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Dark Souls Series 'Not Over Yet'

From Software head of R&D Masanori Takeuchi and executive producer Eiichi Nakajima have spoken out about the future of the franchise. Speaking to GameTrailers during this week's Game Developers Conference, Takeuchi confirmed that he'd like to see the series continue.

Ashunderfire864522d ago

This is great news for fans like me hell yeah!!!! And they are not going to dumb down the sequels. This is a true game company that know its fans. I have not forgotten about Dark souls, and have yet to beat it lol, but at least I beaten Demon souls like 2 times. Dark Souls was my favorite game for 2011.

CarlitoBrigante4522d ago

I prefer Demon's Souls to Dark Souls, I'd rather see Sony making Demon's Souls 2 since they own the IP

Hellsvacancy4522d ago (Edited 4522d ago )

Im divided, i felt Demons Souls was harder, but Dark Souls was longer, i want there next game to be bigger (and maybe better voice actin)

There my best played games of this gen

camel_toad4522d ago

The big reason I liked Dark Souls better was that it had one giant totally load-free (unless u died) world. It just made everything feel so connected and didnt have the (im playing a video game) loading.

CarlitoBrigante4521d ago

@camel toad: what you just said I cannot comprehend. One of the main pointss of Dark Souls is to die, so be prepared to lots of loading.

Second, I liked the Nexus system of Demon's Souls, eventough it didnot have a map I always knew where I was going while sometimes I was stuck in Dark Souls.

Not to mention the broken PvP in Dark Souls...

Philoctetes4522d ago

Great series. My only complaint is that I wish they would cut down a little on the grinding (pure bladestone, channeler's trident). Otherwise, don't change a thing.

Kenshin_BATT0USAI4522d ago

Grinding is a pretty integral part to an rpg. I say keep it the same amount, it was a pain to get some things but it was still manageable without frustration.

flyingmunky4522d ago

The two examples you gave are items that are not essential to completing the game. If you really want the platinum trophy shouldn't you have to spend a vast amount of time earning it?

dinkeldinkse4522d ago (Edited 4522d ago )

Unless the items or weapons you have to grind for are much more useful than in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. I don't expect some ridiculous sword that one or two hits kills all enemies, but something that is much better than a Channeler's Trident or whatever crappy weapon that is upgraded with a Pure Bladestone.

christheredhead4522d ago

Yes! I really hope this series continues onward. Demons Souls and Dark Souls are my favorite games to come out this generation.

Spenok4522d ago

Agreed. This is awesome news. Keep them comming!

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World of Warcraft developers form wall-to-wall union at Blizzard Entertainment

The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 19h ago

Unions in gaming are necessary fr fr

montebristo1d 8h ago

I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.

shinoff21831d 7h ago

Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.

montebristo1d 7h ago

No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo

montebristo1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.

Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.

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The 'Kawaii' Is A Nintendo Wii The Size Of A Keychain

Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.

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Humble Games Lays Off Entire Team

Another studio has held layoffs, this time its Humble Games letting go of its entire QA team according to social media posts.

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aaronaton2d ago

Why QA a game when the general public do it now....

anast2d ago

They will rehire cheaper labor during the restructuring. The stupid thing is that they are struggling and the first thing they do is lower the quality.