Multiplayer web servers for Dark Souls 2 are back on the internet after virtually 10 months of downtime, however author Bandai Namco claims that the initial game’s multiplayer can not be revived.
In a tweet previously today, the authorities Dark Souls account verified that “online features for the PC version of Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin have been reactivated.” While the increased version of the game is currently back on the internet, the base game will certainly comply with “at a later date.”
While Dark Souls 2 gets on its back (following on from Dark Souls 3 last month), long-lasting followers might discover themselves let down by a follow-up news. Bandai additionally exposed that “we have determined that we will not be able to support online services for the PC version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition that was released in 2012, due to an aging system.”
That definitely tracks – Prepare to Die is quite janky nowadays, and also its ailing multiplayer attributes would likely have actually called for considerably much more function to bring on the internet, a price considered versus its drastically smaller sized player-base. Bandai claims that “work on the restoration of online services for the PC version of Dark Souls Remastered is still underway,” with even more details assured “when they return.”
Back in January, Dark Souls servers were pulled offline for the entire trilogy adhering to a protection problem that endangered the launch of Elden Ring. Bandai Namco and also FromSoftware have actually been functioning to progressively bring web servers back because May, and also it appears that progression is lastly accelerating.
If you’re still making your means via The Lands Between, you may discover that Elden Ring’s new game+ is quite the victory lap.
Source: gamesradar.com