FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tokyo, September 12, 2015 – FromSoftware, Inc. today announced that DARK SOULS III, the latest game in the DARK SOULS series, will be released for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One® on March 24th, 2016 in Japan. The Windows® version release date and the worldwide release date will be announced at a later date.

DARK SOULS III is an action role-playing video game designed and developed for the current generation consoles such as PlayStation®4 and Xbox One®, and it features a number of familiar gameplay concepts from the earlier games in the series. The large-scale game world will feature unique construction of the areas where the players would experience various visual effects such as ashes blown by wind, dynamic lighting and impressive contrast between light and shadow. All features and interactions together make for an ever-more immersive world of Dark Souls.

Please look forward to more information of Dark Souls III which takes place in an apocalyptic world.

Release Date: March 24, 2016

Price: Retail Package – 7,430 yen

Digital Download – 6,930 yen

The Windows® version release date and the worldwide release date will be announced at a later date.

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Limited Pre-order Bonuses:

Special Map and Official Game Soundtrack

Individuals who preorder a Japanese retail package of the game while supplies last will be able to receive the specially-designed map and the official game soundtrack as pre-order bonuses!

• The preorder bonuses will only be available while supplies last.
• Please ask in store about availability of the preorder bonuses.
• Actual design of the products may differ.
• The preorder bonuses above apply to the Japanese retail copies of the game and not the downloadable version.

Pre-orders start on October 7!

Title

DARK SOULS III

Release

March 24, 2016 (Japan)

The Windows® version release date and the worldwide release date will be announced at a later date.

Price

Retail Package: 7,430 yen

Digital Download: 6,930 yen

Platform

PlayStation®4, Xbox ONE®, Windows®

Player

1 (Online: TBD)

Genre

Action RPG

Regions

Japan, North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, Asia

Publisher

Japan: FromSoftware

Other Regions: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

CERO Rating

Rating Pending

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