Dark Souls DLC Exists, Coming Soon

THE BUZZ: From Software’s 2011 release Dark Souls was a hit with countless fans around the world—fans who soon will be able to extend the adventure via upcoming DLC.
A source close to the project has told EGM that some form of expanded content is in the process of being finished up for Dark Souls, and will be released as DLC at some point in the first quarter of this year.

[RedDead]

Yes

[BattleTorn]

didn't they expicitly say before release Dark Souls would not receive any DLC?

http://n4g.com/news/827361/...

"Speaking on behalf of Namco Bandai, a PR associate for the company told us that Dark Souls will, in fact, not be receiving any DLC."

http://www.gamerevolution.c... (edit: better source)

[Nevers]

I take everything and anything that any of these big companies say about their games with a grain of salt. However, I won't get my hopes up. But if DLC is released I'm buying it day 1. Dark Souls is an amazing game. It's a game I foresee myself coming back to many more times ... even if there never is any DLC.

[MagicAccent]

Well, It's not like they've withheld content from us and making us pay for it to get the full experience *cough* capcom *cough*.

It would be perfectly fine with paying for some new content. I loved the game, and I want moar!

[miyamoto]

Armored Core V is coming too

[Optical_Matrix]

I'd buy it, even though From Software said Dark Souls would be a complete game. However, it does feel like a complete game lol I mean I've plugged 80 hours into it and I'm currently struggling to kill Ornstein & Smough.

I think that as long as the vanilla copy of the game feels complete, which Dark Souls does, DLC is perfectly acceptable.

[Captain Qwark 9]

i agree completely and i myself also poured 68 hrs into when i finished it. started play 2 but havent finished it yet.

DS is the best and most complete game ive played in years

[grahf]

The game is a complete package, and one of the best in a very long time.

There was a promise that there would be no DLC when the game was released, and I agree with the author of the article... if it was not planned but rather a response to the massive support for the game, then I'm all in.

That means I'll be restarting a... 1, 2, 3,.... 4th time! All right!

[himdeel]

I'm on my 2 play through and having a hard time on the Kings :/

I'd buy any DLC for this game. I'm most interested in new weapons and armor because I'm a weapon/armor whore :)

[SweatyFlorida]

But does adding DLC constitute to an incomplete game? No. It's just "Extra" content, as Dark Souls felt as complete as Demon's Souls was, maybe even more tightly bound.

I've grown a little tired of the game (Over 160 Hrs in), so DLC should re-spark some play for me ^-^ Hope we get an Expansion though, with new enemies and settings/areas, maybe even a mini story with some more lore.

[MWH]

300+ hours in 3 runs, thorough is the word. i vote yes for the DLC(s) until Shadow Souls is out.

[illuminatus_V]

Trouble with Ornstein? Have you tried to summon Solaire? His sign is on the stairs (side where you find a blacksmith). In the Fight kill Ornstein first, use a high damage magic or fire weapon. If possible use soul arrow to tackle Smough from far in the second stage of the fight. Doesnt matter if Solaire is already killed in 2nd stage. If he is alive things will go much easier you can attack from behind.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

I am honestly surprised!!!!!! At the facts that:

1. Dark Souls is having DLC.
2. First game I felt this generation that DLC is actually a bonus instead of missing content...

[garos82]

the best news ive read on n4g in a long time! ive only ever bought one dlc this gen and this will be a day one dlc buy for me. Dark Souls is the best game for me in 2011 and if the DLC is half as good as the game it will certainly be worth it

[BlackTar187]

This and Penny arcade making episode 3 is the best news on n4g in like a year for me.

[NYC_Gamer]

wow,nice way to flip flop on the dlc issue.

[D3mons0ul]

You could say that if Dark Souls was not already a complete package. And I believe they said that only Demon's Souls would never see DLC.

[NYC_Gamer]

nah,they were talking about dark souls

http://www.gamerevolution.c...

[Christopher]

"Doesn't need" is far from the same as "would never see".

