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Dark Souls sales figures revealed

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:45:03 +0000

During a conference held in Japan, developer From Software has said that its notoriously difficult and critically acclaimed action RPG, Dark Souls, has sold 2,367,000 units since its release back in 2011.

Of that number, From Software's executive director, Eiichi Nakajima, has said that 692,000 units can be attributed to the DLC-laden Prepare to Die Edition of the game.

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Dark Souls PC content lands as console DLC on 24th October

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:31:31 +0000

Namco Bandai Games has announced that console players will be able to download and experience the 'Artorias of the Abyss' add on downloadable content for Dark Souls on October 24th.

Artorias of the Abyss offers up a set of new death-dealing dungeons, environments, NPCs, enemies and boss battles - and Namco Bandai suggest that it may well be the most challenging experience in gaming. It also includes an enhanced online Player vs Player mode - so you can deal death to each other, should you w...

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Review

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:27:26 +0000

'Prepare to die' is a pretty ballsy, threatening slogan for a game to have - and a slightly scary one when you realize that the game in question will brutally destroy you at every opportunity it gets. Once you embrace those deaths, though, you're prepared to play Dark Souls. The newly updated version of Dark Souls, subtitled the 'Prepare to Die Edition', is packed with new content in addition to the original game that launched last year. Does this updated version of the game and its new material...

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Screenshots

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:14:49 +0000

Namco Bandai released a selection of new screenshots from the PC version of Dark Souls in the midst of the Gamescom 2012 madness last week, showing off how the game looks running on a high-end PC.

The answer: Pretty good! We chatted to the game's producer about the process of bringing it to PC back at E3 - so that's worth a read if you want to know more. It's out later this week, and we'll of course bring you our impr...

Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition Gamescom 2012 trailer

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Dark Souls PC is seeing its release at the end of the month and Namco Bandai is here today to remind you of that.

The Prepare to Die Edition will be available across Europe on August 24th and contain the Artorias of the Abyss DLC pack which includes an untold chapter in the world of Lordran. Sent back to the past, discover Oolacile back when Knight Artorias still lived.

Console fans, fear not - you too will have a chance to purchase the extra content as standalone DLC this winter.

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Here's some new Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Screenshots

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:41:58 +0000

Namco Bandai released a selection of new screenshots from the PC version of Dark Souls this week - showing off the game running at a higher resolution and giving a glimpse of the new content added to that version.

The "Artorias of the Abyss" quest is supposedly to offer almost a full ten hours of additional gameplay content and will also be made available to console players via a DLC update.

Check out the screens below, and be sure to check out our E3 2012 interview ...

E3 2012: Dark Souls PC Developer Interview

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:11:35 +0000

The fans spoke - and for once game companies seemed to listen and act with startling swiftness. Dark Souls is headed to the PC along with new keyboard-and-mouse controls and a massive new quest storyline that will also make its way to console users in the form of DLC.

We sat down with Daisuke Uchiyama, producer on the game, and grilled him on that new input method, how the PC port came about and the politics of ensuring console users didn’t get left out.

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E3 2012: What to expect from us

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:36:42 +0000

It's that time of year again. It's June 2nd, and a good chunk of team RPG Site is sitting in our Los Angeles accommodation looking bedraggled and jet-lagged and another chunk of the team is incoming - it can only be E3.

We're seeing a lot of things at the show, but it only seems pertinent to give you guys a little bit of a heads up for what to look out for both during the show and in the days after it. We have an E3 portal and E3 RSS Feed if...