Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon is a 2008 horror adventure video game based on the characters from Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...

's Dracula

Dracula

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...

. It was developed for PC

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 by Kheops Studio

Kheops Studio

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 and published by Microïds

Microïds

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. In 2010 an adapted version was released for Apple iPhone.

It follows 1999's Dracula: Resurrection and 2000's Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary. As of April 2010, Dracula 4

Dracula 4

Dracula 4 is a currently developed video game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is a video game sequel, to Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon and is the 4th installment of the series of Dracula. The release date has not yet been announced. It will be the third game by the resurrected New York...

is in development.

Synopsis

Dracula 3, graphics wise is a first person adventure puzzle game. It breaks off from the traditional point and click adventures by introducing a movement system instead of still screen to still screen. The player may interact with characters, objects, even animals.

Awards

Dracula 3 won the award for 'Meilleur scénario' at the 2008 Festival du Jeu Vidéo. The game was also nominated in two other categories, 'Jeu PC' and 'Meilleure bande son'.

Halloween 2008

For Halloween

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 2008, Microïds ran a stencil-based pumpkin

Pumpkin

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 carving competition. Also for Halloween 2008, The American Red Cross held a Dracula themed Blood Drive

Blood Drive

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 at five locations in Northern California

Northern California

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, USA, where each donor was given a copy of the game, donated by Encore.

iPhone adaptation

On 21 January 2010, an adaptation of the first of three parts of the game was released for the Apple iPhone. The iPhone version was developed by Tetraedge and published by Chillingo. The second soon followed, and on 17 May, the third part was released to the App Store.

External links

• Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon at Microïds
  Microïds
  Microïds is a French software brand belonging to Anuman Interactive that publishes and develops video games. In recent years the company's collection of brands and game licenses has grown since being a part of MC2 France...
  
  
• Dracula series website
• Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon at Mystery Adventure Games
• Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon at MobyGames
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  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...