I agree, the game doesn't need DLC, but it could benefit from it. Especially if it's a new area and part of the story, similar to a prologue or epilogue.

[vickers500]

Sorry, but NYC_Gamer is right.

Back whenever From Software started that whole "no DLC" thing, everyone praised them like they were the most generous, awesome, kind hearted, selfless saints alive because they wouldn't release any DLC, with like 98% of the n4g folk agreeing with the decision, even when it came to DLC that came as a result of fan demand, the n4g folk were still against the concept of DLC because they believed that no matter how content packed the original game was, that DLC somehow still makes them feel ripped off.

Yet here we are now, and the majority of people in this article seem to be welcoming and praising the idea of DLC. Bunch of hypocrites, seriously.

[Ser]

@vickers500

So a company is evil for delivering extra content to players through a game that is already 100% complete? Huh, that doesn't sound so malicious to me, buddy.

I was ecstatic when FromSoftware/NamDai said that Dark Souls was not going to have any future DLC. It was great to hear that a company wasn't going to nickle and dime its player base. After pouring over 140 hours into the game, I can vouch with GUSTO that Dark Souls is a COMPLETE gaming package. Nothing feels cut short.

So I welcome this DLC with open arms. If a company provides a great game that's packed with content, I'd say DLC is fine. No one feels left out of the core experience if they don't purchase the DLC, which is the main problem with most games with DLC.

Good job, FromSoftware. Don't let any of these naysayers / trolls tell you otherwise.

[vickers500]

"So a company is evil for delivering extra content to players through a game that is already 100% complete?"

Hmm...

*re-reading my comment*

Where in my comment did I say that the company was evil? I can't seem to find the sentence. Could you please point it out for me? Unless you're just choosing what you want to hear instead of actually reading my comment? No that couldn't be. N4G commenters aren't that stupid. I must have been sleep commenting.

"After pouring over 140 hours into the game, I can vouch with GUSTO that Dark Souls is a COMPLETE gaming package. Nothing feels cut short."

And I agree 100%. The problem though, is that when I posed the argument to the Dark Souls loving masses that even if the game had more content than any other game, they still felt that if DLC was announced at any point, that they would feel ripped off because it wasn't complete. Obviously those people (which were actually the majority of those articles) were idiots for thinking that, because if you have a game that long and still feel shafted if some extra dlc releases, then you are a spoiled f'ng brat.

"So I welcome this DLC with open arms. If a company provides a great game that's packed with content, I'd say DLC is fine."

And that's what I was saying that Dark Souls fans reactions should have been. They shouldn't have been so against DLC provided the game had plenty content already. But the thing is, they were, and even that concept made them feel ripped off.

I have no problems with Dark Souls whatsoever. Just the hypocritical, spoiled, idiot brats that were once COMPLETELY against DLC in ANY sense, yet who are now welcoming the concept with open arms.

[Ser]

Who cares? The game was more than complete.

During my entire time with the game, which is roughly 140 hours so far, I never once felt that I was being cheated out of withheld content.

If a game delivers a FULL experience that doesn't skimp on content, I say bring the DLC in droves. Dark Souls deserves DLC, it was one of the few games of 2011 that didn't nickle and dime you to death with content. Which is something that even Batman: Arkham City was guilty of.

If fans want more content, give it to them. I'll buy ANY DLC, no matter the cost, on day one. FromSoftware deserves it. Unlike most of the developers this gen.

[JaredH]

I'm happy that it's getting new DLC as long as it's not just a weapon pack or something.

And like everyone's saying the game is complete but they did flip on the no DLC plan that they thought would "hinder the game balance we have achieved for all players". I just don't see how NYC_Gamer gets disagrees for pointing it out.

Some of you are way to defensive over something you have no personal involvement in making...

[SuperStrokey1123]

Yeah i suppose but the more dark souls the better!

[geddesmond]

I call BS. I would love some DLC but I don't see were it would fit in.

[gigreen]

I'll buy it at a high price.

