FromSoftware To Continue Developing Single-Player Games After Duskbloods, Confirms CEO

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FromSoftware Will Continue Embracing Its Traditional Style!

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  • FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki says that the studio is not giving up on the single-player genre moving forward.
  • The team intends to continue actively developing its traditional entries after it is done with The Duskbloods.
  • FromSoftware has not shifted to a multiplayer-focused direction despite The Duskbloods and Nightreign being online multiplayer games.

The latest Nintendo Direct was full of surprises and controversies for the upcoming Switch 2 handheld because of the new detail reveals. However, FromSoftware also stole some of the spotlight by announcing a new Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods.

Many fans were disgruntled to learn that it is another online title like the upcoming Elden Ring Nightreign. This made a lot of gamers doubt the future direction of FromSoftware as a whole. The studio CEO, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has now directly addressed these concerns. 

Why it matters: FromSoftware’s reassurance to focus on single-player games in the future is a sigh of relief for many gamers who were disappointed to learn that The Duskbloods was yet another online project.

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The Duskbloods’ reveal has been met with varying opinions in the gaming scene.

The Souls-like genre creator clarified in a new interview with Nintendo that FromSoftware is not departing from the single-player genre moving forward despite the online focus in its recent games.

[The Duskbloods] 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.

He explained that FromSoftware still plans to actively pursue its critically acclaimed traditional style, which has dominated the gaming scene for a long time.

We still intend to actively develop single player focused games such as this that embrace our more traditional style.

On a similar note, Hidetaka revealed that The Duskbloods was in development for the original Switch before the plans changed.

The game maps for The Duskbloods feature heavy Gothic and Victorian-style aesthetics. 

As per Miyazaki, The Duskbloods’ gameplay loop is based around online matches that support up to 8 players who can choose and customize their characters to finish objectives for rewards. There can be several victory conditions, one being ‘the last man standing.’

Do you think FromSoftware will develop more games in the genres it has dominated thus far, or will the studio continue to experiment? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or join the discussion on the Tech4Gamers forum.

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