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Demon's Souls possessing PS3 October 6

Atlus dates action role-playing game import; $70 deluxe edition to come packed with 150-page strategy guide.

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While gamers in Japan have been able to pick up From Software's PlayStation 3-exclusive Demon's Souls from their local retailers for months, North American gamers have had to make a veritable deal with the devil (or pay importer premiums) to play the action role-playing game. That's going to change soon, as Atlus USA this weekend announced an October 6 North American release date for the game.

You've got a little something on your chin.
You've got a little something on your chin.

Atlus also revealed plans for a deluxe edition package of the game. For $69.99, the deluxe edition will include a strategy guide of more than 150 pages and will come in slipcase packaging. The standard edition of the game will cost $59.99, and gamers who preorder either version at participating retailers will receive an art book of concept sketches and other designs.

Set in the medieval kingdom of Boletaria, Demon's Souls calls upon gamers to cleanse the land of a demonic scourge unwittingly unleashed by the king in a misguided grab for power. Players will also be able to customize character skills and equipment to the task, relying on melee, projectile, and magic attacks to send the cursed creatures back from whence they came.

For more on Demon's Souls, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

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I'll be adding this to my collection :) That deluxe edition is very tempting because of how hard this game is, the stragety guide would come in handy.

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hmm it looks like some x-bot is thumbing down good comments cuz this is exclusive to ps3 haha, but anyway im gonna get this game for sure.

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GS is kinda slow with its news sometimes..

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i'm very excited to hear this as most are. i've heard many good things about this game. i'll have to grab myself a copy come October!!!

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This is good news. I've heard aot of good things from this. Need to add this too my PS3 collection for sure!

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great game. Glad to see it coming to the US. Only wish I would have held out a bit longer so that I could pick up the deluxe edition

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What about EU release date?

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ok...but theres 2 many good games coming out on whats left of this year 2 spend 60 bucks on this

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this game is really good, and yes is hard. The fight system is quite simple but in the same time is challenging and deep. The charachter developing is very good, many weapons that can be upgraded in lots of ways..i reccomned to anyone. The only bad thing is that when i invaded another player (as a black phantom) there are terrible lags that make the human vs human match terrible, while it could be amazing without lags. I hope this problem is just because i'm from europe and most of people on there are from japan now, if not i hope this will be fixed by online updates, that are quite frequent too. I paid it about 40 euros with chinese manual, the game write and voice is all pure english, and they were well spent.

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Ive got my copy from playasia.com a while back, and I really like it. It is a challenging game for sure.

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game is going to be amazingg

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Im getting this game. It sounds really fun even though I heard its difficult. Im getting the deluxe edition. That strategy guide should come in handy. This deluxe edition is worth it. You get a huge guide to help you out in some parts of the game. Not some lame making-of the game dvd,poster,figurine,etc... And $69 is a steal too.

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I heard this game is really, really hard, almost like Ninja Gaiden. That always makes beating the game so much better. 8)

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sounds good...

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Looks interesting. Hopefully it will quench my demon fix until Diablo III comes out.

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So NA is the only other country in the world interested in this game? Come on at least acknowledge Europe. NA probably wont even buy it i bet its a cop out over there seeing as its not a sports game and its not an FPS....

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i paid $70 to import a copy about 2 months ago. If I just waited I would've gotten the Strat guide! Bummer. It's a great game, everybody! We need more people online to make the co-op smoother!

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nice - will have to look for some screenshots and reviews to see if its worth it.

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This game is going to be amazing, rather it already is.

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Can't wait to try this one. It reminds me of Otogi a bit.

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