United Kingdom, April 24 -- 'No Rest For The Wicked' boss Thomas Mahler has insisted 'Dark Souls' would have benefited from an "early access" release.

The CEO of developer Moon Studios has defended the decision for its new dark fantasy game to be launched in early access, despite players criticising the title over performance issues.

In a lengthy series of posts on X, Mahler wrote: "We're not even a week into Early Access and it's already pretty clear that going with EA is one of the best decisions we could've made.

"I see some people are still irked about why games like Wicked, Hades 2, Larian's new game, etc. launch into Early Access even if the studio 'should have the funds to finish the game and release it then'.

"But that's looki...