Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of the Dark Souls franchise and a key figure at developer FromSoftware, has said the company isn’t pivoting to multiplayer games despite both Elden Ring: Nightreign and the newly-revealed The Duskbloods not adopting the traditional single-player experience we’re used to.
Speaking during an interview posted on Nintendo’s official website, Miyazaki-san, who also headed up development of the critically acclaimed Elden Ring, had the following to say:
As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring was also announced, and we still intend to actively develop single-player focused games such as this that embrace our more traditional style.
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The Duskbloods is a new PvPvE coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2 (at this point we don’t know if it will arrive on other formats), and is due out in 2026. Meanwhile, Elden Ring: Nightreign features co-op and is seen as a spinoff to Elden Ring, arriving in late May for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.
[Source – Nintendo.com via Eurogamer]