The two planned downloadable content of "Dark Souls 3" will mark the end of the game franchise as a whole. The From Software president also gave a hint that he might develop a new "Armored Core" video game.
President Hidetaka Miyazaki told Polygon that they have no plans to make another "Dark Souls" game in the future. He said that there could be someone else in his company who would want to work on new installments. He also said that the series will end after releasing the two DLCs for the video game.
Miyazaki wants to move away from the franchise so that he can create new IPs. He did say that he is not completely denying the possibility of bringing back the franchise in the future.
The president suggested that fans will most likely see some HD remakes of the older games in the series on newer consoles. This could mean that it could be just a simple port of the existing games to a new hardware, or it would be a full-on remake with new or revised content.
Miyazaki told Kotaku in an interview that the third iteration is the end, for him. It does not mean that it is the end of the franchise.
According to Miyazaki, there may be someone other than him that would want to make another game. He will not deny them the chance to make future installments if that is the case.
The president said that he does not think they created a new genre. He thinks that they made it probably easier for similar titles to come out. If he created the proper environment for those games to be launched, then he is honored to do so.
Regarding about the use of the game's mechanics in other games, the president said their approach might be different. For their game company, that is an interesting move.
The game company makes it a research of sorts for their development team. They do this to see how different the other developers put their own style on what they have created. Miyazaki revealed that he had never thought about other games having the same mechanics as their games.
In other news, the company president confirmed that they are making a new "Armored Core" video game. It is still in its early stages of development, and he cannot talk about how early it is.
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