Dark Souls is coming to #NintendoSwitch with improved framerate and resolution, as well as the Atorias of the Abyss DLC!
#DarkSouls: Remastered launches on 5/25.
Update, January 11: Oh it's true, it's true. Dark Souls is getting a remaster.
Confirmed today at Nintendo Direct, Dark Souls Remastered will release on May 25 this year, and it will be coming to PC. Praise the absolute Sun. For the best RPGs of all time, click here.
We reached out to Bandai Namco for further details. We hear that the remaster will include the (splendid) Artorias of the Abyss DLC, as well as "improved framerate and resolution from the original." That means 60fps.
Rumours before the announcement had also predicted it would come to PC, but our platform was understandably missing from the Nintendo Direct trailer. Bandai Namco soon released a trailer of their own - which you can see above - that makes clear the game is coming to Steam. Given the shoddiness of the original port and the ease with which modern controllers now work on PC, that's thrilling news.
Interestingly, the final frame of the trailer says FromSoftware hold the copyright from 2011-2018, despite them no longer being partnered with Bandai Namco. Original story, January 11: If surprise Total War games aren’t your thing, how about surprise Dark Souls ones? Dark Souls Remastered, probably in the top percentile of requested PC games given the state of the original version on PC and its popularity, is apparently one of several announcements due at a secret Nintendo Direct due to broadcast today. Several of our own sources confirm a report on Kotaku this morning. They also note that it will release in May.
For those who haven’t seen the whirlwind of fire that has been Nintendo social media the past few days, a variety of leaks suggested a Nintendo Direct was this week, with zero actual evidence it was happening. This was compounded by particularly troll-worthy posts from Nintendo social media, which now seem to have new light shed on them.
Nintendo, of course, will focus on the Switch versions of their various announcements, but as Kotaku report, a different studio is apparently focusing on PS4, Xbox One and, yes, PC versions of the remaster. New graphics and lighting, natch, plus online upgrades to bring it to a similar player count as later games in the series. There is no information as to whether there will be any content updates as there was with the Scholar of the First Sin remaster of Dark Souls 2.
True or not - and we’re leaning, heavily, true - we should know in the next few hours. May is the release date if it all proves accurate, which would make a very good birthday present for me. We’ll keep you updated.
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The biggest is simply that Fromsoft isn't remastering the game, but a Polish studio called QLOC (and the Switch version is being developed in China). QLOC at least has a good track record, and much of the 'remaster' seems to be incorporating effects developed by Fromsoft for later entries in the series.
