[STEAM] Elden Ring 2 Not Being Considered at FromSoftware, Hidetaka Miyazaki Says

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Elden Ring director and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has said the developer is not currently considering making Elden Ring 2 but won't shut down the possibility in the future.

Miyazaki said at the PlayStation Partner Awards 2024 Japan Asia, attended by

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, that FromSoftware has several projects in the works but none are continuations of Elden Ring, its most successful game to date.

"We’re not really considering developments such as an Elden Ring 2," Miyazaki said, though made clear FromSoftware is open to returning to the Elden Ring franchise "in some form in the future." The projects in development are works in progress at the moment but diverse in genre, with some directed by Miyazaki himself, he said.

FromSoftware has a varied history in game development but has become known for

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. These games have varied in theme somewhat though are all role-playing games with a similar format of, at their most simple, progressing through an area before taking on a challenging boss.

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is also developed by FromSoftware though, and outliers to the traditional dark fantasy themes of its Souls games include the gothic horror entry

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None of the incoming projects have been revealed by FromSoftware as of yet, though one of them is almost certainly the next signature Souls game akin to Elden Ring. Many fans are hoping for a return to the Dark Souls franchise,

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, while others are desperate for a Bloodborne sequel (

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Elden Ring would have been the most obvious choice for a continuation, not just because its FromSoftware's best received game so far but, perhaps more significantly,

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, IGN said: "Elden Ring is a massive iteration on what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an incredible open world that gives us the freedom to choose our own path."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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