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Metroid Dread dev channels that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow energy in a new action game with "almost infinite" ways to build your own weapon

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Metroid Dread
Genres · fps
Release · Oct 7, 2021
Developer · Nintendo, MercurySteam
Nintendo Switch
54 articles 46 writers 11 reviews
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Active · 2010–2014
Latest · Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Top genres · adventure, hack_and_slash, platformer
31 articles 15 writers 4 games
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