Namco Bandai Games seems to be on a roll this week, as along with Dragon Ball Z for Kinect and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, it has also gone on to reveal the Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition which will hit PC in August. Developed by FromSoftware, this version is actually a special content-enhanced edition of the original game which was released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 back in October last year.
The Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition is a PC port which has been infused with added content that wasn’t a part of the initial release. An enhanced PVP mode will be made available with this version, for gamers to assemble online battles against each another. A new location in the kingdom of Lordran is also set to make its way into the game. It will contain all new areas, enemies as well as bosses.
Hidetaka Miyazaki, Creative Director for Dark Souls at FromSoftware, commented, “Our fans demanded to see this game brought to the PC, and the noise they have made was simply too loud and too passionate to ignore. This also allowed us to dive back into the world of Dark Souls, offering a special edition of the game that offers more ways to die over and over again than ever before. Adding a whole new chapter to tell the tale of the Dark Knight Artorias was an opportunity we’re also proud to have taken, as we’ve managed to expand the experience for our biggest fans without compromising the balance of the core game that we worked so hard to create. This edition of the game is our gift to the fans.”
Dark Souls is an action RPG which involves gamers in intense dungeon crawling that is accompanied by various enemy encounters. Its online component enables them to experiences the encounters of fellow gamers as they either help or sabotage each others’ journeys through the world of Lordran.
The Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition will be released in North America for PC in the form of a digital download version on August 24, 2012.