Dark Souls for PC releases this August. Here are five things we can expect from the PC edition of From Software’s brilliant action-RPG.
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Dark Souls PC Edition Adds New Area ‘Artorias Of The Abyss’ And Enhanced PvP
Don’t let the whole Games For Windows Live news get you down: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition for PC is going to be amazing one way or another. GFWL may be the most-hated, most-atrocious DRM out there, but I can’t help but brush all that off. Dark Souls is one of the best games I’ve played […]
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Dark Souls PC Edition On Games For Windows Live Instead Of Steam
Good news is almost always coupled with bad news. This is as true in gaming as in any other part of life. With the official news that Dark Souls is coming to PC, this rule holds true. As Nathan Grayson points out, there’s always a catch. The bad news is that Dark Souls is using for […]
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Praise The Sun! Dark Souls PC Box-Art, Screenshots Revealed
It’s official. No more leaks, no more German-language magazine stories. From Software will be releasing Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for the PC this coming August, replete with all new content. Here’s the official box art: PC gamers started a petition after Dark Souls came to consoles, urging the developer to release the game […]
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Dark Souls Coming To PC This August According To German Magazine
German magazine PC Action reports that the cult-hit console title, Dark Souls, is coming to PC this August and will include “new bosses.” One expects From Software’s “Prepare to Die Edition” will bring improved graphics to the consoles’ more graphically powerful PC counterparts, and much-needed frame-rate relief to Blighttown – though you’ll still have to […]
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Former Witcher 2 Developer Working On New ‘Project RPG’
Former CD Projekt producer Tomasz Gop is working on a new RPG influenced by Dark Souls and Batman: Arkham City. Nathan Grayson at Rock, Paper, Shotgun passes along some very exciting news in the world of RPG development. It turns out former CD Projekt senior producer Tomasz Gop, a member of the team behind The Witcher […]
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From Software: Dark Souls Story ‘Not Over Yet’
It’s not necessarily surprising news, but it’s certainly good. From Software has confirmed that a sequel to its instant cult-classic, Dark Souls, will haunt our gaming future. “Of course, it’s not over yet,” From Software’s R&D head Masanori Takeuchi told GameTrailers. “We’ve always been enamoured by dark fantasy action RPGs. That’s just been our core DNA […]
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Is Dark Souls Just A 100-Hour Waste Of Time?
Is gaming its own reward, or do games suffer from a lack of deeper meaning? Michael Thomsen’s peculiar review of Dark Souls displays a deep misunderstanding of what a game is and why we play them. Just as troubling, it appears that Dark Souls is only a convenient whipping boy for Thomsen’s ire; gaming itself, […]
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Storytelling In Dark Souls And Skyrim
I’m going to dip back into Tom Bissell’s excellent piece on Bethesda’s Skyrim for a moment, now that I’m up to speed on From Software’s Dark Souls. Bissell argues that the storytelling in Skyrim, and the vast amounts of dense expositional lore, serve as distractions from the immersive nature of the game itself. Far from […]
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The Smart Combat Of Dark Souls – And Some Wishful Thinking
As I’ve continued to play through From Software’s excellent Dark Souls, one small thing has been chewing at the back of my brain. I’m still deeply engaged with the game, for so many reasons, but I can’t help but think that perhaps my favorite moment in the game (so far) occurred very early on. I […]
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