#FromSoftware will not be engaged on Elden Ring 2 proper now

There’s no denying that Elden Ring is among the greatest and most profitable video video games that FromSoftware has ever made. Because of this status, some followers are hoping {that a} sequel is already in improvement, however it appears that evidently the studio has different plans.

Earlier right this moment, Elden Ring‘s DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree gained the Grand Award on the PlayStation Accomplice Awards 2024 Japan Asia. As reported by IGN Japan (and translated by Automaton Media) Hidetaka Miyazaki, the long-lasting president of FromSoftware and the director of Elden Ring & many different video games, answered some questions on the way forward for the corporate to the press.

Naturally, journalists requested him concerning the Elden Ring IP, to which Miyazaki responded: “We’re not likely contemplating developments similar to an Elden Ring 2“, confirming that FromSoftware will not be engaged on a possible sequel proper now. However there’s nonetheless hope for the IP, as a result of he additionally added: “I want to make it clear that we’re not denying the potential for creating the Elden Ring IP in some type sooner or later”.

In fact, FromSoftware will not be abandoning the Elden Ring IP as a result of why would they? In any case, Elden Ring was extraordinarily profitable: it bought greater than 25 million models by June 2024, and it acquired numerous optimistic critiques from critics and followers alike. To not point out that its growth, Shadow of the Erdtree, was so high-quality and expansive that it was even nominated for Sport of the Yr in The Sport Awards 2024, marking the very first time a DLC was nominated for this class (Though this nomination was extremely controversial as properly).

So, what’s FromSoftware at the moment engaged on?

The event of Elden Ring took roughly 5 years to finish, so it’s most certainly the builders at FromSoftware wish to work on one thing else earlier than diving again once more into such an formidable world. Throughout the aforementioned occasion, Miyazaki clarified that the builders are at the moment engaged on a number of initiatives on the identical time, and he added that they’ll sort out all kinds of genres. That sounds each thrilling and promising, however it additionally has left followers questioning what precisely the studio is engaged on.

FromSoftware’s final full sport was 2023’s Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and it has not introduced a brand new challenge afterward. Naturally, this has result in followers to theorize what sport they might be at the moment creating. Is it the fifth installment within the Darkish Souls franchise? A sequel to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice? Or possibly it’s Armored Core VII? There’s even a slight chance that the celebs will align, and FromSoftware is definitely engaged on a Bloodborne sequel or remaster alongside Sony.

It’s essential to notice that the studio has beforehand introduced Sekiro and Armored Core VI through the 2017 and 2022 editions of The Sport Awards, so it appears that evidently it has a desire for revealing its new video games throughout this specific awards ceremony. So, who is aware of? Possibly we’ll get an replace on FromSoftware’s subsequent challenge throughout The Sport Awards 2024.