The PC servers for Dark Souls have been offline for more than 100 days. No, really — Bandai Namco pulled the plug back in January due to a nasty security exploit. Many fans wondered if online service would ever come back, and there may finally be an answer.
Over on Reddit, user Relevant-Heart-1751 contacted Bandai Namco support about when the servers for Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 on PC might go back online (thanks, PC Gamer). The response from a company spokesperson will likely make any chosen undead beam with delight.
“I’m happy to confirm that the developers are actively working on resolving the issue in question and re-launching the Dark Souls servers for PC as soon as possible,” Bandai Namco’s response reads. “For the moment, we do not have an estimate of when this is expected to happen.”
You can read the complete statement below.
While there’s no definitive date still, at least we know Bandai Namco isn’t letting Dark Souls wither and die.
Well over three months is an astonishing amount of time for any online-centric game to stay offline, especially anything as popular as Dark Souls. In fairness, FromSoftware was busy with a teeny-tiny game called Elden Ring, which already had several massive patches that fixed (some of) its technical shortcomings.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
