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[Gamescom 2018] ‘Dark Souls Trilogy’ Collection Announced For PlayStation 4, Xbox One
If you’re like me, and you haven’t gotten around to grabbing From Software’s Dark Souls trilogy of games on the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, you’re in luck. Announced at Gamescom, From Software will be making their three Dark Souls games (still no Demon’s Souls, but that’s a Sony thing) available in a nice package this October.
Set for October 19th, the Dark Souls Trilogy will include Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition, and all of the DLC released for each title. As a nice bonus, there will be a limited physical edition of the collection for $79.99USD. And unlike other collections that package several games in one collection, the Dark Souls Trilogy will come on three discs. So no waiting too long for downloads. And yes, for you Steelbook fanatics, the collection will be coming in a Steelbook case.
Unfortunately, there’s some bad news to the collection: According to Bandai Namco, the collection is only available in North America and Asia. Yes, Europe gets shafted on this one. Sure, you can grab Dark Souls: Remastered for the Nintendo Switch (along with that Solaire of Astora amiibo) on October 19th, but yeah, it’s not the same. Time to get to importing.
Then again, PC gamers get shafted on this, too. Dammit.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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