A teaser trailer was shown at last night’s 2012 Video Game Awards announcing a sequel to From Software’s highly successful and critically acclaimed dark-fantasy action-RPG Dark Souls.
Although the CG trailer showed no gameplay, it did contain elements which will be familiar to fans of Dark Souls or its predecessor Demon’s Souls: a lone knight seemingly on a quest, dark and desolate environments, and deadly enemies.
In a rather surprising move, it has also been announced that the sequel will not be helmed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, who directed both Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls. Instead, Dark Souls 2 will be co-helmed by Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, although Miyazaki will be present in a supervisory role.
In a press release issued after the announcement, Shibuya states, “The entire development team is striving to make Dark Souls II an experience that is fresh while not forsaking its roots in presenting players with challenging gameplay. Our goal is to surprise and delight our fans with new experiences and plot twists while enticing new players to join our dark journey.”
Dark Souls 2 is in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
[Via: CVG]