[XeoZin]

At any price..im ready to offer a kidney

[bloodybutcher]

nice re reference^^

[D3mons0ul]

GYAAAAAHHH-HA

[FEARprototype]

omg {screaming like a girl!}....{heart attack}
just hope it doesn't ruin the balance of the game.

[RufustheSage]

They said no DLC, but I don't care! First time in a long time I'll pay for some DLC!

[FEARprototype]

this^^
i already sank more then 160+ and its still awesome!
lets hope the dlc is something huge.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Maybe revealing the broken archstone in Demon Souls.... :P

[MagicAccent]

@Kyosuke_Sanada

Would be about time.. :P

[RufustheSage]

@Kyosuke

That would be crazy and welcomed!

[jjb1981]

It's like adding turbo to a Porsche, the game is complete but extras are welcome!

[neoandrew]

Dark Souls Expansion

[Genghis]

i worked so damn hard to beat that game so i could get rid of it...now this...

[gigreen]

Then maybe you played the game for the wrong reasons? It's not just something to play through quickly for having some trophies to brag about.

It's a suspenseful, fun journey. I haven't been feeling this atmosphere in a game since Resident Evil 1 and can't wait to continue this adventure with a DLC.

[Genghis]

well i actually loved it, but the difficulty made my obsession with it more stressful than rewarding. my own experience

[grahf]

I was reading the comments at the EGM Now site, and I'm amazed at the ignorance of some people... he 360 RUINED the game?!?! The 360 is the only reason that there is DLC now? How ignorant and self righteous can you be?

The game was made multi-platform so it could reach a GREATER audience, not divide it. The PS3 version has sold 1.3x better than the Xbox in the US, but that is 200k units sold to people (including myself) that would never have played it otherwise!

[Armyless]

When it comes to true gaming, sir, I'm proud that every console owner was able to play this game. There was a period of concern when it was announced that it would go multi-plat that the experience for everyone would suffer. But I am proud to see fans in both camps fall in love with what is arguably one of the finest games this generation :)

[BlackTar187]

what in Demon soul couldn't have run on a 360 then. Whoever wrote that at IGN is dumb i feel sorry for them. This is not a game that was technically limited to ps3 specs far from it and its as if they differ so much anyways they have different advantages.

[Ashby_JC]

I commented on the thread about how there WILL be DLC and long behold there is going to be DLC after the devs said there wasnt.

Im usually not right about these things...so let me bask in the glow lol.

http://n4g.com/news/827361/...

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[BlackTar187]

lol yea but you went back on it later down the road lol.

no worries i hope so much for DLC

[Brownghost]

What? They said that dark souls is already a whole game bit needing dlc. Not gonna happen

[Ghost250]

From Software i will buy every piece of Dark Souls you make. your game is a plethora of quality and it really stands for how a game should be made. i have no problem paying more money for more content of an already amazing and complete game.

[Mister_G]

I approve, but only if it's an optional area (like the Painted World), which doesn't change the main game, or provide the player with some new over-powered weapon (Like Fallout3 DLC did).

New areas and monsters are always good tho :)

[Hyperbomb69]

I was really hoping for this.

I finished the game and got the platinum trophy for it and now its just sitting around, DLC will make it so that I can pick up the game and play it again. This is what all DLC should be like, an expansion of the game an extension. Not a part of the game they left out so that we can pay for it later. This is delicious! I hope its a whole new area with a boss!

[dc1]

Oh how true your statement is.
After 200+ hours, 2NG+ and 1 platinum, I can say with confidence that :
1) I love this game and
2) I will likely nevey put the disk back into my PS3 outside of DLC.

...so it goes without saying that I'm looking forward to the DLC.

[Armyless]

I'm such a fan of this game that I'm going to cut against the grain here a bit, but I don't care. I would pay for extra content if it was a new "Painted World", or changing the spawn locations of enemies based on the last Bonfire touched, or new hidden areas peppered throughout the whole game, or a playable epilogue, or even just a mirrored version of the entire game (a' la Need For Speed). Yes, just give us MORE.

