The Dark Souls franchise has been a massive hit everywhere, and with the Remastered edition from publisher Bandai Namco taking new gamers by storm, it must be difficult for long-time fans to wait patiently for an announcement of when the next game from the series will be appearing. Or if it will be appearing at all. FromSoftware, the Dark Souls creators, have been pretty busy marketing their next game, Déraciné.

Not only does Déraciné look a lot different from Dark Souls and Bloodborne, it’s style and aesthetic has made fans worry that FromSoftware have moved away from the franchise completely. But thanks to FromSoftware’s president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, interview with IGN, we now know that isn’t at all true and that the studio are just merely taking a break.

“It wasn’t necessarily that I wanted to … not moving away, but taking a break from the Souls series wasn’t the only strongest motivation to work on this game. As a result of now coming to the stage of being able to show what we have so far, it has really helped us, helped me, freshen things up. It’s not just about a different kind of game or a different format.” Miyazaki said.

Miyazaki also mentioned that the team are focusing on how to work with the Unreal Engine, which could mean fascinating things for the Dark Souls franchise in the future, especially due to how much the engine has to offer to developers. Miyazaki continues to say, “We’re learning things in VR, which is new technology. This game [Déraciné] is actually also developed in Unreal. There’s been a lot of learnings already.”

During the end of the interview, Miyazaki makes a comment that will no doubt reassure all of the Dark Soul fans out there. He reiterates that the studio has no plans to stray away from “the more or less more mainstream games that we’re known for,” which should be more than enough to allow fans to rest easy for now.