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'Elden Ring' and 'The Duskbloods': Hidetaka Miyazaki Explains His Fascination With Hands and Feet

Explore Hidetaka Miyazaki's comments on hands, feet, and human nature in "Elden Ring" and "The Duskbloods," plus the fan theories behind them.

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Hidetaka Miyazaki says he has no idea why people think "I have a bit of a thing for feet," apparently forgetting all the barefoot women in FromSoftware games

I'm just saying, I can imagine why

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‘Ruin and decay bring a chance of rebirth’: Hidetaka Miyazaki on uniting players in a damaged world

As FromSoftware’s new multiplayer game The Duskbloods nears release, the legendary game director behind Dark Souls talks connection, pessimism and of course, feet

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The Duskbloods is FromSoftware at its weirdest – 5 things I learned from playing the Switch 2 exclusive

It looks like Bloodborne, plays like a battle royale, and is much weirder than I expected.

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My FOMO over The Duskbloods not coming to PC evaporated once I actually played it

The vampire PvPvE game is a confusing mess that isn't going to be for everyone.

PC Gamer

FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskblood's Zork is the perfect example of his design philosophy, and a man of culture: "They are a species with intelligence and philosophy"

If Miyazaki says they're the same species then they're the same species

GamesRadar

The Duskbloods devs were "definitely very happy" with the Switch 2's reveal after FromSoftware struggled to get it running on a Switch 1

"The Switch 2 came along and all of those problems were solved."

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Parts of The Duskbloods are "very similar to a lot of RPG elements you might find in a tabletop RPG," says FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki

The Dark Souls maker "pulled from the board games."

GamesRadar

FromSoftware enters the skill-based matchmaking debate with The Duskbloods: "We definitely plan on having the matchmaking system work in a way so that it's ranked"

Hidetaka Miyazaki is also "considering ways to build a relationship between veteran players and new players"

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'There was never really any big plan that these two games would both release next to each other' — FromSoftware president suggests a return to single-player games after Nightreign and The Duskbloods

FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has suggested the studio could return to making single-player games after Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Duskbloods.

TechRadar

Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has good news for anyone worried about PvP in The Duskbloods: he sucks at it too, and you don't "have to be great at PvP in order to win"

FromSoftware's making sure everyone has options

GamesRadar

FromSoftware ends The Duskbloods' first closed network test session early after fans flooded its servers and got stuck on the title screen

Here's hoping tomorrow's test runs more smoothly

GamesRadar

Miyazaki says FromSoftware obviously isn't done with singleplayer games despite the combo of Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Duskbloods

"This is just something that happened to work out the way it did."

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The Duskbloods is a Switch 2 exclusive because Nintendo was the "right partner" and "very receptive" to FromSoftware's weird idea, says Hidetaka Miyazaki

"That alone was something that I found very appealing"

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Even after Elden Ring exploded, Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware doesn't make games for anyone: "The motivation is that this is a game I want to see exist"

Miyazaki just makes what he likes, not something for a target demographic

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Stop the Bloodborne hunt, Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is totally unrelated: "I almost regret putting the word 'Blood' in the title"

The Duskbloods has "no connection whatsoever to Bloodborne"

GamesRadar

Hidetaka Miyazaki says The Duskbloods is full of ideas FromSoftware couldn't fit into Dark Souls or Demon's Souls: "That was always at the forefront of my mind"

Even Elden Ring and Nightreign couldn't accommodate The Duskblood's ideas

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A24's 'Elden Ring' Movie Adaptation Already Finished Filming, But When Is It Releasing?

Elden Ring's movie adaptation has already wrapped up its filming, but when will it be released to the global audience?

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"I should have listened properly to Miyazaki": Ex PlayStation boss admits giving FromSoftware "the lowest number possible" for physical copies of Demon's Souls after getting stuck in its "demanding" starting area

"When I tried it, after two hours I was still standing in the spot at the very start of the game. I thought, 'why is this game so hard?" says Shuhei Yoshida

PC Gamer

Legendary former Tekken boss says people don't 'properly evaluate' Hidetaka Miyazaki's 'remarkable' FromSoft career

Harada says the Souls series "was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles."

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Dark Souls isn't "an especially difficult game," former Tekken boss says – it's in its world where FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki's "true creativity shines through"

Katsuhiro Harada calls Miyazaki a "unique" developer with a "'mad scientist' side"

PC Gamer

FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki references 'yet to be announced' games while commenting on controversy at parent company Kadokawa

A crumb of FromSoft, exactly like I asked for.

GamesRadar

FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki teases unannounced games, says the studio should do what it wants as the investor that told Nintendo to charge "99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher" fights its parent company

Oasis is at it again

TechRadar

Hold out for a little longer FromSoft fans — The Duskbloods will get a closed network test this summer, but a release date for the full game has yet to be announced

A brand new trailer for FromSoftware's next game, The Duskbloods, has been revealed, alongside a release window for a closed network test.

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'Elden Ring' Movie Leak Might Confirm A Crucial Timeline Twist

A recent leak from the set of Alex Garland's video game adaptation seems to reveal how he'll work with George R.R. Martin's sprawling backstory.

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