Dark Souls™ Prepare to Die™ Edition will include an untold chapter in the world of Lordran Sent back to the past player will discover the story when Knight Artorias still lives New Bosses – Including Black Dragon Sanctuary Guardian Artorias of the Abyss PVP Arena & Online Matchmaking System – Quick matching for players to play 1vs 1 2vs 2 & 4 player battle royal New Areas – Including Oolacile Township Oolacile Sanctuary Royal Wood Battle of Stoicism which is the training ground for online PVP battles New Enemies – Including Wooden scarecrows Chained Prisoner Stone Knight New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough Elizabeth (keeper of the sanctuary) New Weapons & Armor – Equip some from the new bosses enemies & NPCs The Story Dark Souls is the new action role-playing game from the developers who brought you Demon’s Souls From Software Dark Souls will have many familiar features A dark fantasy universe tense dungeon crawling fearsome enemy encounters & unique online interactions Prepare for a new despair-inducing world with a vast fully-explorable horizon & vertically-oriented landforms Prepare for a new mysterious story centered around the the world of Lodran but most of all prepare to die You will face countless murderous traps countless darkly grotesque mobs & several gargantuan supremely powerful demons & dragons bosses You must learn from death to persist through this unforgiving world & you aren’t alone Dark Souls allows the spirits of other players to show up in your world so you can learn from their deaths & they can learn from yours You can also summon players into your world to co-op adventure or invade other&s worlds to PVP battle New to Dark Souls are Bonfires which serve as check points as you fight your way through this epic adventure While rested at Bonfires your health & magic replenish but at a cost all mobs respawn Beware There is no place in Dark Souls that is truly safe With days of game play & an even more punishing difficulty level Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year Can you live through a million deaths & earn your legacy? Extremely Deep Dark & Difficult Unforgiving in its punishment yet rewarding for the determined – learn to strategize freely & conquer seemingly impossible challenges Fully Seamless World Explore a completely integrated world of dark fantasy where dungeons & areas are seamlessly intertwined with great height Mastery Earns Progression Contains 60 hours of gameplay with nearly 100 uniquely despair-inducing monsters & an incredibly nuanced RPG systems including weaponry armor miracles faith & more Player success depends on their eventual mastery of how & when to use the magic spells choice of armor the number of weapons the types of weapons & the moves attached to the weapons Flexible Character Development & Role Play As the player progresses they must carefully choose which of their character’s abilities to enhance as this will determine their progression style Community See other real players & empathize with their journey learn from seeing how others died find & leave messages for your fellow players; helping them or leading them into death Symbolic of Life & Hope The Bonfire is an important feature in Dark Souls for many reasons Though in gameplay it serves as a health & magic recovery & a progression check point it also happens to be the one place in the dark world where players can find a fleeting moment of warmth & calm