From Software’s Armored Core series has been a console mainstay since the original game was released back in 1997 for the PS1. But don’t worry if you haven’t been keeping up to date, From Software decided that rather than continuing the story from AC4 that they would reboot the series and take the mecha franchise [...]
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PS3 Review – Armored Core V
Monday, April 2nd, 2012Armored Core V Brings Mech Combat In March
Friday, January 13th, 2012Namco Bandai announced today that the latest iteration of Armored Core franchise, Armored Core V, will mobilize on March 20, 2012 in North America and March 23 in Europe. The franchise is of course developed by From Software, the studio behind Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls.
From Software is Attacking Dark Souls Multiplayer Issues with Patch
Monday, November 21st, 2011As 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. [...]
Dark 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 [...]
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 [...]
One Week Left to Pimp Your Robot in Armored Core V
Monday, August 29th, 2011Fans of the Armored Core series have just one week left to vote on which Japanese kanji decals they want to plaster all over their robots in From Software’s upcoming Armored Core V. The chosen 100 kanji will be loaded into the game as decals that can be applied to a player’s robot.
Learn The World of Dark Souls With New Trailer
Thursday, August 25th, 2011From Software wasn’t very forthcoming with the story of Demon’s Souls. At the beginning of the game, the player wasn’t given much information besides the fact that some mysterious fog had corrupted the land; the rest of the story had to be acquired through character interaction. Dark Souls looks like it will be structured in [...]
Prepare to Die in the New Dark Souls Trailer
Saturday, August 20th, 2011Dark Souls is the next highly anticipated game from From Software. Their last dungeon crawler, Demon’s Souls, had a deep combat system, but didn’t have much variety in enemy types. According to From Software, Dark Souls will not only have over three times as many enemy types, but will have more mini-bosses scattered throughout the [...]
Dark Souls Loses Its Body In Japan
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011Dark Souls is the highly anticipated spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls. Demon’s Souls was known for its difficulty, atmosphere, and deep combat system. Dark Souls is going to ramp up the difficulty, the size of the enemies, and even the amount of spells players can cast. Gamers in Japan will have to wait a little [...]
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.
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