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Dark Souls II launching March 2014

Update: Namco Bandai confirms Dark Souls II will be shipping in March 2014.

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Update: Namco Bandai has confirmed to Eurogamer that Dark Souls II will be shipping in March 2014.

Original story: Dark Souls II, the sequel to From Software’s 2011 hit role-playing game, Dark Souls may be releasing in March next year, according to a report on Kotaku.

Is this the Dark Souls II release date? Image credit: Kotaku
Is this the Dark Souls II release date? Image credit: Kotaku

A large billboard has been spotted in Los Angeles by user Norm the Alligator ahead of next week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. The 2014 launch window has lead to speculation that the next title in the notoriously unforgiving series may also include a next-generation console release.

A Namco Bandai Australia spokesperson declined to comment on the release date, and reiterated that only Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions of the game have been announced.

Namco recently confirmed the company will be going "guns blazing" to market with Dark Souls II.

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Now I'll only ever remember 2013 as the year where I had to wait for Dark Souls II in 2014.

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@Falru Or the year when Bioshock Infinite, Last Of Us and GTA V were released, if u consider yourself a gamer.

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I didn't and dont intend on playing any of those games but I guess the 600 hours I have l have for dark souls doesn't make me enough of a gamer.

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@da_chub True gamers shouldnt be genre specific, i like to keep an open mind with games but also with music and movies. I didnt think i would enjoy racing games until i actually tried some. Oh, and if u dont intend on playing those afromentioned games, is it because u dont like them? Not interested? But of course u wouldnt know if u liked them or not since u havent played them.

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Considering the leading development platform is PC ,i don't think they will have issues porting it to the the next gen consoles since they are basically PCs in a small box.

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March 2014???!! NOOOOOO!!! My mighty heart is breaking...

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well we know game of the 2014 year :)

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Everyone at my job loves Dark Souls. We're even thinking of starting our own fanclub dedicated to the game. Dark Souls II will be a day-one buy for me, especially if it's on next-gen consoles.

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The have released a new patch of artwork. looks pretty awesome.
http://www.creativeuncut.com/art_dark-souls-2_a.html

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I hope they improve the games story, other then some interesting characters you cross paths in the first game; i started losing interest because there wasn't much motive to move forward.

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@Vegamyster Pls just leave.

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@Prats1993 No thanks.

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That's kind of the beauty of Dark Souls though. More than any game I've ever played, DS is like being to transported to a strange and brutal world that leaves you to your own devices: no map, no shops(tradtional rpg style), no hints, npc's that not only aren't helpful but are completely insane, most creative enemies in any rpg I've played, button mashing is completely useless, stamina is so critical that you feel like you aren't even playing a game. They should come up with a new genre description for DS; how about realistic, rpg survival simulator. lol It's like that show Survivorman, but in a fantasy/virtual reality setting.

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@Vegamyster Didn't dive into the lore or care about seeing new places?

I would think the idea of a new boss , gear, and such would keep ya going.

Otherwise you kind of have to listen to npcs and look for the story.It's fairly decent once you do though.

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@WolfGrey @Vegamyster I liked the lore i just wished it was more abundant, i understand the game is supposed to have a desolate feel but that is just my opinion. The bosses were always great but in terms of gear if you were good enough to could just use any light armor and be fine, weapons were the only motive.

The world itself was cool but the console limitations kinda bugged me, being in certain areas the frame rate would suffer causing cheap deaths.

Still looking forward to this game.

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@TheShutup Why so rude?

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@Ismaelkf Dude, it's a novelty account.

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@TheShutup You are hopeless.

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That's a long wait..

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@Ismaelkf It is not a long wait LOL Also why would you want to play this on the PS3 while you will most likely be able to play it on the PS4?

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@Imatyta haha good point, in addition we have a line of pretty awesome games coming up that can keep us busy ;)

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What I want to know is what were the most difficult sections for everybody that beat Dark Souls?. The last boss I felt was the easiest for me because I over leveled before I got to that particular encounter. I never get to hear from other gamers that beat the game, because I only have 1 friend on my friend's list that beat the game, besides me.

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@mattress805 Well, Blighttown and the Depths were painful the 1st time around. The Tomb of the Giants was like a nightmare. But definitely Bed of Chaos beats all of the above.

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Yeah those were nightmares but the Capra demon was a living nightmare for me. I helped some kid beat him in 5 min and he would NOT return the favor. So I spent 7 F*ucking hours continually fighting him and dying bymyself. I almost gave up. But I'm glad I didn't because it was smoother sailing from there.....until that Quelagg bitch.

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Giving Quelagg's sister 30 humanity was a bitch too. I killed a lot of rats for that spell. lol

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yeah I finally beat him. He just happened to be a really tough boss for me, I dont know why. The gargoyles werent too bad for me or the wolf, etc. Maybe I wasn't a high enough level at that point. When I beat the game I was like 108, or something like that. The frog creatures in the depths tho; those were some evil bastards. The harsh effects that they did to you if they hit you could potentially make you have to restart the entire game. lol Whoever thought up those creatures was diabolical. ha

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@mattress805 Capra tip, get to the stair and isolate yourself. As soon as Capra falls off, kill the dogs and deal with Capra. Unless you had problems with Capra itself, in which case..most of his attacks are blockable and don't take away too much stamina.

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Ya but Bed of Chaos was designed to be a cheap, doesn't really count.

Easily qualifies as the boss with the most wasted potential.

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Don't forget about Ornstein and Smough. That simulatneous boss encounter against 2 foes that each have like 10 different attacks almost made me have a nervous breakdown. ha I battled them for literally a week. I tried to beat them for 2 or 3 hrs a day, and I got tips and watched video, but it was still insanely frustrating. It doesn't help that you can't leave that area until you conquer them. On a happier note; the Painted World was my favorite area in the game. That area and the forest were amazing.

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bell gargoyles were the hardest by far for me, took me like 40 tries lol:)

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Mass Effect 3 was a march release. Hopefully they can follow in their footsteps and make it a good Q1 sell.

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Hopefully, we get some solid info at E3 about whether his is a hoax or not.

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@faceless-mask What makes you think it could be a hoax?

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@tightwad34 @faceless-mask The fact that this is literally the only piece of advertisement that's been seen worldwide regarding the release date. I mean, after I first heard about this, i looked around a bit online, and as far as I could tell, no where else has there been any sign of similar things being seen. That, and the fact that this was found in California I believe, and not somewhere in Japan. I mean, it does have a great international following, but I'm pretty sure From Software would make their announcement in Japan first and then go international. But that's just my opinion.

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@faceless-mask I actually did wonder why the banner was in the US instead of Japan. And I too was on other sites and saw no mention of it, but that's the case for a lot of articles on any site. Even if it is a hoax, which I don't think it is, at least we know the game is coming sometime down the road.

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2014 March......Sweet.....the next year summer will go nice and smooth then
I just love it.

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too far TOO FAR!

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Save points, or forget it.

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@DarthLod No.

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@faceless-mask Yep.

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You get plenty of save pts. But if ya heal yourself at the bonfire, it just happens to resurrect every enemy in the game, but the bosses. ha lol that was pretty f*cked up! ha

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@DarthLod No.

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Yep

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@DarthLod @faceless-mask No.

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March is fine with me. That'll give me time to hopefully finish the holiday games before playing hundred(s) of hours on what I am sure will be my GOTY. Plus if I dove into DSII before playing the holiday games and whatnot it would more than likely lessen the experience of those games due to the fact that Dark Souls II will be much better than anything else I am going to play.

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