Dark Souls 3 gets North American release date

Bandai Namco announced today that Dark Souls 3 will be released throughout North and South America in April 2016, about a month after those in Japan get their hands on the highly anticipated game.

Dark Souls 3 is said to push a deeper sense of role-playing than previous iterations of the series with key additions that provide players with a set of tools and in-game options to customize their gameplay experience. Skills, a new addition to the Dark Souls  combat mechanics, adds attack modifiers to each weapon type, allowing players an increased tactical advantage in combat. Increase an axe’s attack power with War Cry or break an enemy’s guard with a quick upward swing from Ready Stance. The choice of if and when players use these added abilities is up to them. Players will also be able to equip their character with a wide variety of armor sets, medieval weaponry, as well as come across powerful sorceries and miracles as they develop their own personal style of play.

Note that the release date in the trailer shown at Tokyo Game Show (above) is for Japan. Unfortunately, an exact day in April has yet to be announced.