As expected, Dark Souls released in September to acclaim. Many felt it improved upon its predecessor, Demon’s Souls, in nearly every way imaginable, from more content, to additional variety in both character development and environments. With that said, the multiplayer experience has been a headache for many, and the issues have continued months after release. [...]
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From Software is Attacking Dark Souls Multiplayer Issues with Patch
Monday, November 21st, 2011Dark Souls Ships 1.5 Million
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011Gamers nowadays get a bad rap for being soft, and not liking difficult games, with the addition of short checkpoints, and unlimited continues doing a good job reinforcing that statement. Looking at the latest sales figures for Dark Souls, that sentiment may be changing.
Dark Souls v1.04 Patch Being Suited Up for Release Tomorrow
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Despite garnering critical acclaim across the board, Dark Souls has suffered from some technical and balance issues since its release last month, but that’s what patches are for, and another one is already being suited up for release this week.
Dark Souls Achieves Balance of Reward and Difficulty; Sequel Won’t Increase Challenge
Thursday, October 13th, 2011Dark Souls has surprised a large group of customers since its release earlier in the month, and its motto,”Prepare to Die”, is no understatement. The game is absolutely ruthless, and the simplest mistakes regularly end in death. This seems routine for From Software, the game’s developer, and, while the game is a step up in [...]
Dark Souls Collector’s Edition Delivers Agony; Namco Bandai Releases Statement
Friday, October 7th, 2011You may be one of the many who pre-ordered Dark Souls before it shipped earlier in the week, not only because you were excited for the game, but because the pre-order incentive was enticing; a free upgrade to the Collector’s Edition is nothing to scoff at. However, you may also be one of the many [...]
PlayStation Release Horizon – Week of October 4, 2011
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Welcome to another edition of the PlayStation Release Horizon. While all three platforms see releases, as usual the flagship PlayStation 3 takes the cake when it comes to what we want to play. This week, the anticipated spiritual sequel to the hit RPG, Demon Souls, is released while id Software’s latest first-person shooter guns its [...]
Dark Souls Battling with Major Issues, From Software Releases Statement
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Dark Souls released in Japan only days ago and, while Japanese gamers have been fortunate to play one of 2011′s most-anticipated RPGs a couple of weeks early, they’ve also had to battle with game instability and glitches. Although patch version 1.02 was just released and intended to resolve some of the hiccups, it has created [...]
Demon’s Souls Servers Extended into 2012
Friday, September 23rd, 2011Atlus has announced that online support for Demon’s Souls will extend into 2012.
Dark Souls Tears Apart Lame DLC Trends with Heaps of Content and No Gouging
Friday, September 2nd, 2011During Gamescom this year, Namco Bandai shared with the public for the first time that it doesn’t plan to implement post-launch downloadable content for Dark Souls, something that these days, is becoming rare for such a high profile game. Now the game’s publisher has commented on why the upcoming action role-playing game will stray from [...]
Namco Giving From Software Complete Control Over Dark Souls
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Dark Souls producers Daisuke Uchiyama and Kei Hirono are giving lead director Hidetaka Miyazaki full reign to develop the upcoming action role-playing title. Hidetaka was the big brain behind Demon’s Souls, and has been credited with much of its success. As such, don’t expect Dark Souls to be any more forgiving than its brutally difficult predecessor.
Phantoms Stalk New Dark Souls Screens
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011From Software has release 14 new screen shots of Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls being published by Namco Bandai Games.
Final Fantasy Versus XIII Stumbling, Dark Souls Climbing in Japan’s Most Wanted
Friday, June 24th, 2011Famitsu’s latest round of polling for the most anticipated upcoming games shows Dragon Quest X finally climbing back into the number two spot after having Final Fantasy Type-0 standing in its way for a few weeks. Some things haven’t changed though, as PS3-exclusive RPG Tales of Xillia is still the most wanted game amongst Famitu’s [...]
Best of E3 Award Winners
Friday, June 17th, 2011The PSLS E3 team awards the best games on display at E3 2011.
Dark Souls – E3 Preview
Monday, June 13th, 2011When From Software released Demon’s Souls back in 2009 it became a huge hit amongst many gamers because of the high level of difficulty, and the rewarding experience that it offered when accomplishing a task in game. Fast forward to 2011 and From Software is about to release the its spiritual successor known as Dark [...]
New Dark Souls Gameplay
Friday, June 10th, 2011Demon’s Souls was a brutal game. A player could spend an hour slowly working their way through a level, only to have their character burned to a crisp by a dragon. In Dark Souls, players will not only have to watch out for dragons, but pigs as well.
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