Fan-designed defensive gear has been spotted in a recent batch of Dark Souls II screens, as posted on All Games Beta.
Originally launched in April last year, the competition asked fans to create their own shields, with the best being created and available to use in the game proper.
Of all the shields submitted six were selected by FROM Software for inclusion, while another six were voted for by players.
This is far from the only piece of Dark Souls II hype doing the rounds. A Dark Souls II digital comic started recently, too, which is an ongoing publication leading up to the game’s launch in March.
All this excitement might be enough to worry me on a normal day, but Dark Souls II has managed to remain largely enigmatic even with so much chatter surrounding its launch. March can’t come soon enough…