Art is perfect for not knowing things, of course, because nothing is at stake as you find your bearings - and even a game as punishing as Dark Souls turns out to be not so punishing at all when you ...

A Dark Souls modder has discovered the extent of FromSoftware's asset reuse, as it seems Blighttown is made up of just ten different pieces of wood.

Where would we be without Dark Souls? Here's a few discoveries that might get you playing the games once again.

In Dark Souls 2, there are only ever echoes. In Dark Souls, Blighttown is below the sewers of the Undead Burg. It literally undergirds them. It is the world below the world.

A massive new Dark Souls mod transforms the entire FromSoftware RPG into a low-res, pixel-art masterpiece, available to play right now.

FromSoftware's Soulsborne staples have inspired many of today's best video games, but which is the very best of the bunch?

Where Blasphemous 2 and the likes of Dark Souls differ most in exploration terms – besides their 2D vs 3D presentation – is the inclusion of a viewable map.

The phenomenal Dark Souls Pro Skater clip of Solaire shredding in Firelink Shrine Tony Hawk style is making the rounds again, and you can play it too.

With Die Maschine’s defining feature being its use of the Dark Aether, future Call of Duty Zombies maps would be wise to take inspiration from it.

In addition to the Halo stuff—and this adds more classic Halo maps to multiplayer—the mod also makes loads of changes to Dark Souls, adjusting values and weights and all kinds of balance tweaks.

A modder has mashed both 'Dark Souls' and 'Halo' into a mod with multiplayer maps, new weapons, spells, and more.