From Software is working on ‘multiple new projects’ from different directors
Elden Ring developer From Software is working on “multiple new projects”, it’s said.
That’s according to the Japanese studio’s latest recruitment drive, which has it searching for staff to cover, in its words, “a wide range of occupations for multiple new projects.”
Elden Ring director and From president Hidetaka Miyazaki elaborated on the comments in a Japanese 4Gamer interview on Friday, revealing that the in-development games were being helmed by different directors.
“As I have said in several interviews, the fact that we have been able to create a title of the scale of Elden Ring now is largely due to the expansion of staff within the company, but I think that from now on we will be entrusting more projects to them.
“In fact, we are working on several titles directed by people other than myself,” he added. “I think we will be able to show you a different colour of direction for From Software, so please look forward to it.”
In his role as company president, Miyazaki is required to keep tabs on other in-development projects. However, the creator told 4Gamer he liked to keep any interventions to a “minimum”.
“I am essentially a director, so when I come into contact with a title under development, I think about it a lot and want to say something about it.
“But in that case, I’m not the director, I’m not the subject of the vision, and I can’t take responsibility until the very end, so I feel that any unnecessary intervention would have a lot of negative effects on the game and the project.”
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In the same interview, Miyazaki claimed he had already started early work on his next game project, which he will direct.
“As director, I’m already
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