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Demon’s Souls
is a 2009 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It was released in Japan in February 2009, in North America by Atlus in October 2009, and in PAL territories by Namco Bandai Partners in June 2010. The game is referred to as a spiritual successor to FromSoftware's ''King's Field'' series. ''Demon's Souls'' is set in Boletaria, a kingdom consumed by a dark being called the Old One, following its release through the use of forbidden Soul Arts. Players take on the role of a hero brought to Boletaria to kill its fallen king Allant and pacify the Old One. Gameplay has players navigating five different worlds from a hub called the Nexus, with a heavy emphasis on challenging combat and mechanics surrounding player death and respawning. Online multiplayer allows both player cooperation and world invasions featuring player versus player combat. A collaboration between FromSoftware and Sony's Japan Studio, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FromSoftware
FromSoftware, Inc. is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Founded by Naotoshi Zin on November 1, 1986 as a business software developer, the company released their first video game, '' King's Field'', for the PlayStation in 1994. Its success shifted FromSoftware to focus fully on games, with them producing two more '' King's Field'' games before the first release of the mecha shooter series '' Armored Core'' in 1997. By the 2000s, FromSoftware's releases included the '' Echo Night'', '' Shadow Tower'', '' Lost Kingdoms'', '' Otogi'', and '' Another Century's Episode'' series. The company achieved breakout success by the 2010s with '' Demon's Souls'' and the '' Dark Souls'' trilogy of action role-playing games. Often cited among the greatest video games ever made, their emphasis on high difficulty and environmental storytelling led to the creation of the Soulslike subgenre, which also includes other later FromSoftware titles such as '' Bloodborne'' (2015), '' Sekiro: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
