Dark Souls 2 PC back online, original Dark Souls to stay offline forever

FromSoftware announced Tuesday that another Dark Souls game has been brought back online nine months after it removed its online service for Dark Souls on PC. This was due to a potential danger in the multiplayer component. FromSoftware Tuesday announced the reopening of its online servers. Dark Souls 2: The Scholar of the First SinWindows PCs have been restarted.

FromSoftware, publisher Bandai Namco delivered bad news as well. Dark SoulsThe Prepare to Die Edition of the game will be available on PC forever.

You can find the official Dark Souls Twitter page. FromSoft and Bandai Namco announced that online features — competitive and cooperative play — have been restored for the DirectX 11 version of Dark Souls 2, and that online features for the base version of the game (on DirectX 9) will return “at a later date.”

The Dark Souls Twitter account also noted that online services for the PC version of 2012’s Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition will no longer be supported “due to an aging system.” The developer and publisher said that it does plan to restore online servicesThe PC version is available here Dark Souls: RemasteredThe following was released in 2018, however, it did not include an estimate.

FromSoft has previously restored online features Dark Souls 3In August

In January, FromSoftware announced that it was removing online features from its Dark Souls games on Windows PC after a vulnerability was discovered that could lead to malicious code being installed on another user’s computer. The Dark Souls Xbox version and PlayStation games weren’t affected. However, FromSoft users were worried that the same vulnerability might affect the PC version. Elden Ring. In February, the developer issued a statement ahead of Elden Ring’s release, to assure players that “the necessary security measures are in place for this title on all target platforms.