All Articles: Dark Souls

New Releases: Rage, NBA 2K12, Dark Souls, More

Posted on October 1, 2011 by John Scalzo

The Fall release rush began with some big titles in September, but now that we’re moving into October the new release list is going to get a lot more interesting from here on out.

This week’s biggest new release is id Software’s first game in over seven years, Rage (PC, PS3, Xbox 360). The post-apocalyptic shooter will also include Mad Max-style vehicle chases and more deserted lanscapes can you can shake a cactus at.

Speaking of deserted landscapes, 2K Sports will release NBA 2K12 (PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360) even though the 2011-2012 NBA season is currently in limbo.

If battling the forces of darkness is more your thing, perhaps you’ll want to look into Namco Bandai’s Dark Souls. The spiritual sequel to Demon’s Souls brings the series to the Xbox 360 for the first time.

Also available this week, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 will have to do battle with the forces of darkness in two time periods if they want to save Peter Parker’s life in Spider-Man: Edge of Time (3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360).

Finally, Ubisoft is serving up another dance lesson, on the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this time, with Just Dance 3. And speaking of Kinect-powered games, Majesco will release Hulk Hogan’s Main Event for the Xbox 360.

Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)

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Dark Souls “Full Prologue” is full of demons, dragons, darkness

Posted on September 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Over the last few weeks, Namco Bandai has slowly unveiled the Dark Souls “Prologue” in three creepifying parts. Now, to celebrate the game’s appearance at the Tokyo Game Show, they’ve released the “Full Prologue” to fulfill your dreams of demons, dragons and darkness.

Dark Souls will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 4. That’s just a little over two weeks away!

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Dark Souls’ “Prologue: Part 3” trailer is the most metal thing you’ll see all week

Posted on September 8, 2011 by John Llewellyn Martin

Namco Bandai continues to stream out the Dark Souls prologue trailers with part three. Now, we get to see the giant, boney monster-thingy named Nit staring at the fire in his hands despite lacking eyeballs. If there’s one hope I have for the game, it’s that every hit on Nit will count as a headshot since his torso is made of skulls. We then see him “unleashing a miasma of death and disease” before cutting to a company of knights throwing lightning bolts at dragons.

If Namco Bandai would allow it, I’d like to form a metal band and use these images for an album cover. Dark Souls is set for a US release on October 4, 2011.

And in case you missed them, don’t forget to check out Prologue: Part 1 and Prologue: Part 2.

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Dark Souls “Prologue” videos continue to creep us out

Posted on September 1, 2011 by John Scalzo

Namco Bandai has released the second part of the prologue to Dark Souls and it’s just as creepifying as part one. I mean, it’s a skeleton, but it’s not a skeleton! This dark tale will be continued with a third part soon.

Dark Souls will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 4.

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Dark Souls “Prologue” trailer is coming for your soul

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Chris Urie

Here is part one of the Dark Souls prologue for your enjoyment. Did I say for your enjoyment? I meant for it to crush all hope of a future and rip your eyes from your eye-holes. There is no gameplay, so you don’t have to throw your controller through the screen in frustration. Don’t worry, it promises to be even more of a challenge than Demon’s Souls. God help us.

Have your soul devoured October 7th on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Dark Souls dated for October 4, E3 trailer released

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

We knew it was coming in October, but now Namco Bandai has officially slapped an October 4 release date on Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to the award-winning Demon’s Souls. The publisher has also released a new story-focused trailer for the E3 Expo, which you can view above.

“With Dark Souls, we’re able to bring the uniquely challenging and rewarding style of gameplay popularized by From Software back to the PlayStation 3, as well as to the Xbox 360 platform for the first time,” says Carlson Choi, vice president of Marketing, Namco Bandai Games America. “With its massive, seamless open world design, deep exploration, tense dungeon crawling, extreme battles, and an innovative online component that allows gamers to draw from the collective experience of the community, Dark Souls provides a gameplay experience unlike any other.”

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Dark Souls impaling consoles October 2011

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Namco Bandai has narrowed down the date for From Software’s highly anticipated Dark Souls to October 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The spiritual successor to 2009’s Demon’s Souls, the trailer above showcases the gritty atmosphere, hidden surprises, and inevitable deaths that are sure to ensue when the game hits this Fall.

It’s going to be glorious…

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Namco Bandai to publish Dark Souls, Armored Core V in America

Posted on February 2, 2011 by John Scalzo

Namco Bandai is teaming up with From Software to bring two of the developer’s most anticipated titles to North America. The Ridge Racer publisher has signed on to release Dark Souls in 2011 and Armored Core V in 2012.

Armored Core V is still over a year away, but From Software is promising that it will revolutionize the series with a stronger emphasis on tactics and geography that straight up shooting. The online multiplayer mode will also receive a facelift with team play and “huge battles on a global scale.”

Darks Souls is the spiritual sequel to From Software’s sleeper hit from 2009, Demon’s Souls. Like it’s predecessor, it’ll be an action RPG “set in a rich, dark fantasy universe.” But unlike it’s predecessor, it’ll be available for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. You can check out the game’s first trailer after the break. (more…)

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