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FromSoftware has restored online features for the PC version of Dark Souls Remastered after the servers were taken offline earlier this year due to piracy concerns.
Online features for Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 on PC were removed in January this year after a “serious exploit” was discovered that allowed hackers to take control of player computers.
During the following months Bandai Namco and FromSoftware worked to remove the exploit, and in August the Servers for Dark Souls 3 were successfully brought online. Multiplayer services for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin followed in October.
However, in the same Twitter thread FromSoftware revealed that, while Dark Souls: Remastered would eventually be brought back online, the original PC release – Dark Souls: Prepare to Die – would never have its online services restored.
“We have determined that we will not be able to support online services for the PC version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition, which was released in 2012, due to an aging system,” tweeted the official Dark Souls account. “We apologize for the long wait and ask for your understanding on this matter.”
Now, just under ten months since the servers went dark, FromSoftware has taken to the swirling chaos that is Twitter once again to reveal that it has finally restored the online features for Dark Souls: Remastered.
Online features for the PC version of #DarkSouls: Remastered have been reactivated.
Thank you again for your patience, understanding and support. pic.twitter.com/IZ8lsfx3Tx
– Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) 9 November 2022
FromSoftware’s Japanese language support account further elaborated, stating in a tweet translated by Google, “The PC version of ‘DARK SOULS REMASTERED’ has completed its security vulnerability investigation and countermeasures, so the game server has been reset and online services have resumed.”
So, rejoice Souls fans, but also remember to pour one on the fire for the PC version of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die, whose online servers have been the playground for many masochistic gamers.
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