Attention, test subjects of Lordran: FromSoftware has shut down the Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III servers on all platforms. The notice went up on Friday, October 30, on the studio’s player support account on X: “Due to a server issue, the game servers for the following titles will be temporarily unavailable on all platforms.”
The studio did not say what the fault is or when the servers will be back. It only says it will post updates once it has information on the restoration time, and apologizes for the inconvenience. Until then, the online parts that make the series what it is are gone: invasions, co-op summon signs and the messages other players leave behind. The campaigns still work offline.
This is not the first blackout. On January 23, 2022, the PvP servers for Dark Souls III, Dark Souls II and Dark Souls: Remastered were switched off on PC over a security flaw. Getting them back took most of the year: Dark Souls III returned on August 25, 2022, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on October 25 and Dark Souls: Remastered on November 9. The 2012 Prepare to Die Edition never got its online back. The difference this time, muahaha, is that the blackout covers PlayStation and Xbox too, not just PC.
The news lands in a busy week for FromSoftware, which also delayed The Duskbloods, its Switch 2 exclusive, to 2027. We will update when the servers return.
Source: FromSoftware (player support account on X).
