Blood codes in Code Vein work a lot like classes in other games, except that you can change your blood code at any time to match any circumstance. This makes understanding your blood codes and how to ...

Code Vein plays mostly like your standard Souls-like game—If you’ve ever played one before you know how everything works. As you discover new areas you’ll run into Code Vein versions of Bonfires ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Code Vein establishes its own identity from the outset. It may latch onto a Dark Souls formula that has come to define a generation of action-RPGs, ...

Home Base serves as your main player hub or base of operations in Code Vein. It is where you take a break from the constant fighting and plotting in the outside world of the game and instead take a ...

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 ...

Jacob Buchalter (he/him) is a full-time Staff Writer based in the US and is an all-around creative media-obsessed individual who truly cares a bit too much about pop culture media, art, and all things ...

If you’ve seen a trailer or any preview footage for Code Vein, the elevator pitch is clear: It’s an “anime Soulslike” – an action-RPG that promises the steep challenge and cautious combat that we’ve ...

The souls-like genre of games is becoming a very crowded space lately. From 2D retro inspired takes on the formula, to spiritual successors, to other genres heavily borrowing the gameplay mechanics, ...

While traveling through the lonely, desolate world of Dark Souls nearly a decade ago, a thought suddenly crossed my mind. “Man, I wish someone would make an anime-style version of this game.” Fast ...