42 Dark Souls II players die every second — and nine other chilling stats

Dark Souls II is one of the finest, and most challenging, games released this year. The notoriously difficult action-role-player is as brutal and soul-destroying as it is rewarding, but its dark-gaming magic keeps players coming back for more.

Publisher Bandai Namco has been keeping track of what gamers are up to in Dark Souls II — including how they’re dying and what they’re killing — and we’ve been keeping an eye on these official stats via the Beyond the Fire website. Breaking them down, we’ve found some cool facts and figures that seem pretty unbelievable.