Elden Ring players may have discovered a hidden element that is related to the upcoming Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
25.02.2024 - 11:23 / videogameschronicle.com / Hidetaka Miyazaki / Jordan Middler
Elden Ring and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki has said that there’s “a high possibility,” that he would delegate the role of director on future Souls games.
Speaking to IGN, Miyazaki said there “is a high possibility that we would delegate the responsibility of director to those other Souls-ish games going forward.”
He continued “I think it’s very likely that we’ll see new directors going forward. And I think if we do that, I’d like to step away from that supervisory role and give them full direction and full control over those projects.
“I think really this is the best way and the easiest way for them to flourish within that environment and with those new projects.”
So far, the only original Souls project that Miyazaki hasn’t directed is Dark Souls 2. While Dark Souls 2 was met with mixed reaction from players, Miyazaki looks back on it fondly.
“In regards to Dark Souls 2, I actually personally think this was a really great project for us, and I think without it, we wouldn’t have had a lot of the connections and a lot of the ideas that went forward and carried the rest of the series.”
Dark Souls 2 implemented semi-open world sections that would form the basis for much of the level design in FromSoftware‘s seminal Elden Ring.
“We were able to have that different impetus and have those different ideas and make those different connections that we otherwise might not have had,” he concluded.
It was announced on Wednesday that Elden Ring’s first expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, will be released in June.
Shadow of the Erdtree will introduce a new story, a fresh world to explore and deeper RPG features, according to Bandai Namco.
Players will require the base game to play the expansion, which is now available to pre-order in several editions, with prices starting at $39.99 / £34.99.
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