Dark Souls Remastered: news and videos

To play Dark Souls is to seek victory in a land defined by failure. Lordran, the game's fictional kingdom, is dying. The once-great gods have abandoned their bastions, fleeing a world in desperate need of a savior. Every crumbling city stan...

At last, Dark Souls: Remastered is out for Nintendo Switch. Some of us have made the trek up, down, and all around Lordran countless times on multiple platforms. Some of us are about to learn a valuable lesson in patience and perseverance. ...

Dark Souls Remastered was set to go live in May on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch, but the latter platform was bumped at the last minute along with its highly anticipated (and sold out) Solaire amiibo. Five months later on October 19 it'll g...

When we first got details about Nintendo's upcoming "Switch Online" service, one of the promises was cloud saving for "most Nintendo Switch games". While it may have been naive to assume that Nintendo was just being cheeky, I honestly didn'...

Despite owning three versions of Dark Souls, it feels inevitable that I'll pick up the Nintendo Switch port at some point. It's one of those rare games I can always return to and learn something new about. Had Dark Souls Remastered made it ...

Dark Souls: Remastered was supposed to see a simultaneous worldwide release on May 24 on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. It would have been a monumental feat especially since the announcement of the Switch version came out of nowhere initial...

Dark Souls Remastered is going down for maintenance today, and when it comes back online, there will be a handful of new bug fixes in the game across all platforms. Notably, patch 1.03 will also "[improve] the security against cheating duri...

If you've played Dark Souls, there's a solid chance Firelink Shrine is burned into your memories. It's enchanting, a singular hub that offers respite for weary adventurers in an otherwise hostile world.  With the recent release of Dark...

Modders, what will they do next?! How about put a Bloodborne level that was found in a remastered version of a game from 2011 into Grand Theft Auto V? Bet you never could have predicted that one! Modding is a dangerous drug all right, ...

Meet Dark Souls Remastered, same as the old Dark Souls. Well, in terms of mechanics and level design. It does have a new coat of paint and an improved framerate, the latter of which is pretty darn useful in Blighttown. I originally blo...

The gaming landscape has changed a lot since I first plopped into a pre-release version of Demon's Souls and soloed my way through its campaign. What was once a niche dungeon crawler in the same vein as King's Field became an inescapab...

So the Dark Souls Remastered network test is coming soon, and there's at least one big proviso attached to it. Okay two, as Bandai Namco confirmed that the Switch edition is not going to launch with the others, so there's that. Anyway that ...

[Update: The western network test will run from May 11-12 from 6:00 PM PT until 11:59 PM PT on PS4 and Xbox One. You can download the test client from today until May 8 at 11:59 PM PT.] The Dark Souls Remastered network test that was teased...

When Dark Souls Remastered was announced for PC, a lot of players were a bit annoyed at the lack of a discount for existing owners. Dark Souls 2 had offered a similar pricing structure when Scholar of the First Sin released, so why were PC ...

Bad news, everyone -- Bandai Namco has just announced that Dark Souls Remastered on Switch has been pushed back from May 25 until summer. Everything else (PC, PS4, Xbox One) is still on target for May 25, it's just Switch that's been moved ...

This week, Bandai Namco gave some outlets a look at the upcoming Dark Souls Remastered. While never touted to be a complete remake of the original, the results from these preview builds are looking a little less than stellar. The biggest th...

Bandai Namco has been showing off Dark Souls: Remastered ahead of its May 25 release on Nintendo Switch, PC, and PlayStation 4. Along with side-by-side comparison videos to get a better sense of how the game has been touched up visually, ne...

Last week Nintendo told us by way of a Direct presentation that Dark Souls would be getting a network test on Switch, which begged the question -- is it coming elsewhere? Well, after what seems like a token few days of announcement exc...

We've had quite a few horrible amiibo experiences, but for the most part, the last few years have been smooth sailing. As of yesterday though the Solaire amiibo has slid right in to complicate things again. Remember when exclusive amiibo de...

[Update: Turns out the Solaire amiibo is a GameStop exclusive. Go figure. It also costs more than the average amiibo, which is definitely making me less likely to pick it up on a whim.] Dark Souls Remastered will be getting a network test o...

With cross-network play starting to become a standard in gaming, I could definitely see how many people were assuming Dark Souls Remastered might include the option. While Sony would rather flip off the world, Nintendo and Microsoft have al...

[Update: Bandai Namco's marketing team has made a post over on Sony's blog that confirms a few details about the upcoming remaster. For starters, HDR is definitely not going to be a part of this, though 4K is in. The multiplayer component w...

If you were envious of Europe's Dark Souls trilogy vinyl set, you might explode when you see what's on the horizon in Japan. (Thankfully, I'm still glowing from today's news so I'm not too bothered.) Bandai Namco is putting together a Dark ...