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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's release has busted the Seamless Co-op mod, but its creator has a fix incoming 'as soon as possible'

"Please understand that I work long hours."

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Hidetaka Miyazaki says games like Elden Ring have to be hard: "If we really wanted the whole world to play the game, we could just crank the difficulty down"

Miyazaki says making Elden Ring easier "would break the game itself"

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‘I have always felt the world was a harsh place’: Elden Ring’s Hidetaka Miyazaki on why he may never stop making games

As Elden Ring’s much-anticipated final expansion is released, its designer gives a glimpse into how he crafts his harsh, beautiful, rewarding gameworlds

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Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki would like to make a traditional JRPG, and it probably wouldn't be related to the one FromSoftware made in 2006

It could, however, be related to Armored Core

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Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco says what FromSoftware probably should have: Shadow of the Erdtree "rivals the scope of a standalone game"

"This campaign is unparalleled in its scale and by far our most ambitious for an expansion," says Bandai marketing exec

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is hard as nails, says Miyazaki: 'We've really pushed the envelope in terms of what we think can be withstood by the player'

I wouldn't want it any other way.

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Miyazaki says don't worry, the shiny new weapons in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree shouldn't outpace your old favourites

Blasphemous Blade, my beloved.

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One of the scariest things Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki's ever said: Shadow of the Erdtree "pushed the envelope in terms of what we think can be withstood by the player"

Easy, then

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FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki admits "I went a little too far" with Elden Ring's poison swamps – so in Shadow of the Erdtree he imagined "different ways I want to die"

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Hidetaka Miyazaki likes to watch videos of fans trying to make sense of Elden Ring lore: "Of course, I can't watch all of them, but I do like to watch them"

He says it's "quite fun" to see the theories players come up with

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FromSoftware's boss doesn't talk much about his personal life, but he now gets recognized in public, which Miyazaki says 'keeps me on my best behavior'

Tourists in Japan sometimes recognize the Elden Ring creator, a big change in his life since working on Dark Souls.

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As Bloodborne PC port demands intensify once again, its free unofficial Mario Kart spin-off becomes one of the highest-rated Steam games of the month

Nightmare Kart has now surpassed half a million downloads

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'Sekiro was a big turning point': After Elden Ring Hidetaka Miyazaki says, 'there's one more level we can crank it up to'

Ever tried jumping?

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Sekiro was a "turning point" for FromSoftware, says Hidetaka Miyazaki, who thinks the studio's games can still get faster: "There's one more level we can crank it up to"

What's next? Mechiro?

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Shadow of the Erdtree is bigger than most full games: Hidetaka Miyazaki must've been pulling our legs when he said its map was 'comparable' to the size of Limgrave

The Realm of Shadow is the size of Limgrave in the same way that Elden Ring is a 30-hour game.

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Elden Ring was an "enormous success," but Hidetaka Miyazaki says that doesn't mean the open-world genre will "become the new standard" for future FromSoftware games

More open-world Soulslike chaos could arrive in the future

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'Elden Ring’s Successor Could Make Playing With Friends Less of A Pain, Director Says

'Elden Ring' director Hidetaki Miyazaki says he could be open to making From Software's games easier to play with friends in a new interview.

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FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki addresses recent mass developer layoffs, assuring Dark Souls and Elden Ring fans "that's something I would not let happen"

Miyazaki stresses staff retention amid industry struggles

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FromSoftware boss addresses gaming industry layoffs: 'As long as this company's my responsibility, I would not let that happen'

Hidetaka Miyazaki describes FromSoftware's relationship with parent company Kadokawa and references Satoru Iwata's perspective on layoffs.

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Hidetaka Miyazaki sparks hopes for better co-op in future FromSoftware games, says they'll "consider" ideas like Elden Ring co-op mod with 3.7 million downloads

Seamless Co-op has been downloaded over 3.7 million times

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FromSoftware says Elden Ring's popular Seamless Co-op mod is 'definitely not something we actively oppose,' and may even 'consider ideas like that with our future games'

"Total co-op" wasn't the plan for Elden Ring, but FromSoftware knows that's how some fans like to play.

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Despite Elden Ring's triumphs, director Hidetaka Miyazaki still hasn't made his "ideal fantasy RPG" - so how much better can FromSoftware games get?

Elden Ring is "not quite it"

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'I'm still in the process of making my ideal fantasy RPG,' says FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki: 'While Elden Ring is not quite it, it's getting close'

...and miles to go before he sleeps.

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I asked Dark Souls director Miyazaki about his now-legendary Undead Dragon quote, and he had a great response: 'Something beautiful needs something depraved or tragic to embolden that beauty'

His design philosophy hasn't changed in the decade since.

PC Gamer

Cover story: Shadow of the Erdtree is the culmination of decades of FromSoftware RPGs, and a gargantuan finale for Elden Ring

FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki on ending Elden Ring with an epic final verse.

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