From Software is working on three internal projects

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One of which might be a new Armored Core.

I completed the disappointingly familiar Dark Souls 3 the other day, and now I'm very ready for developer From Software to explore unfamiliar, or at least different territory. As revealed in a new interview with From president Hidetaka Miyazaki, the company actually has three internal projects on the go at the moment, one of which might be a new Armored Core. (You know, the long-running mech series that From was more commonly known for, pre-Dark Souls?)

In the interview—conducted by Japanese site 4gamer.net, translated by Twitter users Xenosaga and BlackKite, and summarised by NeoGAFer Get_craycray—From's three projects comprise a dark fantasy action RPG, a reboot/fresh take on a former franchise, and something totally new (and a bit weird). One of those might be a new Armored Core, but we don't know which one. (Probably the second.)

In the interview, Miyazaki says he has a fondness for Armored Core, and many From developers want to make another one, but nothing he says confirms that one of the three projects is a mech combat game. Still, it's fun to think about what the three games might be. King's Field V/a new Shadow Tower, Mech Souls, and something completely new would be my hopes.

Thanks, NeoGAF.

Tom Sykes
Tom Sykes

Tom loves exploring in games, whether it’s going the wrong way in a platformer or burgling an apartment in Deus Ex. His favourite game worlds—Stalker, Dark Souls, Thief—have an atmosphere you could wallop with a blackjack. He enjoys horror, adventure, puzzle games and RPGs, and played the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII with a translated script he printed off from the internet. Tom has been writing about free games for PC Gamer since 2012. If he were packing for a desert island, he’d take his giant Columbo boxset and a laptop stuffed with PuzzleScript games.