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GamesRPGDark SoulsElden RingFromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki says the studio doesn’t ‘have any particular plans to develop Elden Ring 2’, but that doesn’t mean the ‘Elden Ring IP’ is overWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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There are no prizes for guessing that he wouldn’t just drop a big sequel announcement off-the-cuff at an awards show. “We don’t have any particular plans to develop Elden Ring 2,” Miyazaki said. But there’s a big gulf between not having any specific plans and saying it will categorically never happen.

“I want to convey that we are not denying the possibility of developing the Elden Ring IP in some form in the future,” he said. Pretty vague! Technically, “developing the IP” doesn’t even mean a videogame. Previously, Miyazaki has discussed howElden Ring could be adapted into a movie or TV show, as long FromSoftware found a “strong partner”.

To be honest, I don’t think I’m all that down for a big or small screen adaptation—Elden Ring’s approach to storytelling is not one I think would translate particularly well, and it only works as brilliantly as it does because of the exceptional videogame it inhabits. Just watching a bunch of weirdos spouting vague gibberish for a couple of hours? Well, I can do that in the pub.

With that in mind, I’m hoping for a new Elden Ring game, eventually. Though likely not for a while—even though FromSoftware knocked out Shadow of the Erdtree exceptionally quickly.

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