Ever since the release of the original Dark Souls game eight years ago, the franchise continues to captivate gamers with its focus on tough-as-nails action RPG mechanics. Since then two sequels were added in the franchise in the form of Dark Souls 2 (2014) and Dark Souls 3 (2016). In May of last year, developer FromSoftware released a remake of the original game on all current-gen platforms, making it the first title in the franchise to be released on the Nintendo Switch.

Now, a new ambitious mod that was released this week has grabbed the attention of the Dark Souls community. The mod, which is titled Daughters of Ash, is a massively expanded version of Dark Souls that contains more content than the original 2011 game. Creator Grimrukh describes his creation as the version of what Dark Souls could have been if FromSoftware was given more time to develop the game.

Dark Souls: Daughters of Ash is a massive re-imagining and expansion of Dark Souls. It features new bosses and enemies, new characters, new storylines, new weapons and items, expanded lore, and plenty of new secrets. It offers modified brand new content, much of which cannot be discovered in one play-through.

Although the Daughters of Ash expansion is a fan-created mod, it adds tons of new content to the original game such as new game progression, new bosses, enemies, storylines, weapons, items, secrets, and even expanded lore. Players who are interested in expanding their Dark Souls experience via the Daughters of Ash mod must first have a copy of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on the PC. Grimrukh promises that support for Dark Souls: Remastered is planned for later this year.

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In other Dark Souls news, developer FromSoftware revealed in an interview last week that the studio is working on two unannounced games. The announcement did not reveal whether either of the two games in development will be an entry to the Souls franchise. However, FromSoftware’s president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, reassured fans that the upcoming titles will be “From-Software-esque games.”

Lastly, ever since the release of Dark Souls: Remastered to the Nintendo Switch last year, some fans have been wondering whether any of the other entries in the franchise will also grace Nintendo’s hybrid console. Several months ago, speculation about more Dark Souls games heading to the Nintendo Switch surfaced. However, up until today FromSoftware still hasn’t confirmed any of these rumors.

Dark Souls is out now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

Source: Nexus Mods