Dark Souls Archive

Collectible Review: Dark Souls and Kingdom Hearts FiGPiNs

Posted on April 8, 2019 | No Comments
As the latest gaming franchises to join the FiGPiN lineup, Dark Souls and Kingdom Hearts bring fan-favorite characters to eager collectors, including Solaire of Astora, Dragonslayer Ornstein, and Siegmeyer of Catarina from Dark Souls, and the team of Sora, King Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofy […]
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Alpha Demo Available Now for Team Ninja’s Dark Souls-like Samurai RPG Nioh

Posted on April 27, 2016 | No Comments
Over a decade in the making, Koei Tecmo has finally launched a playable build for the samurai action RPG Nioh, Team Ninja’s PlayStation 4-exclusive attempt at the popular Dark Souls niche of the genre. With the full game supposedly scheduled to launch this year, the […]
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Comic Review: Dark Souls #1

Posted on April 8, 2016 | No Comments
Turning Dark Souls into a comic was always going to be a challenge. One of the signature traits that draws players to the Souls games like moths to a flame is its vague, indirect method of storytelling that forces you to piece together every little […]
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Dark Souls III to Embrace the Darkness in April 2016

Posted on September 19, 2015 | No Comments
Bandai Namco has narrowed down the previously announced early 2016 launch for Dark Souls III to the month of April. That is for the game’s release across North and South America. Spring is typically a season of regrowth and renewal, but for PC, PlayStation 4, […]
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Dark Souls III Appears to Have Regained That Special Miyazaki Touch

Posted on August 8, 2015 | No Comments
I loved the hell out of Dark Souls II, but there’s no denying that a little something was off as far as attention to some of the finer details as well as the lack of a fully interconnected world like the first game. With Hidetaka […]
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Dark Souls III Launches in Early 2016

Posted on June 15, 2015 | No Comments
Prepare to die yet again, for the third installment in the Dark Souls action RPG series is creeping ever closer to release. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have announced that Dark Souls III is scheduled to launch in early 2016 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox […]
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Upcoming Dark Souls II Patch to Lay the Foundation for Scholar of the First Sin

Posted on January 16, 2015 | No Comments
Coming up on February 5th, well ahead of the April 7th retail release of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on PS4 and Xbox One as well as all original platforms, Bandai Namco will issue a free patch introducing a wealth of new […]
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Prepare to Die All Over Again, Dark Souls II is Coming to PS4 and Xbox One

Posted on November 25, 2014 | No Comments
Man, I’m over 100 hours of play time and almost finished up with all of the Dark Souls II campaign content and DLC to finally get a review written up, and now Bandai Namco drops the news that an enhanced version of the prepare to […]
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Dark Souls PC Prepares Games for Windows Live to Die

Posted on October 26, 2014 | No Comments
The original Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for PC has been operating on the Games for Windows Live platform since its launch in August 2012, but beginning sometime next month the game will fully migrate to Steam. I have specifically avoided buying the PC […]
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Dark Souls II Crown of the Ivory King Issues a Stay of Execution

Posted on September 22, 2014 | No Comments
I hate to kill the vibe of anyone all jazzed up for this week’s scheduled release of Dark Souls II‘s Crown of the Ivory King add-on, but all preparations to die many icy deaths need to be put on hold for another week. The third […]
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