Dark Souls III is a 2016 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The third and final entry in the Dark Souls series, the game follows an unkindled warrior on a quest to prevent the end of the world. It is played in a third-person perspective, and players have access to various weapons, armour, magic, and consumables that they can use to fight their enemies. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the creator of the series, returned to direct the game after handing the development duties of Dark Souls II to others. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Clark, Matthew, and Newton Lee. “Dark Souls III, an Analysis.” In Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, pp. 513-517. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2024.
Freitas, Joana. “From epic fail to epic music: music, silence and failure on” Dark Souls 3″.” Journal of Sound, Silence, Image and Technology 3 (2020): 55-74.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Gandolfi, Enrico. “Enjoying death among gamers, viewers, and users: A network visualization of Dark Souls 3’s trends on Twitch. tv and Steam platforms.” Information Visualization 17, no. 3 (2018): 218-238.
Theodorou, Andreas. “Prepare to die: Reconceptualising death, and the role of narrative engagement in the Dark Souls series (2011–2018).” In Death, culture & leisure: Playing dead, pp. 83-94. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Other games in the franchise
Dark Souls (8)
Dark Souls II (2)
Dark Souls III (4)