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20 CommentsDark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition on sale for $7.49 on Amazon
By Dave Tach on May 16, 2013 05.16.13
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, the PC port of From Software's punishing action-RPG, is on sale for $7.49 through Amazon, a 75 percent discount off its retail price. Normally priced at $29.99, the Windows PC version was released last year and includes the original game plus bosses, arenas, weapons, armor, non-playable characters and enemies that came to the console version with the Artorias of the Abyss expansion. There's no indication of how long the deal will last, but players prepared to die at a discount will need a Steam account and Games for Windows live for activation. Dark Souls' PC port was originally criticized at its release for several perceived shortcomings. Days after its release, Peter Thoman intervened with a mod to address the default resolution and frame rate...
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28 CommentsDead Island: Riptide Steam codes at U.K. retail unlock Dark Souls instead
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Apr 26, 2013 04.26.13
Some Steam users in the U.K. attempting to redeem codes for Dead Island: Riptide have instead unlocked Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, according to posts on the Steam forums. A group of players who purchased the codes at retail found they had access to Namco Bandai's game rather than the sequel to Deep Silver's 2011 zombie-slashing action title. Deep Silver community manager Maurice Tan took to the forums to explain the situation, stating the code mix-up affected retail copies of Riptide in the U.K. and Nordic regions. "To the best of my knowledge this issue would affect retail copies in the United Kingdom and Nordic countries," he wrote. "We are aware of this mixup by whoever printed these codes for a completely different game from a different publisher, and are working on a...
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8 CommentsLords of the Fallen will feature advanced combat and Borderlands-like skill trees
By Jenna Pitcher on Apr 23, 2013 04.23.13
CI Games' Lords of the Fallen is a difficult action role-playing game with Borderlands-like skill trees and character development, executive producer Tomasz Gop said in an interview with Eurogamer. "It's a challenging game, action RPG, which means a lot of advanced combat," he told Eurogamer. "When you walk through a location, and you have to fight 10 enemies, that takes around an hour. "When you fight in Mortal Kombat, when you fight in Tekken, that's why it takes so long — Dark Souls is probably a strong reference as well," he said. But he went on to explain that have also incorporated skill trees and classes, inspired by Borderlands. Lords of the Fallen is slated for a 2014 release on Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and the next-generation Xbox. When questioned about the next Xbox,...
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17 CommentsDark Souls PC mod designed to allow instant summons between friends online
By Michael McWhertor on Apr 03, 2013 04.03.13
A Dark Souls player has taken it upon himself to add a long-requested feature to the Windows PC version of the game: the option to more easily connect with friends, instead of random strangers, for cooperative and competitive play. The Dark Souls Connectivity Fix — or DSCfix — by "M0tah" was released earlier this week with the intent to "improve the online experience when attempting to engage in jolly cooperation with friends." Normally, Dark Souls players have few options in reliably connecting to players on their friends list, but DSCfix prioritizes connections to friends. The modification to the game's normal behavior is accomplished with an interception DLL used in conjunction with Peter "Durante" Thoman's DSfix mod, which improved the Dark Souls PC port's resolution and frame...
Journey takes the lead in BAFTA nominations
By Emily Gera on Feb 12, 2013 02.12.13
The British Academy of Film, Television and Arts unveiled this years nominees for games in 2013, revealing thatgamecompany's meditative saga Journey has taken the lead with eight nominations. A total of 53 video games are up for awards across 17 categories this year. Trailing immediately behind Journey in greatest number of awards in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead with seven nominations, Far Cry 3 with six and indie darling Dear Esther with five nominations. The awards night will take place on March 5, as hosted once again by comedian Dara O'Briain. A live stream of the event will be made available by Twitch. The full list of nominees is as follows: Action: Borderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Far Cry 3 Halo 4 Hitman: Absolution Mass Effect 3 Artistic Achievement: B...
