Dark Souls III

Dark Souls III
DeveloperFromSoftware
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
  • JP: FromSoftware
Directors
Designers
  • Shigeto Hirai
  • Yuya Kimijima
  • Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Junya Ishizaki
ProgrammerTakeshi Suzuki
WriterHidetaka Miyazaki
Composers
SeriesDark Souls
Platforms
ReleasePlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • JP: March 24, 2016
  • WW: April 12, 2016
Windows
  • WW: April 12, 2016
GenreAction role-playing
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Dark Souls III is a 2016 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows, the game is the third and final entry in the Dark Souls series and follows an unkindled warrior on a quest to prevent the end of the world. It is played in a third-person perspective, and players have access to various weapons, armour, magic, and consumables that they can use to fight their enemies. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the series, returned to direct the game after handing the development duties of Dark Souls II to others.

Dark Souls III was critically and commercially successful, with critics calling it a worthy and fitting conclusion to the series. It shipped over three million copies within its first two months and over 10 million by 2020. Two downloadable content (DLC) expansions, Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City, were also made. Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition, containing the base game and both expansions, was released in April 2017.