Dark Souls 2 coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 on March 14

At the ongoing Tokyo Game Show, developer From Software has announced that its upcoming hardcore RPG, Dark Souls 2, will be hitting stores on March 14. The game will be available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The PC version doesn’t have a release date just yet, but it will be released “soon” after the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

Yui Tanimura, Game Director for Dark Souls 2, told Eurogamer that the PC version is being delayed because of the optimisation required to get the most out of PC hardware. “In terms of the PC version, how we make the PC version optimal in Dark Souls 2 we’re still working on what options we allow players to have in order for players to customize the spec of the PC version,” he said.

The PC version won’t be released alongside the console versions

“Our goal is to release the PC version in the same window. For the PC version we’re simply saying March - we’re trying our best for PC and console. The reason we can’t announce the specific date is we’re working on more options on how to make the PC version optimal.”

Tanimura believes that the problems that plagued the terrible PC port of the original Dark Souls, dubbed the Prepare to Die edition, won’t be present in Dark Souls 2. The problems of the PC version included low-resolution textures and bad controller porting.

“With the first Dark Souls, the development team started work on the console version before the PC version, and because of that there were less options for the development team to make the PC version more optimal in terms of resolution and so on,” Tanimura said. “With Dark Souls 2, the team’s working on console and PC at the same time, so there shouldn’t be an issue with how optimal it will be on day one.”

While the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Dark Souls 2 don’t have a release date, Tanimura has stated that the studio hasn’t completely ruled out the possibility of bringing the game to these platforms.