Dark Souls 3 Will Be the Last in the Series

Every journey has its end, even a journey as epic and harrowing as the “Souls” series, and in a new interview with Gamespot, we have confirmation from Hidetaka Miyazaki that “Dark Souls III” will indeed be the last step of the journey for the folks at From Software.

Director Hidetaki Miyazaki made this apparent when it spoke to GameSpot and talked about Dark Souls 3 offering a closure of sorts to the series.

“I believe that From Software has to create new things”, he continued.

Dark Souls 3 will mark the last game where the development project began before I became president. The next title will be a game that was conceived while I was president. From’s president says the company needs to branch out and create new things.

Since Dark Souls caught fire, developer From Software worked on two sequels (Dark Souls III, now in development, is due next year) and Bloodborne, the series’ kissing cousin. I definitely sympathize with creators in situations like this.

I have no concern over others making similar games, it just shows that players wanted games that were like this, that are hard, and wanted other studios to make challenging games that achieve the same level of satisfaction.

And if that future involves a revival somewhere down the line of the Souls series much like how it revived the spirit of King’s Field, so be it. There were no guns to be seen and there was a minimum amount of multiplayer content. Add to that that Demon’s Souls launched as a PlayStation 3 exclusive and, all told, you’re looking at what should have been a very narrow audience for the game. Dark Souls 3 is out on April 12th 2016 in North America and Europe for PS4, Xbox One and PC so stay tuned for more info in the coming months. He said that he have a few great ideas on hand that he believes many gamers will find cool.