Code Vein mixes anime and Dark Souls - and in doing so, an uneven hybrid that emphasizes much of the best and worst of both is born. When people say Code Vein is 'anime Dark Souls', the developers ...

Back in 2018, a lengthy interview with Bandai Namco Community Specialist Dmitryi Khlynin revealed a number of details about Code Vein. These details were focused on things like the importance of the ...

After a delay and a pretty lengthy wait since its initial announcement, Code Vein has finally been released for PC and consoles. This is a brand new third-person action RPG similar to From Software’s ...

Code Vein has all the trappings of a Souls game you’d expect. Your character slays enemies who drop souls, although here they're known as Haze. If you die, you have to make your way back to the Haze ...

Bandai Namco tweaks some of the original’s less forgiving aspects Difficulty has always been a barrier for “Dark Souls.” The franchise’s intimidating reputation is a turn-off for gamers who don’t see ...

Code Vein reviews have dropped and we rounded up all the scores. Code Vein, Bandai Namco’s action RPG inspired by the Souls series, is out today and so are the reviews. Announced in 2017 with a ...

I’m always surprised that anime manages to keep getting away with the same terrible bullshit time and time again without any repercussions. It’s rampantly misogynistic, insipidly trite, ...

Despite the Dark Souls series being a JRPG, it doesn’t follow typical JRPG conventions like heavy storytelling with an emphasis on friendship and chosen heroes. Code Vein, however, follows the exact ...

Bandai Namco’s Code Vein is the publisher’s 2019 Soulslike for 8th-generation consoles and PC. Originally released on September 27, 2019, the game takes several cues from two other franchises in ...

Ever since the release of the first Dark Souls we’ve seen near countless attempts to try and harness that same essence, although few actually have. Code Vein is the most invested I’ve gotten in a ...

Bandai Namco has released the first in a series of character trailers for Code Vein, introducing Oliver Collins. Oliver Collins will be the first boss players defeat. A friend turned foe, in Code Vein ...

Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for Code Vein introducing the boss enemy known as the “Successor of the Ribcage.” The Successor of the Ribcage is a huge wolf-like creature that blocks the ...