Dark Souls

For:Xbox 360  Also On: PS3PC Release Date: 7 October 2011
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Dark Souls is set in a rich, dark fantasy universe and promises tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and groundbreaking online features.

VideoGamer Score:

8

Our Verdict: Dark Souls isn't a game you play for fun. It's something you do to say you've done; like running a marathon or climbing Everest. You won't enjoy it like you will other games, but you won't forget it.

Latest Dark Souls Articles

News: Bleszinski: Japan should follow Dark Souls multiplayer innovation.

Cliff Bleszinski believes that Japanese developers should follow the example of From Software, and find new ways to create innovative multiplayer modes.

1 News Posted May 14

Article: VideoGamer.com Plays May 13, 2012

This week the team plays Dark Souls and StarCraft II.

6 Article Posted May 13

News: Dark Souls sells 1.19m copies across Europe and US

Namco Bandai reports a 1044.3% increase in income with ¥454.2 billion in revenue.

News Posted May 9

News: Dark Souls: I will never explain the Pendant, says Miyazaki

Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has confirmed that he will never reveal the true meaning of the game's mysterious Pendant.

News Posted Apr 17

News: Dark Souls heads to PC with new content on August 24

Prepare to Die Edition will include an untold chapter, new areas to explore, enemies to encounter and bosses to take down.

News Posted Apr 12

News: Dark Souls coming to PC with two new bosses

From Software's acclaimed console RPG Dark Souls will be released this August on PC complete with two new bosses, according to a report in PC gaming magazine PC Action.

1 News Posted Apr 10

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Bleszinski: Japan should follow Dark Souls multiplayer innovation. in Article Comments

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Put your money where your mouth is, bro. Out of those billion methods you've shown us two? Piss-taking aside, he does have a point. Firstly, I love Vanquish and personally don't think it needs a...

by munkee

VideoGamer.com Plays May 13, 2012 in Article Comments

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Pre-ordered Dragon's Dogma at the weekend, so I'm pretty much filling time till then. Otherwise I've pretty much been playing some Alice: Madness Returns a fair few XBLA trials...

Dark Souls coming to PC with two new bosses in Article Comments

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I always get a little scared for developers, publishers and gamers when a PC release is announced. Of all the PC gamers I have ever met, I would honestly say that most of them don't pay...

by munkee

Game Stats

Technical Specs
Developer: FromSoftware
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: RPG
Rating: PEGI 16+
Site Rank: 405 13