When people talk about From Software these days, it’s mostly about Elden Ring. It’s no wonder, because the Japanese developer’s action role-playing game is both commercially successful and extremely popular with critics and players. However, one problem is quickly forgotten: The vulnerability in the Dark Souls games.
The so-called RCE exploit (Remote Code Execution) ensured that hackers were able to penetrate other people’s PCs and, in the worst case, could have taken complete control there. Publisher Bandai Namco reacted quickly and decided on January 23, 2022 to take the Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3 servers offline:
PC hacked by Dark Souls
Alarming vulnerability discovered in the game
Since then there has been quite a bit of silence on the subject. Although Bandai Namco announced in February that the servers should remain offline until after the launch of Elden Ring, this was also more than two months ago – and the servers are still not available.
Servers are scheduled to come back online soon
After Bandai Namco remained silent for a long time about the security gap and the server availability, the English-speaking colleagues from PC Gamer meanwhile received a current statement. It states that the publisher is currently in the process of restoring the online servers for the Dark Souls series on PC.
And further:
We plan to gradually restore online service for each game and bring the Dark Souls 3 servers back online once we have completed the necessary work to resolve the issue.
Bandai Namco via PC Gamer
However, Bandai Namco does not give a date in the statement when the servers are expected to be online again. However, further updates are to follow in the near future once the plan for restoring the servers is set in stone.
First Dark Souls 3, then the sequels? What is also interesting in the statement is the reference to the fact that the servers are gradually being restored, but that Dark Souls 3 is specifically highlighted. This could mean that the servers there go online first and only then for the other two games.
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That wouldn’t be too surprising, after all, Dark Souls 3 is still the most played game in the series on Steam. Noisy Steam DB
Elden Ring not affected by vulnerability
While the Souls games suffered from the vulnerability, Elden Ring is unaffected. Foreign players cannot simply access your computer and run malicious code or lock you out completely.
Because of this, you can easily participate in online functions in Elden Ring, i.e. invite players into your world, prepare for invasions, or simply read messages from other players – and there are plenty of those, because the world of Elden Ring is quite large .
So big that from time to time Rémy dreams of a real Dark Souls 4 without a large open world. You can find out exactly why in his column:
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Elden Ring is great, but the world needs Dark Souls 4
How about you: are you also waiting for the Dark Souls servers to come back online or are you still busy with bosses and other tasks in Elden Ring? Please let us know what you think in the comments!
