The Demon's Souls remake was the reason to buy a PS5 in or Now well over a year since release, we're still wondering: will it ever come to PC? Here's everything we know about the Demon's Souls remake while we wait to find out if we'll be graced with a PC port.
In Septembera list of games in Nvidia's GeForce Now database opens in new tab leaked, seemingly revealing a pile of yet-to-be-announced games, including many from Sony. Nvidia claimed the games on the list were purely speculative, but since September at least 10 games from the list have been revealed. It's possible some others will be canceled before ever being made public, of course, but the list is definitely legit.
And the big one from Demons souls pc free section is Demon's Souls. All seem likely to land on PC at some point. But Demon's Souls is the name on that list we're most excited to see. Maybe 's our year. PC fans were delightfully surprised to see a message at the very end demons souls pc free the State of Play Demon's Souls trailer that promised it's "Also available on PC.
It seems like Sony demons souls pc free be keeping the door open to a PC version, but wants everyone to be excited about its new console right now. Even if there really are zero PC plans right demons souls pc free, that could always change. The Nvidia leak above was the first evidence that Demon's Souls may actually be coming to PC, and so far it's had a very good track record. It's likely a matter of when, not if. The gameplay trailer shown off during September's PS5 showcase was a beautiful demonstration of how Demon's Souls will look and play on the PS5.
It's looking pretty amazing, so it's even more disappointing that Sony retracted the PC announcement. A version uploaded by Gamespot still shows the PC announcement at the end, despite Sony removing the trailer from its official channels and reuploading it with the message removed. It was real! We definitely didn't imagine it. Here's another gameplay trailer showing boss fights with the Armor Spider and Flamelurker with a bit of exploration in between.
Folks do demons souls pc free a good easter egg and it seems that Bluepoint has added one to their Demon's Souls remake. Players quickly noticed a new, mysterious door that wasn't in the original demons souls pc free. Through some photo mode trickery they've discovered there's an item inside but unlocking it is still a mystery. After demons souls pc free of dedicated players trying to work out what's on the other side, streamer Distortion2 finally cracked the case.
The secret isn't quite as exciting as fans imagined, demons souls pc free it's a cool addition nonetheless. What makes Sony's slip-up more perplexing is that, as recently as Augustthe company expressed interest opens in new tab in more PC ports of its console exclusives. We've also gotten solid hints that a PC version of The Last of Us 2 opens in new tab is in the works, and Media Molecule has openly stated that Dreams opens in new tab will someday come to PC. Suffice to say, it seems like nothing is off demons souls pc free table demons souls pc free Sony, so it's disappointing that the company is being cagey about Demon's Souls.
The game would almost certainly be a smash success on PC, too. That might be the case for any of Sony's first-party games, but we have ample evidence that From Software's RPGs demons souls pc free hugely popular. The first Dark Souls alone sold millions of copies on PC opens in new taband the series has only gotten bigger since. Sony, presumably, owns the intellectual property, and until very recently, hasn't released any of its games on PC.
Bloodborne is a PS4-exclusive for the same reason. This new version of Demon's Souls is being developed by Bluepoint Games, seemingly without From Software's collaboration. Even if the remake never gets a PC port, you can at least play the original via emulation opens in new tabwith greatly improved resolution and framerate. That's the price of the PS5 version, anyway. Hopefully PC games will still get a slight discount in some cases, but regardless, there's always the next Steam sale.
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