Elden Ring developer From Software is currently developing many new games by various directors.
That’s according to the Japanese studio’s latest recruitment plan, in which the game studio is looking for employees to fill a variety of projects, in other words “a series of jobs for many new projects.” . Elden Ring director and From Software president Hidetaka Miyazaki detailed the comments in an interview with 4Gamer Japan on Friday, revealing that the games in development are being directed by developers. different directors.
“As I have said in several interviews, the fact that we are able to create a title the size of Elden Ring today is largely due to the expansion of staff within the company, but I think from now on We will entrust more projects to them. “Actually, we’re working on some titles that are taken on by other people,” he added. “I think we will be able to show them a different direction with From Software, so look forward to this good news in the future.”
In his role as company president, Miyazaki was asked to keep an eye on other projects in development. However, the creator of Elden Ring said that he wanted to keep everything a secret until it was announced to fans. “I am a director by nature, so when I come into contact with a title that is under development, I think about it a lot and want to share with them more about the project to bring about good results. “. “But in that case, I am not the director, I cannot control the vision for that project, nor do I directly assume it, so I feel that any unnecessary intervention by the I myself will have a lot of negative effects on the new game.”
In the same interview, Miyazaki announced that he has started early work on his next game project, which he will be directing. “As a director, I am working on the next title,” he said. “In the near future, I want to develop a game with a more unique fantasy context than previous products.
Miyazaki continued: “In the process of creating action role-playing fantasy games, including Elden Ring, I continued to accumulate ideas and concept images in my mind, I really wanted to practice Combine them all together in one game to make it more appealing to players.” In an earlier interview in 2018, Miyazaki stated that since 2016 the studio has been working on about three different titles. Let’s wait and see what games they will announce in the near future.