"Elden Ring," the long-rumored collaboration between "Game of Thrones" author George R. R. Martin and "Dark Souls" creator Hidetaka Miyazaki, was unveiled at the Xbox E3 Briefing. The project's existence was first confirmed on Friday as part of a large accidental leak on Bandai Namco's website. "Developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., 'Elden Ring' is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of the influential 'Dark Souls' video-game series; and writer...
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Hidetaka
Miyazaki
President / CEO
You’d be hard-pressed to find a studio as prolific, consistent and quality driven as Japan’s FromSoftware. With a president as creatively involved in its games as Miyazaki, the company has constantly expanded and improved upon its output of challenging, boss-driven RPG games, with Miyazaki first becoming a major name in gaming via From’s “Dark Souls” series. But as of February’s “Elden Ring,” he has elevated the company to mainstream status, accruing 16 million units sold by June as well as critical and player acclaim from gamers both familiar and new to his experiences. As much as they’ve earned the right to bask in the “Elden Ring” glory after it won game of the year at the Game Awards, Miyazaki and his team are already working on “Armored Core VI” and other titles they aim to have join the ranks of former hits such as Sony’s “Bloodborne” and Activision’s “Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.”
