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, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “We certainly look at a lot of the other Soulslikes for research purposes, but we can never forget ...

When the first Code Vein launched in 2019, the Soulslike genre was wide open. There had been plenty of attempts made to build on FromSoftware’s popular action RPGs, but the field was so slim that the ...

Code Vein getting a sequel, as announced at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, was a pleasant surprise. The original was good! It was one of those games that necessarily didn’t blow people away, but ...

The Summer Game Fest 2025 and its surrounding showcases gave us a lot of exciting new games and surprising sequel announcements—but one of the sequels absolutely no one expected was Code Vein 2. Back ...

In a surprising vampiric twist, we're getting a sequel to 2019's Code Vein. It is aptly titled Code Vein 2, and it's due out 2026 across PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S. Publisher Bandai ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. After the 2019 release of Code Vein, Bandai Namco staked its claim in a genre it helped popularize as the publisher of games like Dark Souls. Code ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s been years since Code Vein first tried to carve out its identity in the Souls-like space.

Bandai Namco shared a Code Vein 2 release date during the TGS 2025 State of Play, as well as a new trailer for the game. The sequel will show up on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on January 30, 2026.