It was only a matter of time. You’ve been tucking cash under your virtual mattress, and now’s the time to go buck wild. It’s worth remembering that unlike in the past, Steam sale prices are now set in stone. There aren’t any surprises like Flash Deals to sit and wait at your keyboard for. The sale goes until January 4, so you can always load your Steam Wishlist up now and drop the cash...
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is officially out in the wild. This is an updated version of Dark Souls II that supposedly matches what From Software had initially had in mind for the game graphically before they had to downgrade things in order to get it running well on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Now, Scholar of the First Sin is out, and it’s available as a DirectX 11 and...
Dark Souls II and I got off on a bit of a wrong foot. Between the playable demo at TGS 2013 and the actual retail release, From Software was forced to heavily compromise the final product's graphics to allow it to run properly on the aging PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Without prior warning of this, my anticipation came crashing down, and it created a bit of a hurdle in the way of my...
Dark Souls II has done a fabulous job of keeping itself relevant throughout the entire year thanks to the modern day magic of DLC. Crown of the Ivory King is the third and final DLC package for the game, and it takes our undead hero to the far reaches of this fantasy world where snow and frost cover the bloodstained ground. Readers might know that I was not the biggest fan of the...
My experience with Dark Souls 2 has been, at many moments, a very frustrating one. Here are some tips to make it through the game's tough opening hours.
One story last week that saw a large swelling of Dark Souls II fans angry was an obvious downgrade in the graphics department of the console builds. Videos and comparison shots put side by side unmistakably showed that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions suffered a setback from the advertised versions. A half-hearted and cryptic response from developer FromSoftware didn't help to...
E3 rolls around every year, and with each passing convention, the graphics in game trailers just seem to get better and better.  In 2006, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld complaints that pre-rendered CG trailers were “misleading,” making many wonder how much game publishers would lean on fancy cutscenes to sell their games. The truth is now that pre-rendered CG and...
If Dark Souls II can’t even bother to let me experiment, practice and enjoy at my leisure, why should I bother with it? Find out in our Dark Souls II review!
Dark Souls and its recently released follow up, Dark Souls 2, are plenty divisive just in terms of the ego-crushing difficulty. Dark Souls 2 has an additional layer of controversy on top of that resulting in changes to the look of the game between its initial demo and its March 11 release. Finally, developer From Software has responded to the concerns with an official statement to...
Be forewarned when purchasing a retail copy of Dark Souls II. This is not the beautiful game that Bandai Namco has been hyping for the past year. All that gorgeous lighting and fantastic sense of atmosphere you've seen so far? You might be able to experience those on the PC version when it launches next month. For now, console gamers are turning on their home copies and finding a...