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Tencent Increases Stake in Kadokawa, Strengthening Control Over Elden Ring and Dark Souls Publisher
Tencent is continuing its acquisition of shares in Kadokawa, increasing its influence on the publisher of Elden Ring and Dark Souls, although it remains a minority shareholder. According to reports today from Nikkei, Tencent Holdings has acquired additional shares of Kadokawa, boosting its stake by 1.11%, bringing its total holding…
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Dark Souls 2 Mod Cranks Up the Difficulty By Simply Making You Play it Upside Down!
While Dark Souls 2 does predominantly seem to represent the black sheep of the Soulsborne franchise to much of the fanbase, it is personally my favourite title (so far). And no, I’m not just saying that to be edgy or controversial. Yes, Dark Souls 2 has its flaws, but when…
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Dark Souls Prepare to Die Servers Are Never Coming Back!
Starting off with the good news, FromSoftware has confirmed that following an outage of nearly 6 months, the only servers for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin has officially been switched back on. So, for those of you missing your fix of fight clubs on the Iron Keep’s…
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Elden Ring 1.07 Update Looks to Bring More Balance to PvP Fighting
Elden Ring looks pretty certain to take my personal crown for being the game of the year. With me currently on my third playthrough, at this point, I’m eagerly awaiting the release of DLC at some point in early 2023. – With all that being said, however, I would never…
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FromSoftware Fires Up the Dark Souls 3 Servers Again After 7 Months Offline!
Earlier this year, FromSoftware shut down the online multiplayer servers for all of its Dark Souls titles. – The reasoning for this was somewhat ironic as it was found that the invasion system within the game had a flaw which could’ve potentially allowed people to actually invade your PC. –…
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Dark Souls 3 Steam Listing Suggest Multiplayer Will Return Shortly!
Back in January FromSoftware officially shut down the multiplayer servers for all 3 Dark Souls titles as a security issue was discovered within the game’s ‘invasion’ system that could, rather ironically, allow someone to not just invade your game, but your system as well. – With the servers being shut…
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FromSoftware FINALLY Fixes One of Elden Ring’s Most Annoying Problems!
Yes, it’s finally happened. After months of (mostly) pleasurable and deliberately slow grinding/exploration, I’ve finally beaten Elden Ring. While I do, of course, plan to continue playing the game (at a similarly slow and casual pace) I can now throw it onto the pile of the other semi-masochistic FromSoftware gaming…
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FromSoftware Gives Dark Souls PC Server Update (I Don’t Believe Them!)
Back in January this year, a huge security flaw was discovered within the multiplayer PvP system of Dark Souls (1-3). One that could lead to an unwanted invasion. – No, not an invasion within the game as the mechanic would clearly intend, but rather potentially of your own computer system…
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Elden Ring Has the Best Launch of Any ‘Soulsbourne’ Title to Date!
Released last Friday, Elden Ring is undoubtedly one of the most popular gaming titles around at the moment. Well, that is at least until Gran Turismo 7 drops later this week. – In terms of sales though, just how successful has it been? Well, according to the latest data courtesy…
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Dark Souls Servers to Remain Offline Until Elden Ring Release!
You may recall that late last month, a huge security flaw was discovered with the server system of Dark Souls gaming titles. While the details of the issue have not been disclosed as of yet, largely because they haven’t been fixed, the bottom line is that it seems that a…
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Elden Ring Confirmed to “Feature” Poison Swamps – Oh Goodie!
While the Soulsborne franchise has often provided gamers with more than a few moments of painful frustration, I daresay that for many of you some of the most annoying areas were those that contained some variety of poisonous swamp. – Although I stand to be proven wrong (despite having pumped…
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FromSoftware Says Elden Ring Will Take (Roughly) 30-Hours to Beat!
As someone who is an absolutely huge fan of the Dark Souls franchise, I have to admit that Elden Ring has been quite possibly one of my most anticipated gaming releases of 2022. Yes, I know, it’s not technically a Dark Souls title, being created by FromSoftware, however, we can…
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Dark Souls Security Flaw is Discovered That Could Lead to REAL Invasions!
One of the most popular features of the Dark Souls franchise has always been the ability to invade other people’s worlds. The expressed intent of this, of course, is to attempt to kill them or, at the very least, provide more than a moderate hindrance to their gaming progress. –…
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Elden Ring is Delayed – But it’s Still Coming Sooner Than Expected!
After years of hype, rumour, speculation, and a lot of demand from the gaming community, FromSoftware finally confirmed earlier this year that the highly-anticipated ‘Elden Ring‘ would be set for release on January 21st 2022. – So, in theory, we were only around 3 months away from finally being able…
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Dark Souls Fan Sequel Confirms Release Date
Although I would possibly concede that it’s something of a ‘marmite’ franchise when it comes to gaming, I know for a fact that there are a lot of people out there (including myself) who absolutely love the challenge presented by the Dark Souls franchise. Despite having three games under its…
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