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Dark Souls

Dark Souls is a third-person action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Games. The game is best known for its unforgiving combat mechanics which could take some time to get used to.
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New Rainbow Six Siege map has a Dark Souls easter egg

picture showing Rainbow Six and Dark Souls chararacters
The latest update for Rainbow Six Siege dubbed Bastion has added the new Fortress map which features a Dark Souls easter egg. Hidden in the building, a fireplace with a sword that clearly resembles the one from Dark Souls has been found.

Twitter is the Dark Souls of social media, says Elon Musk

SpaceX founder Elon Musk compared social media networks to RPGs such as Dark Souls, Bloodborne and The Legend of Zelda. Apparently, a "You Died" message is a pretty common thing for Reddit and Twitter users. Instagram, not so much.

Switch Online saves will be locked away for six months

Promotional picture for Nintendo Switch Online
When Nintendo announced that the end of Switch Online subscription would mean the end of their save files, fans got rightfully upset. The company apparently changed policy and will allow the saves to stay for 180 days post subscription.

Full schedule for Summer Games Done Quick has been revealed

Promotional image for Games Done Quick.
Games Done Quick have unveiled the final version of the speed running schedule for the summer part of the event that will take place from 24 June to 01 July 2018. This round of the charity will raise money for Doctors Without Borders.

Detroit: Become Human drops to second place on UK charts

Screenshot showing Ronaldo and Griezmann from FIFA 18
Unfortunately for David Cage and Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human, the game has failed to hold the first berth on UK's physical sales chart, unsurprisingly losing ground to the World Cup craze-induced sales of EA Sports' FIFA 18.

Dark Souls Remastered notorious area Blighttown has been fixed

A picture from a fire in Dark Souls Remastered
Blighttown has been an area in the original Dark Souls notorious for massive performance drops on consoles. PC users had it a little easier, but frame rate would go down to 15 even on decent rigs. That is, until Dark Souls Remastered came.

Japanese modders have made Skyrim play like Dark Souls

Mashup of the Dragonborn from Skyrim and the death screen from Dark Souls.
Modders have made made another change that is a vast improvement to the vanilla Skyrim systems. This time around it's combat overhaul that makes Skyrim play just like Dark Souls, complete with combat rolls, Estus Flasks and risky attacks.

Dark Souls Remastered has been postponed for Nintendo Switch

Dark Souls Remastered title screen is spoofed to show the game is postponed.
Bandai Namco Entertainment have originally announced that Dark Souls Remastered will be released simultaneously on all available platforms on 25 May 2018 but plans have changed. Switch version is now scheduled for a summer release instead.

More details leak on Dark Souls Remastered, will try to retain the original's identity

An armoured knight standing in front of a bonfire in Dark Souls: Remastered
Some two months ahead of highly anticipated launch of Dark Souls Remasters, additional details leaked on how Bandai Namco plan on making the game as relevant as possible without stepping away from the game's more traditional values.

Dark Souls: Remastered being ported to the Switch by L.A. Noire port devs

An armoured knight ambushing three skeletons
Dark Souls: Remastered Switch port will be handled by a China-based studio Virtuos. The studio has previously worked on porting the Switch version of L.A. Noire. QLOC - a Polish studio will take care of Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC versions.