Elden Ring director and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has stated the developer shouldn’t be at the moment contemplating making Elden Ring 2 however will not shut down the likelihood sooner or later.
Miyazaki stated on the PlayStation Associate Awards 2024 Japan Asia, attended by IGN Japan and translated by Automaton, that FromSoftware has a number of tasks within the works however none are continuations of Elden Ring, its most profitable sport up to now.
“We’re probably not contemplating developments akin to an Elden Ring 2,” Miyazaki stated, although made clear FromSoftware is open to returning to the Elden Ring franchise “in some kind sooner or later.” The tasks in growth are works in progress in the mean time however numerous in style, with some directed by Miyazaki himself, he stated.
FromSoftware has a assorted historical past in sport growth however has turn into recognized for outlining the Souls style during the last 15 years. These video games have assorted in theme considerably although are all role-playing video games with an identical format of, at their most straightforward, progressing by means of an space earlier than taking over a difficult boss.
The enormous mech battling Armored Core collection can be developed by FromSoftware although, and outliers to the standard darkish fantasy themes of its Souls video games embody the gothic horror entry Bloodborne and Japanese mythology-set Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Not one of the incoming tasks have been revealed by FromSoftware as of but, although one in every of them is sort of actually the following signature Souls sport akin to Elden Ring. Many followers are hoping for a return to the Darkish Souls franchise, which has been dormant for near a decade, whereas others are determined for a Bloodborne sequel (and assume an announcement is imminent).
Elden Ring would have been the obvious selection for a continuation, not simply because its FromSoftware’s finest obtained sport up to now however, maybe extra considerably, it offered a staggering 25 million items.
In our 10/10 evaluate, IGN stated: “Elden Ring is an enormous iteration on what FromSoftware started with the Souls collection, bringing its relentlessly difficult fight to an unbelievable open world that offers us the liberty to decide on our personal path.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
