Dark Souls 3 has received an FPS boost update on the Xbox Series X and S to raise the game to 60FPS. Just yesterday on July 7, it was revealed that Dark Souls 3 would be getting an update on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S versions. This …
Read More »Get the essential Dark Souls trilogy and all the DLCs for just $60 in this gorgeous bundle
Dark Souls is more than an expertly crafted series of open-world action RPGs. It’s one of the most important games of the past decade, both for the influence it’s had on countless other games in several genres, and for launching the career of director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who recently won the …
Read More »Bananas, pianos, and one finger: the 7 most ridiculous Dark Souls controllers
Ready for the understatement of the decade? Here is it: Dark Souls is famous for being hard. Very hard, in fact. Some people have trouble beating its games with an ordinary controller. Others are happy to vanquish the final boss of any three games with no armour, no dodging, and …
Read More »The 15 Greatest Dark Souls Bosses
The crushing RPG series is home to many fine boss encounters, and anyone who’s played a Dark Souls game will have plenty of anecdotes from going head to head with these brutal opponents. We’ve scoured our extensive knowledge to bring you 15 of the best, in ascending order of awesomeness. …
Read More »Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC trailer
Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab): Ashes of Ariandel has arrived, and the launch trailer would like to know if it could pencil you in for a mauling by its giant wolf any time soon. Or a throttling by its killer trees. Or an impaling by its oily Slendermen. …
Read More »Dark Souls 3 streamer fights bosses with the power of dance
You may not realize it, but playing through a demanding game like Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab) is at least as much of a feat of manual dexterity as it is of skill and persistence. Tenths of a second on a button press could be the difference between …
Read More »GR+ Live: Join us for a live tour of Dark Souls 3
Dark Souls 3 is finally here and it is excellent. What better way to celebrate the conclusion to From Software’s groundbreaking series than by sending someone terrible at Souls games into its nether regions to die repeatedly at the hands of its cruel enemies? We’ll be playing through the game’s …
Read More »Dark Souls fans didnt like the latest trailers music, so they changed it
If the new Dark Souls 3 trailer (opens in new tab) left you a bit puzzled or uncomfortable thanks to the slow and haunting cover of a Cyndi Lauper song featured in it, you’re not alone. Plenty of fans voiced their displeasure with the music choice, and a select few …
Read More »The rituals, strategies, honour and etiquette that keep Dark Souls PvP alive
There’s a space of dead air in the Undead Parish. The walkway from the Blacksmith’s bonfire into the Parish itself never felt entirely right. But I trudged along regardless, attempting to find a summon sign to fight the Belfry Gargoyles. However, what I got was the opposite. A message popped …
Read More »Is it time for the Dark Souls universe to burn itself out?
When it comes to sequels to games as heady with variables, as dense with buried import as Dark Souls (opens in new tab), there’s a tendency to not see the wood for the trees – and anybody who has explored Darkroot Garden will know how dangerous a mistake that can …
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