The 'Souls-like' label may need to die, but that hasn't prevented many an enthusiast using the term to describe Cuphead – mainly because you die a lot in it. So it makes sense that there are folk out there dreaming about the two games converging, and some have even gone as far as to illustrate how such a convergence would look.

YouTube channel 64 Bits have done so, reimagining many of Dark Souls' most memorable bosses with an animation style closely resembling Cuphead. You have a cute version of Ornstein and Smough, a cute version of Sif, and a cute overworld view of Firelink Shrine. Even the bonfire there looks cute.

While the video below is impressive, don't get your hopes up that this is an actual game. "Before you ask, no, this is not actual gameplay," the description reads. "It will never be a game, but one can dream right?"

Indeed we can. Check it out below:

The voting for the Golden Joystick Awards presented with Omen by HP closes in just under three weeks (November 3rd), and before that happens, we want to see our favourites from the last 12 months get the recognition they deserve. Not to manipulate the process because we want all the PC games to win in every category, or anything, but because there are so many amazing projects nominated that we want to celebrate. 

If you vote, too, you get a free digital copy of The Best PC Games Ever, which we published earlier this year. Take a look here for more information on what's inside, but it contains a great making of feature on the All Ghillied Up mission from Call of Duty 4, retrospectives on classics like Red Alert 2, Deus Ex, Max Payne 2 and tons more. All you have to do is vote, enter your email, then you'll receive instructions on claiming this lovely-looking digital book.

There's a bunch of great PC games up for awards at the Golden Joysticks this year. Rock-hard modern classic Cuphead is up for best visual design, for example, and offbeat horror platformer Little Nightmares is deservedly nominated for best audio. The best indie game category is full of great PC titles, of course: Dream Daddy, Everything, Friday the 13th, Night In The Woods, Pyre, Slime Rancher, Stories Untold, Tacoma, Thimbleweed Park and What Remains of Edith Finch. And that's just a few of the categories. There are three eSports categories, and the best PC games category has the likes Total War: Warhammer 2, Endless Space 2, West of Loathing, PUBG, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam and a bunch more—check out the voting page and pick your favourites. 

The old-fashioned platformer Cuphead is pretty great: "A nails-hard 2D shooter where you fight outlandish bosses, interspersed with palate-cleansing run-and-gun sections," as we put it in our very positive review. That high degree of difficulty is well known, and but it doesn't seem to be overly off-putting.

"Cuphead has only been out for two weeks and we never could have dreamed of the reception we’ve received from our amazing fans! Today, we wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your support and we’re excited to share that Cuphead has gone platinum with over 1 million units sold!" Chad and Jared Moldenhauer of Studio MDHR said. Although the platforms weren't specified, I'm confident they mean the sum across Xbox and PC.

"We have worked tirelessly over the past few years to deliver a game that remained true to our vision and we are both humbled and excited that so many people from around the world are playing Cuphead—it truly makes it all worth it. From all of us at StudioMDHR, thanks again for your support!"

Cuphead is out for the PC and Xbox One, and by all appearances the bulk of players are actually on PC: More than 575,000 people own it on Steam, according to Steam Spy, and it's also available on GOG and the Microsoft Store.