collectors as the best Castlevania that never left Japan. We finally received English ports of the Turbo Grafx game recently, and the game's branching paths, secret rooms, and superb action lived up to the hype.

5. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Castlevania had a rocky history on the Game Boy, but Igarashi nailed the format with his trilogy of Game Boy Advance games that nearly match his revered Symphony of the Night. Aria of Sorrow is widely considered the best of the bunch.

6. Super Castlevania IV

Like its 8-bit predecessors, Super Castlevania IV was one of the early stars of the Super Nintendo. The game took wonderful advantage of the 16-bit system's graphic innovations like translucency and Mode 7-enabled background rotation. Plus, the supernatural soundtrack was absolutely killer.

7. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

After the success of the Game Boy Advance Castlevania games, the Nintendo DS received its own trio of demon-slaying "Igavanias." Each DS game has its fanbase, but with clever rune-drawing mechanics and classical castle exploration, Dawn of Sorrow may go down in history as the last of the grand style, capital-C Castlevanias.

8. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

The last Castlevania game to arrive on the NES was also the most ambitious. With multiple endings, alternate paths, and a cast of assistant characters, Castlevania III combined the non-linear direction of more experimental Castlevania games with polished action and a sense of purpose. It's also ridiculously difficult in all the right ways.

9. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

We didn't know it at the time, but Order of Ecclesia was Koji Igarashi's swan song in the official Castlevania franchise. With his final game, he revamped the art style, added an enormous difficulty spike over previous DS titles, and let the player explore far beyond the boundaries of Dracula's castle.

10. Akumajou Special – Boku Dracula-kun

Akumajou Special, also known as "I'm Kid Dracula," is a colorful Konami spinoff title that features many of the Castlevania touchstones twisted into campy and cute parodies. It's also an intense action platformer that plays like it received a healthy infusion of Mega Man DNA.

11. Vampire Killer

Vampire Killer is a forgotten offshoot of the Castlevania series, but it still had a powerful impact on several future titles. This MSX 2 game came out the same year as the original NES Castlevania, but it featured drastically different gameplay with open-ended, Metroid-style exploration. It's a theme Castlevania would return to later in more successful iterations.

12. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Depending on how you look at, Lords of Shadow either saved or ruined the Castlevania franchise. With a gigantic budget and hack-and-slash gameplay reminiscent of God of War, it certainly forged a bold new direction for the series. Taken on its own merits, it's an admirably ambitious game, even if didn't quite capture that ephemeral Castlevania feel.

13. Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

It was a small adventure on the Wii's digital game service, but it did deliver a proper 2D side-scrolling Castlevania title on a console. The Adventure ReBirth revives the story of Christopher Belmont from a dormant Game Boy game, but this time, the action snaps like a whip. It's a Castlevania back alley well worth exploring.

14. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

Although it's often maligned for its confusing translation and esoteric puzzles, Simon's Quest implemented plenty of interesting concepts. Between a day-and-night cycle that strengthened enemies and its fresh RPG leveling elements, Simon's Quest was an awkward, yet important, step for the series.

15. Sexy Parodius

It's not an official Castlevania game, but Sexy Parodius is still an essential experience for fans of the franchise. An entire level in this wacky-shoot-'em up plays out as an extended Castlevania homage, complete with an enormous Medusa-head boss. It's one of the rare times you can see these classic elements in a humorous context. (Image via Shadowserg)

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Pre-order MotoGP™15 and get for free the 4 strokes bikes that have made the history of MotoGP ™ and 18 Special Events for a nostalgic adrenaline experience. Milestone releases a video to announce the pre-order contents included into MotoGP™15, the third chapter in the series dedicated to one of the most adrenaline-fuelled championships in the world: MotoGP™. The title will be available on 19th June 2015 – on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®3, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system, Windows PC, Steam, Xbox 360. Pre-ordering MotoGP™15 become available in-game the champions of 4 strokes bikes that have made the history of MotoGP™ and 18 differen Special Events for a full adrenaline experience. The aim? Relieve the most significant moments in the career of some riders such as: Rossi, Capirossi, Biaggi, Stoner, Xaus, Hopkins, Gibernau and much more. You can find the riders and the bikes included with the pre-order at the following link: http://motogpvideogame.com/pre-order/ For those who won’t pre-order the game, the DLC will become available Day1 for 12,99€.

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As expected, Ubisoft are flogging as many versions of Rainbow Six Siege as they can get away with.

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Sony has listed several bundles for the upcoming Madden NFL 16 on their US PS Store. Included are the standard edition, deluxe edition and the super-deluxe edition.

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DC: The Old Blood is a standalone prequel to last year's Wolfenstein: The New Order, expanding upon the story and maintaing AAA quality. Let's check it out. Franchise/series reboots can be a tricky thing, but MachineGames proved their skill at crafting a modern AAA FPS with Wolfenstein: The New Order (TNO) which I reviewed nearly a year ago. I really enjoyed it, and in the last month I actually replayed through the campaign on hard mode and I can comfortably say it's one of the best FPS games I have ever played.

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PSU: The Old Blood falls back into the timeline of those earlier entries, taking place entirely in the alternate 1946 where the Nazis were not pushed back on D-Day. We come into play as gruff-voiced protagonist -and man with arms of steel- B.J. Blazkowicz is going undercover to infiltrate the menacing Castle Wolfenstein. Naturally things go wrong quickly and head ever-downhill from then on. It keeps the story-telling formula of The New Order, peppered with narrative voiceovers and gloriously cheesy 80s action hero dialogue, but a swifter run-time means side characters dont get quite as much fleshing out here. The big bad you spend much of the game at odds with is probably the standout new addition. Otherwise, the reasons this isnt a fully-fledged sequel are quite apparent as The Old Blood borrows heavily from The New Order and the last few Wolfenstein titles for set pieces, themes and areas, perhaps most notably from Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

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