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Nintendo Switch is getting Dark Souls Remastered

UPDATE: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One versions confirmed too.

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UPDATE 2.35pm: Dark Souls Remastered has unsurprisingly just been confirmed for non-Nintendo Switch platforms as well.

It will arrive on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on the same day - 25th May.

ORIGINAL STORY 2.00pm: FromSoftware's legendary Dark Souls will get a new lease of life on Nintendo Switch.

The much-rumoured re-release will arrive on 25th May, almost seven years after the game originally arrived on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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This new version has previously popped up in retailer listings (and for PlayStation 4 as well), so it's not a huge surprise to have it shown today.

That said, the confirmation of another another classic third-party title for the platform's library is certainly welcome.

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