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Hidetaka Miyazaki
Born in 1975. He is the president of FromSoftware and the director responsible for the development of the Souls series along with Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows die Twice and Elden Ring -
FromSoftware, Inc.
FromSoftware Inc., the company responsible for the development of the Souls series, was founded in November 1986 -
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls is the first release of the Sousl series. It was released on February 2009 for PlayStation 3. It is set in a dark, medieval fantasy world, where the player's created character fights agaisnt dragons, knights, dragons, phantoms and demons. It was elected "Best PS3 game" and "Best RPG game" of 2009 -
Dark Souls
It is the first release of the Dark Souls trilogy. It was developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco. It was released worldwide in October 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Like its predecessor, its is set in a medieval fantasy world. However, it does not follow the storyline from Demon's Souls. -
Artorias of the Abyss
Artorias of the Abyss was the downloadable content pack for Dark Souls. It is set in the same space of Dark Souls, but hundreds of years before. -
Dark Souls II
It is the second release of the Dark Souls trilogy. It was developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco. It was released on March 2014 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows.
Just like its predecessor, it is set in the same world and offers the same multiplayer gameplay. It recieved great critics despite being considered the worst souls game of the trilogy. -
The Lost Crowns
The Lost Crowns is a set of three content packs for Dark Souls II. It includes Crown of the Sunken King, released on July 2014, Crown of the Old Iron King, released on August 2014 and Crown of the Ivory King, released on September 2014. -
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
On April 2015, Bandai Namco released a version of Dark Souls II including the set of the three downloadable content packs. It was released for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 along with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. -
Dark Souls III
It is the third and finale release of the Dark Souls trilogy. It was developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco. It was released on April 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. It is set in the same space of its predecessors. Its gameplay design followed closely from Dark Souls II.
It was elected "Game of the Year" and nominated "Best Role Playing Game" of 2016. -
Ashes of Ariandel
It is the first DLC pack for Dark Souls III. In it, the player's character travels to a fictional "painted world" set in the same fantasy world. It was released on March 2017. -
The Ringed City
It is the second and last DLC pack for Dark Souls III. It was released on March 2017. In it, the player's character travels to a different part of the same world of Dark Souls III. The DLC ends the story of the Dark Souls series. -
Dark Souls: Remastered
On May 2018, the Polish Studio released a remastered of the first release of the Dark Souls series. Being a remastered, it did not add new mechanics, just visual and sound updates. It was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and later on (October 2018) for Nintendo Switch -
Demon's Souls
On November 2020, Bluepoint Games developed a remake of the 2009 game Demon's Souls. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is a PlayStation exclusive, so you can only play it on PlayStation 5. The game adds new features to the original game (animations, visual update, new cinematics and environments, etc.).
The graphics of the games are so outstanding that the game feels like a film.