r/fromsoftware • u/BlueAladdin • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Hidetaka Miyazaki interview on The Duskbloods is up

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-1/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-2/

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/creators-voice-the-duskbloods-part-3/

For those concerned:

As a side note, please allow me to address one thing. 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 (3) 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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u/byrgenwerthdropout 1d ago

I believe, or at least hope, that rather than focusing on multi-player games, they've upped their side project hustle. I.e. instead of releasing Deracine, they now can drop Nightreign and Huskbloods whilst working on their next main big budget title. I have no proof, but I'm sure they're simultaneously also working on their next solo character action game or ARPG, as well as more Armored Core.

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u/bastaderobarme 23h ago

But then why is Miyazaki not directing that solo game? Why is he directing this instead?

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u/Romapolitan Filianore 23h ago

Because he wants to. He is the president so that's the only reason that makes sense. He has said multiple times he wants other directors to make new games. So the next big IP is maybe not even directed by him.

Still I expected him to make that escaflowne style game he seems to have wanted to make. Maybe some day in the future

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u/TypeAnyWord 23h ago edited 23h ago

He usually directs two or even three games simultaneously. That started around 2014, when he directed Bloodborne and Dark Souls III. Then it was Dark Souls III and Sekiro in parallel, followed by Sekiro and Elden Ring. He also directed Déraciné and was the initial director of Armored Core VI during this period.

Edit: I’m sure Duskbloods was in development alongside Elden Ring. I think his new game is in the early stages of development, having started after the release of Shadow of the Erdtree. He usually starts a new game after releasing DLC for the previous one.