Watch A Blacksmith Create Dark Souls II’s Armour In Real Life

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Aug 23, 2013 11:30 am

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To promote Dark Souls II, Namco Bandai and From Software got a professional blacksmith to forge a real-life armour based on the game. The real-life armour is based entirely on concept images provided by From Software, and you can take a look at the process below, along with a handy narration explaining what’s going on:

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Dark Souls II is slated for release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in March 2014. This fall, a closed beta-test for the game will kick off on the PS3.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.