Dark Souls 2 launches on Xbox 360 and PS3 March 11, PC version soon after
Dark Souls 2 will be on Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 11, with the PC version to launch "shortly thereafter."
READ MORE >Dark Souls 2 to 'enhance' online play, keeping isolation focus
Dark Souls 2 producer Takeshi Miyazoe explains how the studio is making some "enhancements" to the online play, but is still keeping it firmly about isolation.
READ MORE >"This is not a feature... I know about needing to be human because i looked it up, but it's ..."
see all 38 commentsDark Souls 2 closed beta coming to PS3 this October
Dark Souls 2 isn't due until March 2014. But you'll be able to get an early hands-on with the game with a new beta coming to PS3 this fall.
READ MORE >"I'd be okay with an early access pass spoiling me on the main game. I'm going to have more free ..."
see all 13 commentsDark Souls 2 to be less linear, says director
Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura says he wants it to put a bigger focus on exploration, which means you can do tasks out of order and even "start halfway through the game."
READ MORE >"Yeah! And it wasn't all that hard tbh. Mainly because of pyromancy not being dependent on stats. ..."
see all 25 commentsDark Souls 2 director says aim is to reduce 'tediousness'
Dark Souls 2 co-director Yui Tanimura explains how previous comments about making the game straightforward and understandable were about reducing tedious and repetitive tasks.
READ MORE >"Backtracking is a part of the game and it should not be removed, there are plenty of shortcuts ..."
see all 18 commentsDark Souls 2 E3 trailer shows suspiciously few deaths
We expect E3 trailers not to show the actual game. We forgive pre-rendered CGI and look the other way when it's clearly scripted, but the new Dark Souls II trailer simply takes the biscuit. It's 93 seconds long and mostly gameplay footage yet the player only dies perhaps thr...
READ MORE >"I'm glad they didn't show a lot of deaths, that way everyone goes into each encounter not ..."
see all 4 commentsDark Souls 2 coming March 2014
Dark Souls 2 will be released in March 2014, according to Namco Bandai.
READ MORE >"well the entrance is in darkroot basin and you need an item for the archives, so its nontrivial ..."
see all 18 commentsThe DNA of Dark Souls: the challenge and death
In the first part of Dark Souls DNA, we locked the hub world structure used in Demon's Souls in a steel cage along with the seamless world layout of Dark Souls and let them battle it out. In part two, we discuss perhaps the most important element of any Souls game, the eleme...
READ MORE >"The Iron Golem is great too because if you're lucky and he falls in the right spot, he enters a ..."
see all 19 commentsThe DNA of Dark Souls: What made the games great
We dissect From Software's Souls series to find what made the first two games great, and what the upcoming Dark Souls 2 needs to do to follow in the lofty footsteps of its predecessors. Part one of the two-part series looks at the mechanics of the series.
READ MORE >"How does Shattered Soldier rank in terms of challenge against Contra 4? It took a while, but I ..."
see all 30 commentsDark Souls 2: what's new, what's not
At first glance, it might not seem like Dark Souls 2 is very different from its predecessor. It's still dark, dreary, and full of death. Still, sequels are meant to be bigger and badder, a point that that developer From Software tried to emphasize.
READ MORE >"Oh I see. Guess I wasn't paying attention, but I get your point."
see all 34 comments'Killing with substance': dying in Dark Souls 2
Yui Tanimura, director on Dark Souls 2, is reveling in death. "One thing that really came into mind was the various kinds of deaths that players can experience," he said while presenting the game. "We try to kill with substance."
READ MORE >Dark Souls PC was 'half-assed,' but Dark Souls 2 director promises more 'care'
"A lot of it was not very well done, sort of half-assed," Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura told Shacknews via translator regarding the PC version of Dark Souls 1, while promising a much better experience for the sequel.
READ MORE >"I wouldn't use the 60fps mod... Since the game is framebased it means it's running twice as ..."
see all 34 commentsDark Souls 2 footage shows 12 minutes of gameplay
New gameplay footage from Dark Souls 2 has shown up showing dimly lit castles, bonfires, monsters and lots of combat. From Software Director Yui Tanimura and Namco Bandai's Tak Miyazoe takes us through the demo and talk about how the developer created the levels and the atmo...
READ MORE >Demon's Souls headlines PlayStation Plus line-up for April
Before Dark Souls became a massive success, From Software released Demon's Souls--its bone-crushingly difficult predecessor. PlayStation Plus members will be able to grab it later today as part of this month's update to the Instant Game Collection.
READ MORE >"d'oh, I should've known that. Sorry. Been a 360 user for years. Only picked up a PS3 last ..."
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