Dark Souls III

Xbox One

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Action · RPG

FromSoftware's 2016 action RPG, the third and final Dark Souls. In fading Lothric, the Ashen One hunts the Lords of Cinder as the First Flame dies.

Franchise

Dark Souls

Collector note

Standard Xbox One disc. Collector's Edition ($129.99): collector's box, 10-inch Red Knight statue, cloth map, hardcover art book, official soundtrack, Prima starter guide, and a metal case. Season Pass (Ashes of Ariandel, October 2016; The Ringed City, March 2017) sold separately — not in the CE. The Fire Fades Edition (April 2017) is a later complete disc with both expansions; this catalog row is the base game. Japan launched 24 March 2016.

Facts

Released in Japan on 24 March 2016 and worldwide on 12 April 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows.
Hidetaka Miyazaki returned as director after a supervisory role on Dark Souls II.
Introduces weapon Skills that consume Focus Points; Ashen Estus restores FP.
Shipped 3 million copies by May 2016 and surpassed 10 million by May 2020.
Catalog Metacritic 89.

Related games

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin · Xbox OnePrevious mainline complete edition on Xbox One
Dark Souls: Remastered · Xbox OneFirst Dark Souls remastered on Xbox One

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