[dc1]

Love the mirrored image idea. But would prefer a new area with a new scalable weapon(s) only available through a NG+
(Can't make it to easy for folks who havent bathed in the fire....)

Much love to the DS community. :)

[Mister_G]

Or a weapon like the Stormruler from Demon souls whose ranged attack only works in the boss zone of Shrine of Storms. Use it elsewhere and it's not great.

[garos82]

i hope they fix the lag in online portions of the game. i didnt have many issues in demon souls but the peer 2 peer has caused me to rage over some stupid online matches. well regardless if they sort that out or not ill still pick up this dlc to my GOTY of 2011

[Tex117]

If this is true...If this is true....

[greatcrusader44]

Maybe we'll finally get to find out whats the deal with the Furtive Pygmy.

[Mister_G]

Yeah, it's not mentioned in the game itself just the intro. Interesting.

Might not make a great boss fight though, lol :)

[iWishTifaWasReal]

looking at comments

Are you guys serious?

Dark Souls is a complete Package?

damn, did you even finish both endings?

Dark Souls has the worse ending ever. You finish the game it gives a long ass Credits then you start over again without any Epilogue -,-

[grahf]

And... you were expecting... what exactly?

One ending has some dialogue, the other doesn't but you know what you're getting into from previous NPC encounters.

The ending of DS is really just the beginning.

[dc1]

You get it!

[vuzuki]

It's probably better than Demon's Souls or Phantasy Star Online's ending!

[Captain Qwark 9]

i agree to some degree but this was the first game i played in many many years where it wasnt about the story, surprisingly that didnt even factor into the equation. DS is about the challenge, the exploration, the feeling you get everytime you get a few more inches or the feeling you get everytime you get to a new area and see the monsters you will be doing battle with.

while i agree that a great story/ending would def compliment the game, it still feels complete without one. and unlike most games who suffer from a lack of, with DS it just goes to show how good the rest of the game is.

on that note, bring on the DLC or rather an expansion, whatever lets me put that disc back in is fine with me

[frostypants]

Ending? Who freakin' cares about the ending? Dark Souls is about gameplay foremost. The story takes a back seat to the experience.

You think the old school games that inspired it had great endings? Psssshhhh....

[Tdmd]

IF a DLC is coming, I really don't care what it is, I'll be buying it day one just for that excuse to go back at playing that awesome awesome game!

[DonaldBeck]

cool

[slavish]

Please.... please... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vuzuki]

DLC I would buy Day One :

1. A new area a la painted world

2. A new Boss Fight

3. An "infinite mode" where enemies spawn randomly on the map

4. A 100 floors randomly generated tower

5. A "challenge mode" a la Phantasy Star Online (where you have to co-op at a set level to complete a particular area in a time limit)

6. A PVP tournament mode

7. Anything else

[garos82]

some great ideas here, im loving the sound of 100 floors and PVP tournament mode!

[illuminatus_V]

a 100 Floors Tower: Yeah, like in Star Ocean 4 where you had this extra Dungeon with that extra number of Floors full of Battles and Boss Fights an NO save point anywhere. There were 1 boos fight every 2 floors if i remember correclty. You came to the Endboss, your equipment was already decimated. Imagine this concept with no bonfires for Dark Souls. This would be far behind insane as a new game mode named "impossible" or "living hell"

[TopDudeMan]

I wasn't expecting this, but that is effing great news!!!! I want it straight away.

[gamingisnotacrime]

would be nice if they make a huge DLC like Bethesta does with fallout and elders scrolls. add like 10 hours plus of mayhem and everyone should be pleased

[Anderson8]

would be sweet but every1 wanted and expected dlc for demons souls (broken archstone) and it never came so i doubt theyd start now.. tho it would be sweet

[Old McGroin]

I'll believe it when I see it but I hope this is true, easily one of my favourite games ever (I bought a PS3 for Demon's Souls alone).