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Naming The Next Dark Souls

A Dark Souls sequel hasn't been officially announced yet, but that doesn't stop us from speculating what it could be called.

Last November, publisher Namco Bandai announced Dark Souls shipped 1.5 million copies globally. Those impressive sales numbers combined with a nearly 90 Metacritic average means we'll likely see a sequel sooner rather than later. The thing is, it might not even be called Dark Souls II.

Developer From Software created both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. Sony owns the Demon's Souls franchise, so when From Software wanted to go multiplatform with a sequel, they had to start over with a new universe in Dark Souls. However, Dark Souls' story doesn't exactly end with room for a direct sequel.

The team has a number of options to go with their third game in the Souls series. Do they go with Dark Souls II or a completely new game again? Our fantastic design team here at Game Informer put together some options using Dark Souls art that you can see below.

Also, in the gallery afterwards, we left readers some of our covers without titles. Think you have a better name? Create your own cover and add it in the comments. We'll take the best fan-made covers and add them to our story on a second page.

Comments
  • Lost Soul

  • No PC so it's Gonna Be *** Soul...

  • I'm going to take a guess and say Dan made the Dark Souls X Tekken one
  • Summer/Winter Souls(tice)

  • yea enjoyed demon and dark souls but anymore and i ain't gonna have a soul. like they say 3 strikes and your out.

  • The Departed Souls! http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/395970_356502481038083_100000350016153_1161235_1336345354_n.jpg
  • winner: dead souls

  • http://twitpic.com/8kf0ib Beware the Dark Holes...
  • "Darker Souls" lol

  • "Darker Souls" lol

  • I'd love to see the next installment in the franchise more story driven. From Software has crafted two very creative worlds with intriguing mythologies, but the story element definitely takes a backseat, opposed to the actual gameplay. It'd be awesome to to see some of these story elements take the forefront in the next game.

  • Here's mine:

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  • From what I've gathered of the bits and pieces of the Mythology of Boletaria and Lordran and the seemingly cyclical nature of the battle with darkness therein, I think Eternal Souls could work.

    Sure it doesn't have that connotation of evil that is evident in the titles of Demon's and Dark, but considering that, in one way or another, all souls are gathered to strengthen the "Chosen Undead" (not necessarily good or evil depending on the player) those souls do live on in a sort of eternal way.

    Eh, that's my interpretation.

    Pygmy Souls?
  • Dragon souls would be a good name i think

  • im gonna have to go with dead souls. The title and cover look pretty awesome. Darker Souls sounds hilarious.
  • Devil Souls.

  • In Devil's Souls, the main menu will want you to punch a hole in your soul.

  • Dragon Souls sound sorta....... off.

  • filet of souls

  • To the unnamed, The two on top could be Casket Souls and Golden Souls, and the two on the bottom could be Tower/ing Souls and Grave Souls, which I like the most...