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4 CommentsDark Souls and Mass Effect 3 are discounted by 50 percent on Amazon
By Tracey Lien on Feb 05, 2013 02.05.13
From Software's Dark Souls and BioWare's Mass Effect 3 are both on sale on Amazon at the moment with 50 percent off both titles. The third game in BioWare's Mass Effect series, Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Wii U) was originally $39.99 but is now $19.99. The punishingly difficult Dark Souls (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) was also $39.99 and is now $19.73. In other deals available today, PlayStation Network is discounting select games in the Final Fantasy back catalogue by up to 50 percent off.
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26 CommentsDark Souls director in a supervising role for Dark Souls 2, encouraging tighter production schedule
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 28, 2013 01.28.13
Demon's Souls and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki will not be involved in the development of Dark Souls 2, instead stepping back into a less-involved supervising role and assisting with production scheduling, according to an interview with Miyazaki at Edge Online. Miyazaki told Edge he is looking into server-based networking for Dark Souls 2's online multiplayer, a move away from Dark Souls peer-to-peer system. He has also assisted in nailing down a development schedule, citing player criticism over the numerous polishing patches released post-launch for Dark Souls as a reason for tightening production. "I'm aware that many fans were a little bit frustrated about Dark Souls in terms of the scheduling — more specifically speaking, about the patches that we've released," he...
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7 CommentsNamco Bandai releases photos of Dark Souls 2 development at From Software
By Dave Tach on Jan 26, 2013 01.26.13
A recent update to Namco Bandai's Facebook page includes three pictures from a "recent visit to Japan" where the developers at From Software are working on Dark Souls 2. The photos show an office quite a bit brighter than the world of Dark Souls with artists sketching out armor, weapons and characters on dual-screen setups. You can check out the rest of the pictures on Facebook to see what ghastly creatures you might run into in the sequel that's headed to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Dark Souls 2 was announced in December with a teaser trailer at the Spike Video Game Awards. We've since learned that the game has been in development since September 2011, will be roughly twice the size of Dark Souls and aims to be more accessible to newcomers. For more Dark Souls 2 visuals,...
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1 CommentSteam user creates guide for streamlining multiplayer connections in Dark Souls
By Dave Tach on Jan 16, 2013 01.16.13
Steam user jonaswashe created a guide to help his fellow Dark Souls players improve the reliability of FromSoftware's in-game summoning mechanic and battle the hollow in multiplayer, according to a post published on Steam Users' Forums. According to the guide, the basic problem centers around network settings. It includes tips for firewall settings and ensuring that your PC is set up correctly with OpenNAT and UPnP. He suggests installing a program called Comodo Firewall Free, which allows a more granular view of your connections than Windows' built-in software. By using his methods and avoiding the temptation to spam summoning signs, the author writes that he can "reliably summon a friend in around 5-10 minutes on average." This guide is the latest in a series of player-created...
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3 CommentsAmazon offers $5 coupon to those who buy digitally distributed PC games from 2K, Ubisoft or THQ, for a very limited time only
By Tracey Lien on Dec 25, 2012 12.25.12
Amazon is offering a $5 coupon to those who purchase certain digitally distributed PC games and game packs from 2K, Ubisoft or THQ, which can be used on any game listed on its 2012 Editor's Choice Games list. Joystiq has compiled a list of the bundles and game packs that offer the coupon (offer ends Dec. 31, 2012), which includes: The 2K Mega Pack The Desert to Sea Bundle The WTF Pack The 2K Strategy Pack The 2K Shooter Pack The Storming, Burning, Reflecting, Flaming, Sabotaging Pack The Darksiders Franchise Pack The Tantalizing THQ Medley The Mass Effect Trilogy Assassin's Creed Revelations Assassin's Creed Revelations Gold Edition Assassin's Creed Botherhood Deluxe Edition Some of the games can be accessed on Steam, others on Origin and some on neither. The coupon can be redeemed...
