A Kickstarter project (opens in new tab) to create a deluxe hardcover edition of Dark Souls book ‘You Died: The Dark Souls Companion’ has launched. The original paperback version was written by Keza MacDonald and Jason Killingsworth, and was first published back in April 2016. Focusing on examining the game’s …
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Summer is officially here. It’s not the singing birds in the trees that’s alerted us to the fact, nor the blistering heat, nor even the fact that at last the chime of the ice-cream truck is like a beacon of hope. No, it’s the fact that the Steam Summer Sale …
Read More »Dark Souls most famous city is as beautiful as it is deadly
When reviews of the first Dark Souls surfaced, many writers likened their experience to a tour of Hell. The game’s legendary difficulty begs for a metaphor of molar-grinding torment on a sufficiently grand scale, and the Hell allusion is a natural one considering that Dark Souls draws so much inspiration …
Read More »A Dark Souls comic series is coming this April, praise the sun
If you love the world of Dark Souls (opens in new tab) but you’re not so much a fan of repeatedly dying to its inhabitants, an upcoming Dark Souls comic series published by Titan Comics might be the proverbial campfire you’re looking for. Penned by George Mann (Doctor Who: The …
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If you pay close attention in Bloodborne, you learn that a werewolf’s ultimate weakness isn’t quicksilver or wolfsbane – it’s doors. Specifically, it’s doorframes that are too big for their hulking bodies to fit through. You can stand on the other side and comfortably hack them to death without any …
Read More »13 hardcore challenges invented by players
Making their own Ultra Hard modes If you’re looking for a challenge, tons of games will readily provide one. Between extreme difficulty settings, permadeath modes, and special end-of-game ranks, developers love giving masochistic gamers the tools they need to take on thumb-blisteringly arduous playthroughs. But sometimes, even the built-in options …
Read More »Dark Souls PC port incoming? Vague chain of allusions points to maybe!
Namco Bandai’s teasing a new announcement (opens in new tab) on the Facebook page for its cult smash, Dark Souls. Yes, within the game’s world, the company hates you and lives only to hear the anguished wails of your death throes; but this is Social Media, so you ain’t hearing …
Read More »Best Games of 2011
2011 was indeed a great year to be a gamer. Heres our buyers guide of the top must-own games from the calendar year. Have you played them all? Portal 2 Portal 2 review (opens in new tab)Portal 2 screens (opens in new tab)Portal 2 videos (opens in new tab) Batman: …
Read More »Dark Souls 1.05 patch does exactly what youd expect a Dark Souls patch to do
From Software has patched Dark Souls to v1.05 in English-speaking territories, bringing the RPG up to speed with similar patches released earlier in the month for Asian territories. The patch addresses a lot of gameplay imbalance issues, evening up the odds between you and your foes to make for an …
Read More »New Dark Souls trailer is predictably intimidating
From Software has released new gameplay footage from its Project: Gamer Rage (aka Dark Souls), revealing a little more about the terrifying tumor spiders, head crab dragons and iron giants set to terrorize players in the upcoming Demon’s Souls successor. Technically, the studio is calling this a ‘trailer’, but after …
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