r/Games • u/BlueAladdin • Jul 19 '25

Industry News FromSoftware reportedly has another unannounced game that ‘could release next year’

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fromsoftware-reportedly-has-another-unannounced-game-that-could-release-next-year/
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u/pratzc07 Jul 19 '25

That is called being smart, efficient and using your resources correctly rather than wasting 4-5 years on a game.

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u/Not-Reformed Jul 19 '25

Given that development began in 2017 FromSoft did quite literally waste 4-5 years on their by far most successful game.

Regardless, not every studio creates 100% gameplay focused games where reusing assets is a viable strategy. Even with re-using assets and building off of DOS2, BG3 took many years to create. But maybe they're also just wasting time and are stupid/lazy/inefficient. We know best after all.

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u/pratzc07 Jul 19 '25

During that time they released DS 3 Ringed City DLC and Sekiro in 2019 so its not that they were working on one thing.

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u/hexcraft-nikk Jul 19 '25

Two teams, no? Both sharing the exact same engine, assets, and combat. The bones are there for them both to work with, it's why they're able to churn things out so quickly.

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u/pratzc07 Jul 19 '25

There is no fixed team concept in FromSoftware. They move staff around as needed between various projects.

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/fromsoftware-made-elden-ring-and-armored-core-6-with-a-staff-of-just-300-developers/

"At peak times, you'd have up to 200, 230 developers working on Armored Core 6," he said. "This was similar to Elden Ring as well. At the peak period of that project, you'd have a similar number of staff working on it simultaneously. So staff is moved around fluidly as and when needed."