The director of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls has explained that he wouldn't want to see many more entries in the franchise, as it's "not the point" of the series. In an interview with EDGE , Hidetaka Miyazaki revealed he didn't want a bloated series to spawn from his past work, though he did give Dark Souls II

“ I’m not one to restrict the potential that Dark Souls has by insisting that only I can work on the titles.

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"I’m not one to restrict the potential that Dark Souls has by insisting that only I can work on the titles,” he explained. “I want new expressions. It’s true that I’m sad about not being involved in the development of Dark Souls II, because I’ve worked on Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls’ development for the past five years. I really love those two titles; however, maybe this is the time to have new inspiration, so I’m fine about that. “I’m looking forward to playing Dark Souls II not as part of the development team, but with a little bit of distance. Everybody knows what the core of Dark Souls is – the dev team does, the fans do, the media does – and that will never change.” Dark Souls II is currently in development with no firm release date, though it's looking like we may not see it before 2014 . Miyazaki, meanwhile, is hard at work on a brand new title , though little is known about just what this could be.

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