Elden Ring Developer FromSoftware Discusses What’s Next, and It’s Not ‘Elden Ring 2’

What you need to know

• FromSoftware is the legendary arthouse behind Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Sekiro, Armored Core and various other successful Xbox and Windows PC games.
• In a new interview, FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki discussed various topics, including the next steps for the developer.
• It sounds like we won’t be getting a sequel to Elden Ring any time soon, but there are a “variety” of other games in development in various genres.

There are few game developers today as celebrated and beloved as FromSoftware. The studio behind Elden Ring is one of the most decorated in recent memory, continuing a relentless winning streak that has literally spanned decades. His games Demon’s Souls, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls defined an entire genre of homages and imitators alike, culminating in the masterful Elden Ring that finally brought the genre into the mass mainstream.

Many fans are eagerly awaiting what might be next for the studio, whose recent major successes include the Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree and the mech action game Armored Core VI. Elden Ring remains among the highest-rated games on Xbox and Windows PCs and could become the first “DLC” to win the coveted Game of the Year title at Geoff Keighley’s 2025 Game Awards after the rules were changed specifically for the game.

One might expect most studios to dive straight into a sequel to capitalize on the success of Elden Ring and Shadow of the Earthtree. But studio head Hidetaka Miyazaki has other plans.

In a new interview on Game Watch (via the amazing @Okami13_), Miyazaki discussed a number of topics, paraphrased in Japanese, with Microsoft Copilot. Miyazaki noted that it was important to achieve a large scale for Shadow of the Earthtree in order to continue Elden Ring’s spirit of adventure in addition to exploring unknown elements. However, he admitted that the developers have learned new things that they will incorporate into their next titles.