Dark Souls II ( II, Dku Souru Ts ) is an action role-playing video game.

The third
game in its series, Dark Souls II was developed for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox
360 byFrom Software, which also published the game in Japan, whileBandai Namco
Games published the game in other regions.
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Dark Souls II was announced at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 7, 2012.[5]
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Hidetaka Miyazaki, who served as director on the two earlier games in the series, Demon's
Souls and Dark Souls,[7] acted as a supervisor, while the game was directed by Tomohiro Shibuya
and Yui Tanimura.[7] Although set in the same world, there is no direct story connection
between Dark Souls andDark Souls II.[8] The game uses dedicated multiplayer servers.[8]
Taking place in the world of Drangleic, the game features both player versus environment (PvE)
and player versus player (PvP) play, in addition to having some co-op components. As in the
earlier games in the series, it once again features challenging gameplay, but with a more powerful
graphics engine and more advanced AI system.
After some initial delays, the game had its official launch in North America on March 11, 2014,
with the PC release launching on April 24, 2014.[4][9]
An updated version of the game, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, was released on April
2, 2015. The title is a compilation of the original game and its downloadable content and patches,
and also encompasses a remastered port of the game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC with
upgraded graphics and expanded online multiplayer capacity.