Super rock hard Japanese action RPG Dark Souls is getting a sequel, publisher Namco Bandai has confirmed. A teaser trailer for the game was shown at the Spike Video Game Awards. It shows a knight exploring suitably gloomy locations and discovering the bleached bones of a dragon, while a voiceover reminds you that you have "no hope" and "no light".
That's business of usual for Dark Souls, of course, which impressed hardcore gamers with its ruthless but fair approach to combat and ingenious online features that enabled players to invade each other's games, leaving clues or attacking fellow gamers.
Dark Souls 2 is once again being developed by From Software, under the watchful eye of series creator Hidetaka Miyazaki. Tomohiro Shibuya, veteran of Capcom's similarly tough Monster Hunter saga, will be the game director. No release date has been announced, but the game will be coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
If you've never tackled Dark Souls, there's still plenty of time to get started. The ominously titled Prepare To Die special edition is out now, and while it's a fierce challenge it's also absolutely brilliant and incredibly rewarding. Of course, Dark Souls itself is an unofficial sequel to the PS3 exclusive Demon's Souls, also developed by From Software and published by SONY. That's pretty tough too.
Published: 10/12/2012
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