Dark Souls 2 has a new live action trailer which does a good job of demonstrating the series' trademark style.
We see a knight creeping through a dark tunnel before a blade appears and it's game over.
Director Yui Tanimura has said:
"Our main intent for Dark Souls 2 was to enhance the experience to better express these underlining concepts more directly to the players, and to cut away a lot of the tediousness that was included in Dark Souls that did not have to do with the communication of these concepts.
"A main theme in all games developed by FromSoftware is to not fully explain all the elements of how to play and challenge players to figure it out for themselves. We would like to encourage players to conquer the elements they face by paying attention to the surroundings and also being creative in strategising [about] how to overcome the difficulties."
Dark Souls 2 is set for release on PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 11, 2014 in North America and March 14 in Australia and Europe. A PC edition of the game will follow "shortly" after. Yesterday, Dark Souls 2: Into the Light, a comic based on the game, was announced and will be released in January.