Earlier last week some very vague, very weak rumours suggested that Dark Souls 3 would be revealed at E3 next week – with series veteran Hidetaka Miyazaki again claiming the director’s chair. The rumour itself had so little to stand on that most of us didn’t take it seriously. That’s up until even more, compelling evidence surfaced over the weekend – and it makes a strong case.
Broken by YouTube gaming New channel The Know (and picked up by Rock, Paper, Shotgun), it really does seem like Dark Souls will have a sequel revealed at the world’s biggest gaming convention next week. Citing some leaked documentation from an anonymous source (which seems to be some PR material), The Know shared concept art, gameplay details and release platforms for the suspected RPG sequel.
Dark Souls III will supposedly feature 10 classes, 15 new bosses and 12 regions to explore when it reaches shelves. Interestingly, the fact sheet also cited that the game would support four players – aligning more with Bloodborne than past Dark Souls titles.
The game might also feature a brand new take on World Tendencies – which was an obscure but otherwise innovative feature in the PS3-exclusive Demon Souls. Dark Souls 3 bosses will apparently changed based on a “Heat Up” factor, which is affected by another new sacrifice mechanic that is used to invade other player’s worlds.
The most surprisingly titbit from the entire leak regards the game’s release on PC. Both previous titles made their way to PC eventually, but the leak suggests that a port for the third is still up for negotiation. That could mean that specific distribution platforms haven’t been nailed down yet, because it would be rather curious for the series to now cut out an entire platform for no apparent reason.
Just for the record, the people behind The Know are the same who first suggested that Microsoft was saving Silent Hills – a wild rumour we know to be false. So regardless of the fact that some of the screenshots looking incredibly real, take it all with a massive dose of salt for now. It’s harder to call than Silent Hills was (even they seem to agree), but it’s nowhere near enough to get excited about yet.
Last Updated: June 8, 2015
ReaperOfSquirrels
June 8, 2015 at 09:35
Meh! *Shrug* Whatevs
ReaperOfSquirrels
June 8, 2015 at 09:35
Meh! *Shrug* Whatevs
Dean
June 8, 2015 at 14:12
Funny, I felt the same about your comment.
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 09:45
So glad Adam and Bruce left Machinima. Hoping Steve and Larson can do the same.
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 09:46
Seeing as how bad the ports for DS to PC are, they shouldn’t even bother.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 09:51
^This
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 8, 2015 at 09:48
Oh Know!
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 09:51
I might not care
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 09:53
I don’t care that you might not care 😛
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 10:00
You not caring about me not caring is showing that you care about what I don’t care about more than you’d care to admin
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 10:03
*admit
PoisonedBelial
June 8, 2015 at 10:06
*Admin the shit out of him!
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 10:07
rofl
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 10:09
Nope, no typo, was messing with your mind, even more than I normally do, seeing as your Skype is no longer worky work
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 10:14
Still gotta sort that out
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 10:24
Indeed, I have more experiments to perform on you….
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 10:26
As long as it doesn’t involve a razor and my balls again….
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 10:28
Aye, I’ll tell Helga to take it easy on you next time
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 10:30
Also please make the safe word English this time, I know she means well…
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 8, 2015 at 10:53
Noted, I’ve put that instruction next to her nest
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 09:53
Demon Otters!
kuuu(UMAR)rrrr
June 8, 2015 at 09:54
Dammit….Why….Don’t want another DS game.
Lord Chaos
June 8, 2015 at 09:54
Because: Mooooo
kuuu(UMAR)rrrr
June 8, 2015 at 09:55
Seems so hey, I would hate for this franchise to become a milk machine.
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 09:57
It did with DS2 already. Will wait and see what DS3 brings.
kuuu(UMAR)rrrr
June 8, 2015 at 10:08
Bloodborne removed that bitter taste but if it’s going the milking ways again after Bloodborne then yeah, I’m worried. This was one of those series I looked to when the industry got too bleak, but now it looks like they’re joining them.
oVg
June 8, 2015 at 09:56
Can we just take a moment and appreciate the effort that CD Projekt Red put into this game’s scenery.
Gavin Mannion
June 8, 2015 at 10:05
well sculpted scenery there..
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 8, 2015 at 10:23
Is that a full moon or a blood moon?
oVg
June 8, 2015 at 11:06
The torch in Geralts left hand has more back story and narrative than the Wikipidia narrative of Bloodborn. I am on new game plus and I still have not got a flipping clue what the world is about.
Wild Hunt owns the night of the hunt.
Blood Emperor Trevor
June 8, 2015 at 11:27
I finished up the Crones of Crookback Bog & the Bloody Baron story lines this last week. I felt drawn into it, I made bad decisions based on that, and I was left hanging (hah) on every word until the end. It’s been a long time since a AAA game drew me into a story like this.
CuddlesaurusRex
June 8, 2015 at 11:51
Finished those up this weekend. Honestly would have been happy if that was the entire game. Such a good game.
ninjaninja
June 8, 2015 at 12:58
http://i.imgur.com/K1CYUyq.jpg
PoisonedBelial
June 8, 2015 at 09:57
Is this the part where I say I played Dark Souls 2 for about 20 mins and was like “Meh, this is boring…”?
Hammersteyn
June 8, 2015 at 09:57
Yup
Kromas,powered by windows 10.
June 8, 2015 at 10:22
You know on the topic of PC releases.
I am getting real tired of the piracy and pc gamers not buying retort every other publisher pushes these days. If star Citizen can make gazillions even before release I don’t think it is the PC master race that has issues here.
Publishers as they currently stand should die out.
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
June 8, 2015 at 10:24
I might (read: probably will) skip this title in 2016.
GooseZA
June 8, 2015 at 11:42
Sure, DS2 wasn’t nearly as good as DS1 (which is basically a perfect game, framerate issues aside), but I still enjoyed it.
Would definitely be keen on DS3.
Apples ZA
June 9, 2015 at 09:27
Awesome, really enjoyed the first two games
Ghost In The Rift
June 11, 2015 at 21:31
I really hate it when someone supports these developers only to receive the short end of the stick, its not fair to gamers who supported them on PC, even though it was a shity port, dignity should still stay the same.