In an interview, the developer of Elden Ring spoke about future plans and the scope of the game. It is likely that further projects from the universe will follow, possibly in a different form – but even more extensive games are rather unlikely.
Elden Ring: FromSoftware could imagine a film
The open-world action role-playing game scored well with fantasy and role-playing fans. The release of the DLC Shadow of the Erdtree also turned out to be a hit in our test and with the fans of the game – a great success for the Japanese development studio FromSoftware.
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Elden Ring is famous for its extensive open world with many stories and backgrounds. Enough material for a film and the studio would be quite interested in this, as lead developer Hidetaka Miyazaki recently revealed in an interview (source: The Guardian).
He would see no reason to refuse a different interpretation or adaptation of Elden Ring. However, he admits that FromSoftware would probably lack the technical knowledge and capabilities to make a film. Here, they would have to rely on strong partners “But the interest is definitely there,” says Miyazaki.
So far there are no official plansSo it remains to be seen whether an Elden Ring film will actually be made.
The DLC for Elden Ring was well received by fans. Get a first impression:
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Size of Elden Ring is the limit for FromSoftware
Hidetaka Miyazaki also spoke about the future of the company in the interview. He emphasized that the budgets and scope of their games have now reached a point where failure is less tolerated than before. Although Elden Ring is an important milestone, Miyazaki sees no possibility of future projects increasing in size and scope:
Where FromSoftware is at right now in terms of scope, I would say Elden Ring is really the limit. We've exhausted all the resources and talent we have access to.
The studio does not currently see its future in developing a game that surpasses Elden Ring, but according to Miyazaki it plans to give younger talent the reins in the future. smaller projects which could result in smaller games like Sekiro or Bloodborne. However, there are no official plans yet.