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"Colonel, what's the game that killed 95% of game websites doing here?" To once again borrow the quote from 1996 Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle: "Truth be told, I'm not a big fan of the Dark Souls. And if I could make any developer in the industry tap out, it'd be Miyazaki." Yes, I have to be...
New Steam Game is Dark Souls With Parry and Backstab, and You Play as a Dog
Soulslikes are having a big year on Steam, with games like Nioh 3, Mortal Shell 2, and even bizarre titles like Dinoblade hitting the storefront on PC in 2026. Although Steam has no shortage of soulslikes, a unique new entry in the genre lets players face a dark fantasy world like never before....
New Steam Game is Dark Souls With Parry and Backstab, and You Play as a Dog
The soulslike genre is expanding its roster of playable protagonists with a new Steam game that stars a dog with a sword in its mouth.
This newly announced soulslike has a main character inspired by Dark Souls' most heartbreaking boss fight
Stray Dog: Nobody Cares asks the question: "What if you were Great Grey Wolf Sif?"
Parts of The Duskbloods are "very similar to a lot of RPG elements you might find in a tabletop RPG," says FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki
The Dark Souls maker "pulled from the board games."
Finally, Dark Souls Has A Laugh Track To Applaud Your Every Death
Nothing to make the Bed of Chaos even more mind-numbingly annoying than canned laughter.
Dark Souls fans got this one right: new Soulslike where you play as a Sif-coded dog with a sword is now and forever "Bark Souls"
With FromSoftware's ever-growing legendary library of Souls games, it's not surprising that other developers are taking a crack at the action-packed genre – but this new Soulslike about a stray dog journeying to save his rescuer might just take the cake as the most precious. If you've played Dark...
Dark Souls fans got this one right: new Soulslike where you play as a Sif-coded dog with a sword is now and forever "Bark Souls"
Stray Dog: Nobody Cares is perfect for FromSoftware fans
Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has good news for anyone worried about PvP in The Duskbloods: he sucks at it too, and you don't "have to be great at PvP in order to win"
FromSoftware's making sure everyone has options
Among Shadows is a Nightreign-style dark fantasy RPG with a touch of Among Us that makes me think wistfully of Dark Souls at its most treacherous
Among Shadows is the kind of videogame genre arithmetic that often proves less than the sum of its parts, but I'm cautiously enthused by its talk of disease, betrayal and Elden Ring: Nightreign-flavoured swordwizarding. The gist: this is a fantasy action-RPG with an Among Us-style social deduction...
New Indie Soulslike Reimagines Dark Souls With A Stray Dog
Finally, a game all about (legally distinct) Sif.
Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is full of ideas FromSoftware couldn't fit into Dark Souls or Demon's Souls: "That was always at the forefront of my mind"
Even Elden Ring and Nightreign couldn't accommodate The Duskblood's ideas
Miyazaki Admits FromSoftware Always Just Dropped Players In, but Nintendo Is Refining The Duskbloods’ Onboarding
FromSoftware is among the best Japanese game development studios still active today, but it is undeniable that the uncompromising Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team have long struggled with player onboarding in games like the Dark Souls series and Bloodborne. Although things significantly improved with...
FromSoftware explains why The Duskbloods is Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive
FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki has explained the decision behind making The Duskbloods exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2. For the most part, the studio hasn’t been associated with Nintendo platforms. We did get Dark Souls: Remastered on Nintendo Switch a few years ago, but that was mostly it. The...
Hidetaka Miyazaki On The Duskbloods: “Maybe PvPvE Wasn’t The Best Way To Refer To It”
From Software's vampire-inspired multiplayer game The Duskbloods is difficult to quantify. Though it was billed as a "PvPvE game" when it was first announced, Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of From Software and legendary game director behind Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring, now thinks that...
Poll: Did You Get Into The Duskbloods Switch 2 Beta Test?
Bamco: First Blood. On Friday, FromSoftware fans with a Switch 2 get their first chance to go hands-on with a brand new game from the makers of Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Or more accurately, some FromSoft fans get the chance - specifically the ones that successfully applied for the network test....
Review: Mortal Shell 2 (PS5) - An Ingeniously Playful Take on the Dark Souls Formula
A soulslike with shotguns. Mortal Shell 2 is an expanded soulslike sequel that packs a lot into a focused experience. It took me just 30 hours to roll credits, but across that time I explored multiple biomes, fought dozens of bosses, and delved into an abundance of dungeons. From the outset, I...
New $359 Dark Souls Release Confirmed for 2027
A brand-new Dark Souls release is officially confirmed for 2027, coming with a hefty $359.99 price tag.
Beast of Reincarnation is a Pokémon-inspired soulslike without the cruelty of Dark Souls – and it's better for it
Game Freak has stood up to FromSoftware's classic design
I love the Dark Soulful architecture of The Canon of Balls, a rolling open world game inspired by Sega, Fumito Ueda and Minecraft parkour
What do Dark Souls, Super Monkey Ball, Shadow of the Colossus, and Minecraft have in common? They are all explicit inspirations for The Canon of Balls, a spooky and unforgiving new open world platformer in which you are a horrified statue's face with a fleshy pink tongue, floating inside a rolling...
Miyazaki Teased A Dark Souls Retirement Tour Ten Years Ago Today
He also put the onus on Sony to remaster Bloodborne.
10 Years Later, Dark Souls 3 Still Has the Best Solar Eclipse
Ten years later, Dark Souls 3 still hasn't been topped when it comes to making a solar eclipse feel like part of the world itself.
Things I Said Out Loud, To No One, While Suffering Through FromSoft’s Grueling Dark Souls Predecessor For Kotaku’s Warp Week
This is just like Dark Souls
New Roguelike Game on Steam is Dark Souls Meets Berserk with a Unique Feature
Steam has no shortage of brutal dungeon-crawling and/or roguelike games on its storefront, but a new one immediately stands out by feeling like a strange meeting point between Dark Souls and Berserk filtered through a forgotten 32-bit RPG. Its dark fantasy world is packed with cursed dungeons,...
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