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From Software to open new studio in Fukuoka
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Best of luck to them.
He said it was a 'turning point in the franchise,' not swan song.
He said it was a 'turning point in the franchise,' not swan song.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Is this their third studio? Or their second? Or does this just mean they are making a studio just for their graphics? Do I have any idea what I am talking about?
Alcoholikaust
Member
working on that DS3 DLC
DoubleTake
Member
Im almost positive DS3 is their last one with Bamco publishing. The fact that Namco keeps trademarking titles for new games with the word Soul/Souls in the title is really telling and funny to me.
Its really great to see From growing though, hopefully with the expansion they can keep the top notch quality.
PS. Yes give me Sci-Fi Giger Souls
GodParticle
Member
Hope they bring back kings field or do a futuristic souls
From their press release, I believe this studio is concentrating on just creating the 3D models and textures and the like, and working with the Tokyo studio who is in charge of the mechanics and basic foundation stuff, although I assume it won't be cut and dry - it would most likely supplement the Tokyo studio and give them models to put in the game.
As long as it's not made by the same team, and there's proper variation such as Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Armored Souls, I don't see what's wrong with yearly output.
From Software is clearly really fucking efficient and can manage several teams working on different projects.
Acquiescence
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They should tweet Valve and ask if they can make Half-Life 3.
DoubleTake
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I bet its more for taking the load off of the main dev team so they dont have to make CG trailers and the like and can focus more on actual game development. Or possibly to keep the CG trailer production in house so they can stop outsourcing.
Ricerocket
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They're growing really fast and seems they want to pump out games faster too based on how they're working on multiple games at the same time.
GoldCrusader
Member
Just bring back Armored core and I'll be an happy man
They have been doing that already
2014 DS2
2015 Bloodborne
2016 DS3
And all of them are great
EDIT: DS3 is getting great preview coverage and Miyazaki is back, so it should be great. But duh, its not out yet, my bad.
Sammy Samusu
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If they want to expand and keep up with all the costs that come with it, they gonna need to create new hit IPs.
I can tell the Souls series won't last for too long with all the milking and spin-offs going on.
I can tell the Souls series won't last for too long with all the milking and spin-offs going on.
IAmRandom31
Banned
DS2 was not great. DS3 isn't even out yet but since Miyazaki is involved I'm sure it will be much better then 2 but we'll see. I have no hype for DS3. Like I said before its a bit hard to get hyped for an annual franchise, which is what Souls is becoming.
Bloodborne was a fresh idea and look and design so it was easy to get hyped for it. DS3 just looks like more of the same but with Bloodborne mechanics thrown into the mix.
Leafhopper
Banned
I hope it's Armored Core and not some AC game with S-
Nevermind fuck it. This happens every thread. I like Souls games but, hell let AC be AC. combat doesn't even make sense for those kinds of games. You don't need a stamina meter for a mech. You have jumpjets/thrusters and a bunch of long range fast shooting weapons and people want it like Souls?
Ugh.
It's fine when it's Souls.
Apparently.
Nevermind fuck it. This happens every thread. I like Souls games but, hell let AC be AC. combat doesn't even make sense for those kinds of games. You don't need a stamina meter for a mech. You have jumpjets/thrusters and a bunch of long range fast shooting weapons and people want it like Souls?
Ugh.
It's fine when it's Souls.
Apparently.
Srey Plaughtered
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Mainly for assets, well that makes sense given how quickly they're putting out content. 3 different souls games + DLC's in 3 years is quite a lot. It just means we'll be seeing more yearly releases I guess.
I hope a Cyberpunk Souls is in the works. Prepare to Neon edition. (◕ ヮ◕
I hope a Cyberpunk Souls is in the works. Prepare to Neon edition. (◕ ヮ◕
That's a myth. If something is really good, you can buy yearly iterations. A year is acually kind of a long time.
Bare Grills
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Maybe they'll make a new tenchu game
I've previously been a 1 off person when it came to the Souls series. (Missed out on Demon Souls but played Dark Souls and loved it. Skipped Dark Souls 2, loved Bloodborne).
I want to play Dark Souls 3 though. I'm not worried about any kind of fatigue when it comes to that series.
If they keep up the same quality I won't mind it at all.
Leafhopper
Banned
Highly doubt it but, I wish.
How did you get this from the op?
Big Chungus
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I'm glad that they have a hit on their hands now. They've been making awesome games for years that got looked over by people, and they're finally making enough money to not be treading water.
I mean fuck, Otogi 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, but it sold 40,000 copies in North America.
Clearly someone needs to explain to me how someone could play sports games every year, because i don't see how they are in any way similar to how i can enjoy a new game from From every year. The PC/XBOX crowd is thirsty to get some dudes. The playstation people were just spoiled with choice on that front.
hipster
half a moon
Banned
a fuk u ok
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