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Series creator and From Software boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has quashed rumours of a Dark Souls 4. Dark Souls 3 DLC The Ringed City was released this week, bringing an end to the popular action RPG saga. And it sounds as if that end might be permanent. As I’ve said from …
Read More »Dark Souls trilogy could be released on Nintendo Switch
A report has claimed that From Software’s interest in Nintendo Switch could very much revolve around the Dark Souls series. From Software was named as one of Switch’s third party partners at the time of the console’s official reveal. However, it has not yet been revealed whether the studio is …
Read More »Dark Souls 3 sales push Bandai Namco forecast upwards
It sounds as if Dark Souls 3 has done the business for Bandai Namco. The company has in its most recent financial report said that sales of From Software’s action RPG were favourable” and have contributed to its raising of forecasts for the company’s second quarter. It has previously predicted …
Read More »From Software is working on action RPG similar to Dark Souls
Dark Souls developer From Software has said that it is currently working on three separate titles. Kotaku reports that a Twitter translation of a Japanese interview revealed the news. The first title is an action RPG with a dark fantasy setting that has been likened to Dark Souls. The second …
Read More »Dark Souls III was the No.1 UK game in April
Bandai Namco had the best-selling UK physical game of April in Dark Souls III. But it was a poor month overall for game sales. 1m boxed games were sold in total, a drop of 24 per cent over the same period a month before. 30.8m was generated from software sales, …
Read More »Bandai Namco rolls back Dark Souls 3 patch designed to address hacking problem
A patch that was released to try and address hacking in the PC version of Dark Souls 3 has been revoked after it caused widespread freezing problems for players. Developer From Software last week updated the RPG to try and address the high-profile hacking of the game that led to …
Read More »3m copies of Dark Souls 3 shipped worldwide
Bandai Namco has shipped 3m copies of From Software’s action RPG Dark Souls 3, following its release in March. Gematsu also reports that total shipments for all three games in the Dark Souls series have now hit 13m units. This does not include Sony-published pair Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne. Dark …
Read More »Dark Souls 3 was YouTube’s most popular game in April
They say YouTube is the best barometer for the games industry, and if that’s the case then the sun is most definitely currently shining on Bandai Namco’s Dark Souls 3. The action RPG was named as the network’s top trending game of April 2016. This is based both on views …
Read More »Dark Souls 3 PC players in disarray over hacking claims
The PC version of Dark Souls 3 is on the brink of descending into disarray. First off, let’s recap the game’s struggles thus far: On launch a high number of players were experiencing crashes, typically when near a bonfire. This seemed to be fixable by turning lighting down to low, …
Read More »Bandai Namco warns banned Dark Souls 3 players about ‘taking candy from strangers’
Having previously admitted that a recent spate of Dark Souls 3 band may have been made in error, Bandai Namco has now warned players about their conduct. In a page on its Knowledgebase site about the ‘Invalid Game Data’ message that some players are being presented with when logging in, …
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