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FromSoftware’sDark Soulsseries has been a fan-favorite for many years now. Without a doubt, the games played a key role in popularising the Soulslike genre among a wider audience. It began with 2011’sDark Souls, which was well-received by the fans and its success led to the creation of 2014’sDark Souls 2. Many argue thatDS2was neglected by the series’ creator Hidetaka Miyazaki as he was more focused on 2015’sBloodborne. WithDark Souls 3, Miyazaki returned as the director and once again gave fans one of the best Soulslike games of all time.
AfterDS3, Miyazaki made it clear that he was done with the series, adding that it wouldn’t make sense to continue creating not just theDarkSoulsseries but also theBloodbornefranchise. However, Miyazaki wouldn’t oppose the idea of a sequel if someone else is interested in creating it.
Hidetaka Miyazaki confirms that theDark Soulsfranchise could expand in the future but without him
In 2016, FromSoftware’s presidentHidetaka Miyazakiwas asked about the future of theDark Soulsseries in an interview withDualShockers. On multiple occasions, Miyazaki has made it clear thathe is done with theDark Soulsseriesbut in this interview, he revealed that he wouldn’t stop other developers at FromSoftware from working on the sequel,
“Personally, I don’t feel like creating new Souls games, however, I don’t want to completely deny the potential of other developers from From Software bringing back the Dark Souls franchise in the future – While I’d personally like to end the Dark Souls franchise, I’d still feel sad doing so. While I might not work on Dark Souls games myself, I would bring some of the good things from them, like in-game elements or product development experience to new Dark Souls-like games or franchises in the future.”
Miyazaki explained that he would love to carry on the elements of theDark Soulsseries to any dark fantasy-like games he would create and he indeed implemented some elements in games likeElden RingandSekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
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Hidetaka Miyazaki is more interested in creating a new series
Further in the interview, Miyazaki was asked to comment on many Japanese gaming companies producing repetitive video games every year. While not commenting on other publishers and developers, Miyazaki explained what they focus on at FromSoftware,
“From Software believes that all the things that we have learned in past titles can be best reflected in future titles only by working on new franchises and new series.”
AnotherDark Soulssequel would restrict Miyazaki from creating new video games withfresh world-buildingand storylines. His last game,Elden Ring, is getting an expansion calledShadow of the Erdtreeis all set to be released in June 2024.
Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.
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