Castlevania: Harmony of Despair DLC adds pyramid power

If you and your band of vampire hunters have completely mastered everything Dracula has to throw at you in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Konami has the cure for your terminal success: DLC! This week, a new pyramid-themed level is available from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points. And if you were concerned that the game wasn't gothy enough, more good news! The level is called "Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire."

Konami also announced that more playable characters would be forthcoming as DLC. Seasoned whipmaster Julius Belmont, magic user Yoko Belnades, and animal tamer Maria Renard will be added to the game at an unspecified later date. They'll be a sacred gift when they arrive!

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair ("Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire" DLC)

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Pyramid of Ruins Map is Released Today as Konami Rolls out First Downloadable Content for Harmony of Despair
KONAMI announced today that new downloadable content is now available for fans of the vampire hunting multiplayer adventure, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. A new map will be making its way to Xbox® LIVE Arcade today, the first pack of downloadable content to be released from famed Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi this fall.

In the new map pack, players will be able to explore an ancient pyramid while they grind their way through and try to survive new enemies and foes in the new level, 'Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire'. Staying in line with the quintessential Castlevania 2-D side-scrolling action, this new map teleports players to a totally different world of psychedelic art within the ruins of Egyptian pyramids. Awaiting at the end of the map is a femme fatale boss, Ashtarte, with the sole intent of breaking your soul into oblivion. For players looking for new characters to play with, Julius, Maria and Yoko will be coming soon to Xbox LIVE Arcade, make sure to stay tuned for those upcoming DLC releases

Reader Comments (15)

Sacred Gift? Those are not even nearly as good as boobies.

I want a birthday cake shaped like that puppet man from the second level

Even as a BIG fan of the game, this is INSANE. I assumed the DLC would have the level AND both the new characters... maybe it's my fault for holding unrealistic expectations, but I for one am disappointed.

Yeah, I really like this game, but five dollars for one level is way too expensive.

WTF are they thinking, how long is the regular game if you play SP with no coop? Can you even play the game without help and get to the end?

WHAT IS A PYRAMID?

A MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF SAND.

BUT ENOUGH TALK, HAVE AT YOU!

waiting for a complete version for PSN

@eilegz

Indeed.

Dissapointing. The full game is 6 levels for 15.
Why not at least 2 levels, or a level and a few characters.
Lets milk it all we can though.

Can't wait to see the asking price for the characters. After this, you just KNOW they'll sell them individually.

Does this DLC actually provide any extra item drops?

If it does, I get it. I really do. It's just one level, but you're supposed to play it a bazillion times. So you supposedly get hours of gameplay for 5 bucks.

I get it, but it's bullshit. The players for this title have dropped exponentially. The freakin DLC was already finished and ready to go (it had made the torrent rounds the week the game was released) so I know they could have included this in the original download, or at least the following week when people still cared. The characters are done too.

They could've thrown their few diehards a bone and made it cheaper and more inclusive. But to keep in line with the cruelty the game's farming philosophy entails, they decided to piecemeal it AND make it too expensive.

I thought the DLC might make me turn this game on again but I think this is a big middle finger to the fans. They won't get my 5 bucks.

@MrGone1980
I agree with this. If it included the new characters and achievements it'd be a no brainer for a lot of people. This is one level, one new enemy, one new boss and that's it. So 1/11th the original game for 1/3rd the price.

Silly Koji Igarashi, trying to release DLC around the same time a GOOD Castlevania game is being released...

Could we please just get it over with, release all this nonsense DLC, and start working on a real side-scrolling castlevania again? Perhaps for the 3DS?

@FireThief

Worst part: It's not. Too little, too late, for too much money. There needs to be more stage and chars and Items released now, not trickled out over months of time.

Sigh I'm already forgetting why I enjoyed this game in the first place. Thank Goodness there is a New CV coming out tomorrow.