Much has been made about Dark Souls II's graphical downgrade between E3 2013 and final release. Here's Dark Souls II developer From Software addressing things in a statement to Kotaku: Read more

PVP in Dark Souls II is mostly a straightforward affair — You invade or duel, kill your target, and then finish with…

Dark Souls II has a lot of changes in it, and watching fans try to parse them out on Youtube is always a fascinating…

If you've been playing Dark Souls II, and following the coverage leading up to the game's release, you may have…
Dying happens a lot in Dark Souls II. How often specifically? Millions of times since the game's release yesterday.

Dark Souls II: Great game, but a bit crusty on consoles. Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has got a detailed breakdown of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the new (very good) Dark Souls II. It sounds like neither version is without its share of technical issues, though they say the 360 version is the smoother one in terms…

Death is my teacher in Dark Souls II. Every time I get killed in this game, I get better at it. I have video proof…
Dark Souls II begins by telling you that you're flat-out screwed.
If you've played Dark Souls for any significant amount of time, you've probably died in Dark Souls a large number of…
While the console version of Dark Souls II hits next week, the PC version, with its increased texture resolution…

One of the best things about Dark Souls is how it handles backstory — which is to say it buries it in the woods…
Dark Souls II comes to PC on April 25, publisher Namco Bandai just announced. It'll be out for last-gen consoles on March 11. Enjoy your deaths.
Dark Souls is in everything now. In this cool piece over at Kill Screen, author Chris Breault talks to a handful of game developers about how From Software's seminal action-RPG has infected and influenced their games.

Two things can happen if a Dark Souls newbie watches this video. One, they are gullible and go 'wow that truly is…

Gotta love the character selection screen in this Dark Souls-Mega Man crossover video by TerraMantis. This could be the most difficult game in existence. And calling Gwyndolin "Woman Man", that's probably the best robot masters name yet.

1980s nostalgia is easy to exploit for cheap jokes and lazy humor. But an 80s cartoon version of Dark Souls II? I'd…
If the best video-game screenshot artist around wants to spend a bunch of weeks cataloguing Dark Souls, that's just…

Everyone who's rabidly awaiting the arrival of Dark Souls II knows that it's going to a nihilistic affair where they…
Artist Dave Rapoza took Dark Souls and reimagined it as a 2D platformer from the 16-bit era, and man I can already…
Dark Souls. Dark Souls? Dark Souls! Dead End Thrills is still at it, pulling down some dramatic new shots of Dark Souls, looking great on PC. Head over there for more. Read more