Dark Souls: Remastered (Switch) News Articles
Tuesday14th Aug 2018
News Praise The Sun! Dark Souls: Remastered On Switch Has A Confirmed Release Date
Resolution, FPS and amiibo details, too!
Bandai Namco has announced a new, confirmed release date for Dark Souls: Remastered on Switch. You'll finally be able to get your hands on this portable remaster on 19th October. Back in April, Bandai Namco revealed that the game had been delayed until the summer. With the summer months almost behind...
Thursday12th Jul 2018
Random Amazon Doesn't Seem Too Confident On Dark Souls: Remastered's Switch Release
Say it isn't so
A while ago we heard the news that Dark Souls: Remastered - along with that lovely Solaire amiibo - would be delayed on Switch. The game has now been and gone on other platforms and we're still yet to hear anything about the Nintendo version, but retailer Amazon has now taken things to a whole new level. As this tweet below shows -...
Monday4th Jun 2018
Random Praise The Bricks! Dark Souls Gets A LEGO Makeover
Danish delight
While the rest of the world enjoys a rekindled return to Lordran, us Nintendo Switch owners are left to wait patiently for Dark Souls: Remastered to finally make its way to our hybrid shores. To help fill that hollow void, one intrepid player has managed to recreate part of Dark Souls... in LEGO Worlds. Entitled Dark Souls...
Wednesday2nd May 2018
News Dark Souls: Remastered Switch Network Test "Will Arrive Later" Than PS4 And Xbox One
"You remain among the accursed"
We won't lie, Dark Souls: Remastered getting delayed on Switch really ruined our plans for May. However, Bandai Namco said at the time that the proposed network test would proceed despite the delay - although it looks like even that is being pushed back. The network test for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game...
Wednesday18th Apr 2018
News Dark Souls: Remastered Will Still Have An Early Network Test
It’ll just be late, like the game
It came as quite the unexpected and strange blow when Namco randomly delayed the Switch version of Dark Souls: Remastered to some undefined point in the summer, citing “the nature of causality” as the reason for the delay. Many fans were understandably distraught at the news, but it also wasn’t made clear...
Tuesday17th Apr 2018
News Dark Souls: Remastered Succumbs To Delay On Switch, Along With Solaire amiibo
"Forgive me… I am impure"
Bandai Namco has revealed that Dark Souls: Remastered on Switch has been delayed until the summer, along with the special Solaire amiibo. The May 25th release date still applies to the other versions, however. It would seem that whatever issue has occurred, it only impacts the Switch edition. With no solid release date...
Tuesday10th Apr 2018
Video See, Blighttown Really Does Run At 30fps On Nintendo Switch
Hollowed, but stable
Last week we reported on how FromSoftware and Chinese studio Virtuos had reportedly managed to wrestle Blighttown - a notorious location in Dark Souls, known for its brutal boss fights and crippling frame rate issues - to a stable 30fps on Nintendo Switch. Well, PAX East has come and gone, and now we have some actual footage to...
Tuesday3rd Apr 2018
News Dark Souls Remastered To Feature Improved Frame Rates In Blighttown
Jumping has also been tweaked
We're less than two months away from what was once a mere pipe dream - Dark Souls on a portable machine - and thanks to a preview on Fandom (which has subsequently been removed), the new and improved Dark Souls: Remastered will feature a handful of subtle yet welcome changes to one of the most beloved action-RPGs of all...
Thursday22nd Mar 2018
Deals This Dark Souls: Remastered Metal Plate Looks Tasty
Fill your plate
It's almost time for the Nintendo Switch to visit Lordran, a Gothic kingdom filled with dangers and creatures in all manner of monstrous forms. It's a place where you'll almost certainly die, over and over again. Okay, that might not sound like an attractive premise for a video game, but its war of attrition makes for one of the most...
Friday16th Mar 2018
Video Digital Foundry Analysis On Dark Souls: Remastered
Prepare to die
Major third-party support on the Switch is still a hot issue for fans of the console, as the debate rages on about whether Nintendo’s hybrid is capable of running the kind of games that AAA developers produce. Still, several companies have had pleasing results, and the upcoming remaster of Dark Souls looks like it will perform just...
Thursday15th Mar 2018
Deals Praise The Sun, You Can Now Pre-Order The Dark Souls Solaire amiibo
Hello Solaire
If you are looking forward to the release of Dark Souls: Remastered on Switch on 25 May, you'll probably want to pick up the lovely Solaire amiibo, which was announced in the most recent Nintendo Direct. Because, why wouldn't you? Solaire of Astora is a 'Warrior of Sunlight' who appears throughout the original Dark Souls...
Thursday8th Mar 2018
News Praise The Sun, We're Getting A Dark Souls Solaire Amiibo
Network test coming ahead of May launch
During today's Nintendo Direct it was confirmed that Dark Souls: Remastered will be getting its own amiibo. Solaire of Astora - one of the most popular characters from the entire Souls series - will be immortalised in plastic form, complete in his iconic "Praise the Sun" pose. Using the amiibo in-game will...
Thursday1st Mar 2018
Zelda: BOTW book included
If you're a fan of video game books then chances are you'll already be familiar with the name Third Editions. This French publisher has produced some incredible books in the past and recently translated some of them into English - including an excellent analysis of the Zelda series. The company is now seeking
Friday16th Feb 2018
News Looks Like The Studio That Ported LA Noire Is Working On Dark Souls Remastered
Reasons to be cheerful
Yes, it wasn't a fever dream - Dark Souls: Remastered really is coming to Nintendo Switch and it's just over three months out. And as we drag our hollowed form towards that release date, more details are beginning to emerge regarding its development, including who might be dealing with the porting process. According to a...
Wednesday17th Jan 2018
News Dark Souls: Remastered Won’t Feature Cross-Platform Play
I feel hollow...
There had been rumblings for quite some time that Dark Souls would be arriving on the Switch in some form, but it still came as a pleasant surprise when the Nintendo Direct Mini confirmed the existence of Dark Souls: Remastered. This will mark the first time that the brutal action series makes an appearance on a Nintendo platform,...
Thursday11th Jan 2018
News Praise The Sun! Dark Souls: Remastered Is Coming To Switch This May
Prepare to die anytime, anywhere
The rumours are true! The critically acclaimed, cult-enshrined action-RPG Dark Souls is coming to Nintendo Switch. Revealed in today's Nintendo Direct Mini, Dark Souls: Remastered brings the FromSoftware classic to Nintendo hardware for the first time ever. The game will be remastered in its entirety for Switch,...
News Nintendo Direct Mini Is Happening Right Now
It's happening!
The Nintendo Direct Mini is happening right now. Yes, you read that correctly. Nintendo really dropped this one on us! Here are the games featured: DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED: The first title in the genre-defining action role-playing franchise is coming to Nintendo Switch. DARK SOULS: REMASTERED includes the Artorias of...
