Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2^[a] is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and published by Konami.^[2] It is a sequel to the 2010 title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, which served as a reboot of the Castlevania franchise. The game was released late February 2014 in both North America and Europe and in March 2014 in Australia. Lords of Shadow 2 was released on September 4, 2014, in Japan. A downloadable chapter has also been released in March from the same year.