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The Lost Crowns
''Dark Souls II: The Lost Crowns'' is a set of three downloadable content packs for the 2014 action role-playing game ''Dark Souls II''. The first of the trio, ''Crown of the Sunken King'' was released in July 2014 and was followed by ''Crown of the Old Iron King'' in August and ''Crown of the Ivory King'' in September. The DLC, developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, were met with positive reception and drew praise for returning to the complex interlocking and looping level design of ''Dark Souls''. Background Before ''Dark Souls II'' was released, Bandai Namco producer Takeshi Miyazoe said that there was potential for downloadable content depending on fan reception. According to Yui Tanimura, one of the game's directors, work on the downloadable content began directly after the base game was completed. Early design meetings led to the decision to make the trilogy as varied as possible, and this was facilitated by the freedom of not being bound by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FromSoftware
FromSoftware, Inc. is a Japanese video game development and publishing company based in Tokyo. Founded by Naotoshi Zin in November 1986, the company developed business software before releasing their first video game, ''King's Field (video game), King's Field'', for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation in 1994. Its success shifted FromSoftware to focus fully on video games, with them producing two more ''King's Field'' games before creating the mecha combat series ''Armored Core'' (1997), one of their flagship franchises. By the 2000s, the company's lineup also included the ''Echo Night'', ''Shadow Tower'', ''Lost Kingdoms'', ''Otogi'', and ''Another Century's Episode'' series. FromSoftware would achieve breakout success in the 2010s, spurred by ''Demon's Souls'' (2009) and ''Dark Souls (video game), Dark Souls'' (2011), the latter being the first entry in a Dark Souls, trilogy whose success led to the creation of a subgenre of action role-playing games known as Soulslikes. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |