Dark Souls (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dark Souls" in English language version.

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62web.archive.org

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15ign.com

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bandainamco.co.jp

"Fact Book 2023" (PDF). Bandai Namco Group. 2023. p. 3. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

destructoid.com

North, Dale (October 5, 2009). "Non-review: Why I couldn't finish Demon's Souls". Destructoid. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Carter, Chris (February 28, 2016). "Review: Slashy Souls". Destructoid. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.

doi.org

Jin Ha Lee; Clarke, Rachel Ivy; Sacchi, Simone; Jett, Jacob (2014). "Relationships among video games: Existing standards and new definitions". Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 51 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1002/meet.2014.14505101035.

eurogamer.net

Teti, John (November 13, 2011). "Retrospective: King's Field". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Matulef, Jeffrey (October 3, 2014). "Demon's Souls still feels fresher than its "Dark" successors". Eurogamer. dx.net. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
Matulef, Jeffrey (January 29, 2013). "Miyazaki won't be directly involved in Dark Souls 2, doesn't want too many sequels". EuroGamer. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 6, 2014). "Dark Souls 2 PC release date confirmed". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Matulef, Jeffrey (April 7, 2015). "Bloodborne director reveals his favourite boss from the "Souls" series". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
Matulef, Jeffrey (February 29, 2016). "Dark Souls 3's promotional mobile game Slashy Souls is terrible". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

forbes.com

Kain, Erik (November 22, 2013). "'Dark Souls' Inspired The Design Of Sony's PlayStation 4". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.

gameinformer.com

Kollar, Phil. "Demon's Souls Director Discusses Difficulty, Sequels, And More". Gameinformer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.

gamespot.com

VanOrd, Kevin (October 3, 2011). "Dark Souls Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Mahardy, Mike. "Dark Souls III is Faster, Smoother, and More Fluid Than its Predecessors". Gamespot. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
Hussain, Tamoor. "Dark Souls 3 Interview: "It Wouldn't Be Right to Continue Creating Souls"". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
Makuch, Eddie. "Dark Souls Board Game Funded in 3 Minutes". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
Hussain, Tamoor. "See The Dark Souls Series' Super Limited Vinyl Soundtrack Collection". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
Makuch, Eddie. "Dark Souls 3 Breaks Sales Records". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
"E3 2014: The Similarities and Differences Between Bloodborne and Dark Souls". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
Dayus, Oscar. "E3 2018 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is Not Part Of The Soulsborne Series, From Software Says". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

gamesradar.com

"How FromSoft took the action-RPG to a new level by putting faith in Dark Souls' players". gamesradar. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Houghton, David. (March 5, 2014). "Why Dark Souls is the friendliest, most benevolent game of its generation" Archived June 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. GamesRadar. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
"The 100 best games ever". GamesRadar. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
"How Demon's Souls became one of PlayStation's toughest yet most rewarding challenges". gamesradar. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
"Why I Love: bonfires in Dark Souls". gamesradar. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

ign.com

Porter, Matt (April 18, 2016). "Dark Souls 3 Is Bandai Namco's Fastest-Selling Game Ever". IGN. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
Bankhurst, Adam (March 16, 2022). "Elden Ring Has Already Sold 12 Million Copies Worldwide". IGN. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
Schedeen, Jesse (January 19, 2016). "DARK SOULS COMIC BOOK COMING IN APRIL 2016". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Osborn, Alex (December 20, 2016). "Dark Souls to Be Featured in Bandai Namco's Orchestral Concert in Europe". IGN. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
Barnett, Brian (January 11, 2018). "Dark Souls Trilogy Box Set Announced for Japan". IGN. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
Bloodborne Creator Describes Influences and Game Design History Archived February 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, IGN
Rad, Chloi (April 4, 2016). "Dark Souls 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
Potter, Matt (April 18, 2016). "Dark Souls 3 Is Bandai Namco's Fastest Selling Game Ever". IGN. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
Krabbe, Esra (June 21, 2019). "Elden Ring Is an Evolution of Dark Souls Says Creator – E3 2019". IGN. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Saltzman, Mitchell (January 5, 2018). "8 PlayStation Games That Need to be Remade or Remastered". IGN. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
Tilly, Chris (August 26, 2016). "How Silent Hill, Dark Souls and The Last of Us Influenced Stranger Things". IGN. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.

uk.ign.com

Moriarty, Colin (May 11, 2011). "Dark Souls Release Date Revealed". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Onyett, Charles (May 31, 2012). "New Dark Souls Content Coming to Consoles". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Pitcher, Jenna (December 29, 2014). "Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin Director Reveals New Details". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
"Atlus Officially Announces Demon's Souls for North America". IGN. Ziff Davis. July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

killscreen.com

Breault, Chris (February 24, 2014). "How Do You Make An RPG After Dark Souls?". Kill Screen. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

kotaku.com

Klepek, Patrick (April 19, 2016). "Crowdfunded Dark Souls Board Game Raises $200,000 In Less Than Two Hours". Kotaku. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.

metacritic.com

"Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
"Dark Souls for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
"Dark Souls for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
"Dark Souls Remastered for Nintendo Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
"Dark Souls Remastered for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
"Dark Souls Remastered for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
"Dark Souls Remastered for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
"Dark Souls II for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
"Dark Souls II for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
"Dark Souls II for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
"Dark Souls III for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Paramount Streaming. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
"Dark Souls III for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Paramount Streaming. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
"Dark Souls III for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Paramount Streaming. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

pcgamer.com

Prescott, Shaun (April 8, 2016). "The Dark Souls series is getting a board game". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
Davenport, James (April 4, 2016). "Dark Souls III Review". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.

pcgames.de

"Dark Souls 3: Das komplette Gamescom-Interview mit Schöpfer Hidetaka Miyazaki". PC Games (in German). August 12, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.

pcgamesn.com

Talbot, Carrie (May 19, 2020). "Dark Souls 3 sales hits the ten million mark – and the series tops 27 million". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
Harris, Iain (June 11, 2019). "Soulsborne fans think Elden Ring is based on Celtic folklore". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

polygon.com

Kollar, Philip (March 11, 2014). "Dark Souls 2 Review: not the end". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
mikemcwhertor (November 25, 2014). "Dark Souls 2 coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
Gifford, Kevin (December 19, 2012). "Dark Souls 2 developer: If Dark Souls was set in the North Pole, this one would be in the South Pole". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
McWhertor, Michael (June 15, 2015). "Dark Souls 3 confirmed, coming early 2016". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
"Dark Souls 3's combat is faster in a post-Bloodborne world". Polygon. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
McWhertor, Michael (November 27, 2017). "Demon's Souls online services shutting down in 2018". Polygon. Voxmedia. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
Kollar, Philip (February 27, 2016). "Slashy Souls: a first look at Namco's new Dark Souls-inspired mobile game". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
Kollar, Philip (June 11, 2014). "Bloodborne is not Dark Souls; here's how it should set itself apart". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
McWhertor, Michael (October 2, 2018). "Dark Souls' creator on what sets Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice apart". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
McWhertor, Michael (March 21, 2019). "Streamer pulls off five-game, no-hit 'Soulsborne' run, right before Sekiro launch". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

rollingstone.com

Mielke, James. "'Dark Souls' Creator Miyazaki on 'Zelda,' Sequels and Starting Out". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.

shacknews.com

"The DNA of Dark Souls: the challenge and death". Shacknews. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

theguardian.com

Simon Parkin (March 31, 2015). "Bloodborne creator Hidetaka Miyazaki: 'I didn't have a dream. I wasn't ambitious'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

thejimquisition.com

Sterling, Jim. "Slashy Souls Review – Dark Holes". thejimquisition.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.

usgamer.net

Zeller, Mike (May 2, 2019). "Why Dark Souls Owes a Debt to its Forgotten Older Sibling Otogi". USgamer. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2022.

venturebeat.com

Harrison, William. (October 10, 2011). "Dark Souls isn't hard, gamers are just stupid and impatient" Archived June 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Venture Beat. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

vg247.com

Saed, Sherif (January 11, 2018). "Dark Souls Remastered announced for PC, PS4, Xbox One with 4K and 60fps". VG247. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
"Dark Souls 2 a direct sequel to first title, may not make 2013". VG247. December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.

vice.com

"An Ode to the Dark Souls Bonfire". Vice. November 5, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

web.archive.org

"How FromSoft took the action-RPG to a new level by putting faith in Dark Souls' players". gamesradar. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
VanOrd, Kevin (October 3, 2011). "Dark Souls Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Kollar, Philip (March 11, 2014). "Dark Souls 2 Review: not the end". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Teti, John (November 13, 2011). "Retrospective: King's Field". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Matulef, Jeffrey (October 3, 2014). "Demon's Souls still feels fresher than its "Dark" successors". Eurogamer. dx.net. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
Moriarty, Colin (May 11, 2011). "Dark Souls Release Date Revealed". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Onyett, Charles (May 31, 2012). "New Dark Souls Content Coming to Consoles". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Houghton, David. (March 5, 2014). "Why Dark Souls is the friendliest, most benevolent game of its generation" Archived June 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. GamesRadar. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
Harrison, William. (October 10, 2011). "Dark Souls isn't hard, gamers are just stupid and impatient" Archived June 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Venture Beat. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
North, Dale (October 5, 2009). "Non-review: Why I couldn't finish Demon's Souls". Destructoid. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
Saed, Sherif (January 11, 2018). "Dark Souls Remastered announced for PC, PS4, Xbox One with 4K and 60fps". VG247. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
"Dark Souls 2 a direct sequel to first title, may not make 2013". VG247. December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
Matulef, Jeffrey (January 29, 2013). "Miyazaki won't be directly involved in Dark Souls 2, doesn't want too many sequels". EuroGamer. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 6, 2014). "Dark Souls 2 PC release date confirmed". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Pitcher, Jenna (December 29, 2014). "Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin Director Reveals New Details". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
mikemcwhertor (November 25, 2014). "Dark Souls 2 coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
Gifford, Kevin (December 19, 2012). "Dark Souls 2 developer: If Dark Souls was set in the North Pole, this one would be in the South Pole". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
McWhertor, Michael (June 15, 2015). "Dark Souls 3 confirmed, coming early 2016". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Mahardy, Mike. "Dark Souls III is Faster, Smoother, and More Fluid Than its Predecessors". Gamespot. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
"Dark Souls 3's combat is faster in a post-Bloodborne world". Polygon. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
Talbot, Carrie (May 19, 2020). "Dark Souls 3 sales hits the ten million mark – and the series tops 27 million". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
Porter, Matt (April 18, 2016). "Dark Souls 3 Is Bandai Namco's Fastest-Selling Game Ever". IGN. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
Bankhurst, Adam (March 16, 2022). "Elden Ring Has Already Sold 12 Million Copies Worldwide". IGN. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
Hussain, Tamoor. "Dark Souls 3 Interview: "It Wouldn't Be Right to Continue Creating Souls"". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
Schedeen, Jesse (January 19, 2016). "DARK SOULS COMIC BOOK COMING IN APRIL 2016". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
Prescott, Shaun (April 8, 2016). "The Dark Souls series is getting a board game". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
Klepek, Patrick (April 19, 2016). "Crowdfunded Dark Souls Board Game Raises $200,000 In Less Than Two Hours". Kotaku. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
Makuch, Eddie. "Dark Souls Board Game Funded in 3 Minutes". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
Osborn, Alex (December 20, 2016). "Dark Souls to Be Featured in Bandai Namco's Orchestral Concert in Europe". IGN. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
Hussain, Tamoor. "See The Dark Souls Series' Super Limited Vinyl Soundtrack Collection". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
Barnett, Brian (January 11, 2018). "Dark Souls Trilogy Box Set Announced for Japan". IGN. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
Matulef, Jeffrey (April 7, 2015). "Bloodborne director reveals his favourite boss from the "Souls" series". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
Kollar, Phil. "Demon's Souls Director Discusses Difficulty, Sequels, And More". Gameinformer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
Mielke, James. "'Dark Souls' Creator Miyazaki on 'Zelda,' Sequels and Starting Out". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
Simon Parkin (March 31, 2015). "Bloodborne creator Hidetaka Miyazaki: 'I didn't have a dream. I wasn't ambitious'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
Bloodborne Creator Describes Influences and Game Design History Archived February 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, IGN
Zeller, Mike (May 2, 2019). "Why Dark Souls Owes a Debt to its Forgotten Older Sibling Otogi". USgamer. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
"Dark Souls 3: Das komplette Gamescom-Interview mit Schöpfer Hidetaka Miyazaki". PC Games (in German). August 12, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
Kollar, Philip (February 27, 2016). "Slashy Souls: a first look at Namco's new Dark Souls-inspired mobile game". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
Matulef, Jeffrey (February 29, 2016). "Dark Souls 3's promotional mobile game Slashy Souls is terrible". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
Carter, Chris (February 28, 2016). "Review: Slashy Souls". Destructoid. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
Sterling, Jim. "Slashy Souls Review – Dark Holes". thejimquisition.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
"The 100 best games ever". GamesRadar. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
Breault, Chris (February 24, 2014). "How Do You Make An RPG After Dark Souls?". Kill Screen. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
Rad, Chloi (April 4, 2016). "Dark Souls 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
Davenport, James (April 4, 2016). "Dark Souls III Review". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
"The DNA of Dark Souls: the challenge and death". Shacknews. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
"How Demon's Souls became one of PlayStation's toughest yet most rewarding challenges". gamesradar. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
"Why I Love: bonfires in Dark Souls". gamesradar. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
"An Ode to the Dark Souls Bonfire". Vice. November 5, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Makuch, Eddie. "Dark Souls 3 Breaks Sales Records". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
Potter, Matt (April 18, 2016). "Dark Souls 3 Is Bandai Namco's Fastest Selling Game Ever". IGN. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
Kollar, Philip (June 11, 2014). "Bloodborne is not Dark Souls; here's how it should set itself apart". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
"E3 2014: The Similarities and Differences Between Bloodborne and Dark Souls". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
McWhertor, Michael (October 2, 2018). "Dark Souls' creator on what sets Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice apart". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
Krabbe, Esra (June 21, 2019). "Elden Ring Is an Evolution of Dark Souls Says Creator – E3 2019". IGN. Archived from the original on June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Saltzman, Mitchell (January 5, 2018). "8 PlayStation Games That Need to be Remade or Remastered". IGN. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
Dayus, Oscar. "E3 2018 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is Not Part Of The Soulsborne Series, From Software Says". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
Harris, Iain (June 11, 2019). "Soulsborne fans think Elden Ring is based on Celtic folklore". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
McWhertor, Michael (March 21, 2019). "Streamer pulls off five-game, no-hit 'Soulsborne' run, right before Sekiro launch". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Kain, Erik (November 22, 2013). "'Dark Souls' Inspired The Design Of Sony's PlayStation 4". Forbes. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
Tilly, Chris (August 26, 2016). "How Silent Hill, Dark Souls and The Last of Us Influenced Stranger Things". IGN. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.