Elden Ring director and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has mentioned the developer just isn’t presently contemplating making Elden Ring 2 however will not shut down the chance sooner or later.
Miyazaki mentioned at the PlayStation Companion Awards 2024 Japan Asia, attended by IGN Japan and translated by (*2*), that FromSoftware has a number of initiatives within the works however none are continuations of Elden Ring, its most profitable sport so far.
“We’re not likely contemplating developments comparable to an Elden Ring 2,” Miyazaki mentioned, although made clear FromSoftware is open to returning to the Elden Ring franchise “in some type sooner or later.” The initiatives in growth are works in progress at the second however numerous in style, with some directed by Miyazaki himself, he mentioned.
FromSoftware has a assorted historical past in sport growth however has turn out to be identified 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 way of an space earlier than taking over a difficult boss.
The enormous mech battling Armored Core collection can also be developed by FromSoftware although, and outliers to the normal 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 initiatives have been revealed by FromSoftware as of but, although one in every of them is sort of definitely the subsequent 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 suppose an announcement is imminent).
Elden Ring would have been the obvious selection for a continuation, not simply because its FromSoftware’s finest acquired sport to this point however, maybe extra considerably, it bought a staggering 25 million models.
In our 10/10 evaluation, IGN mentioned: “Elden Ring is an enormous iteration on what FromSoftware started with the Souls collection, bringing its relentlessly difficult fight to an unimaginable open world that provides us the liberty to decide on our personal path.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.