Elden Ring 2 Not Happening Any Time Soon, Says FromSoftware

FromSoftware has confirmed that Elden Ring 2 is not presently in improvement, however the potential of increasing the Elden Ring IP in a roundabout way sooner or later is not being discounted both.

Per IGN Japan (with further reporting by Automaton), journalists at a PlayStation Associate Awards present held right this moment requested FromSoftware head Hidetaka Miyazaki what lay in retailer for the studio’s future, particularly close to the Elden Ring IP.

Miyazaki responded by confirming that his studio is “not likely contemplating developments” like Elden Ring 2, however that Elden Ring might return “in some type sooner or later”, though that might clearly imply something from a fully-fledged sequel to a derivative recreation, a comic book, and even simply tie-in merchandise.

Whereas Elden Ring 2 might not presently be in improvement, Miyazaki does affirm that FromSoftware is presently engaged on a number of new tasks throughout completely different genres.

A few of these tasks are being directed by Miyazaki, whereas others are being headed up by different FromSoftware staffers. Miyazaki has beforehand mentioned desirous to see FromSoftware video games being directed by others apart from himself.

Miyazaki does not go into any element relating to what these tasks is perhaps, so it is technically attainable that a few of them might be sequels to current FromSoftware IPs. In any case, a brand new Armored Core recreation was launched final 12 months, and FromSoftware does produce other franchises apart from the Souls sequence and its cousins.

Nonetheless, provided that we have no details about precisely what FromSoftware is presently engaged on, it could be a while earlier than Miyazaki and his fellow administrators are able to reveal the fruits of their labors.

FromSoftware’s reluctance to create a sequel to Elden Ring will probably come as a disappointment to the primary recreation’s writer Bandai Namco, particularly given how robust gross sales had been for each the bottom recreation and its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.

Nonetheless, with the studio’s dad or mum firm Kadokawa presently in talks with Sony for an outright buy, it is attainable that any choices to be made relating to FromSoftware’s future route might effectively contain stated Japanese gaming large. We’ll have to attend and see.