Fans ofDark Souls Remasteredon the PC will no doubt be relieved to find that they can now enjoy access to the game’s online gameplay features after months of servers being down. FromSoftware took the PC version ofDark Souls Remasteredoffline earlier this year due to security concerns, leaving fans unable to access many features of the game. Released back in 2011, the originalDark Soulsis considered an all-time classic of the RPG genre, and the game still enjoys an active and devoted fan base as a result.Back in January,it was announced that developerFromSoftware had discovered a serious security vulnerabilityin the online servers for the entireDark Soulsseries on PC, including all three of the original games and the remastered edition of the first game.Due to the possibility of hackers taking control of players' computers through an exploit, FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco opted to pull the plug on the games' online features until a solution could be found. This meant that PC players could no longer enjoy some of theDark Soulsgames' most iconic features, including online PvP and the ability for players to summon each other into their game worlds to aid them with difficult battles.RELATED:Dark Souls Sequel Mod Overhaul Will Make the Game More Like Elden RingOver the past few months, theDark Soulsseries' servers have slowly started coming back to life, working backwards fromDark Souls 3,and today FromSoftware announced on Twitter thatDark Souls Remasteredhas finally had all of its online functionality restored after over ten months offline. This means that online features have now been restored to everygame in the seriesexcept forDark Souls: Prepare to Die,the original PC port of the first game, which FromSoftware has said will remain offline permanently due to its “aging system.”
While the news thatPrepare to Diewill never see its servers restored while come as a disappointment to the many passionate fans who still enjoy the original classic, players can still getthe fullDark Soulsonline experiencethanks to the remastered edition. The restoration of online gameplay to theDark Soulstrilogy has been long awaited by the devoted fans of the series who still play the games regularly to this day.
Any who were justifiably worried about the security risks discovered earlier this year can rest easy knowing the team at FromSoftware has spent the entirety of the past ten months working hard to patch the holes in their security and make sure their online services can resume safely. Taking the entireDark Soulstrilogy offline for most of a year can’t have been an easy decision for the studio or their publisher Bandai Namco, given the likely high cost and the huge amount ofdissatisfactionDark Soulsfans have expressedover the issue. After all this time and effort, FromSoftware bringing the game back online now can only mean that it is certain the issues have been fixed.
Dark Souls Remasteredis available now on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
