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Elden Ring is the culmination of all the things Miyazaki has learned over the years through his other work. You’ll spot a little something of everything in past titles, aside from the very obvious comparisons.

However, Miyazaki’s own portfolio wasn’t the only inspiration. A huge fan of George R.R. Martin, Miyazaki had the opportunity to work with the Game of Thrones author for ER‘s lore, and there are some interesting notes to be made from this.

How George R.R. Martin Influenced Elden Ring

Martin and Miyazaki’s collaboration for Elden Ring started as a fanboy moment for the latter

In a revealing interview at E3 2019, Hidetaka Miyazaki, the renowned game director behind FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed titles, shed light on his collaboration with George R.R. Martin for Elden Ring (which hadn’t been released at the time).

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Get ready to battle mech lovers. Namco Bandai has just announced that the fifth installment of the Armored Core franchise will usher in the Spring season.

Armored Core V will be released on March 20, 2012 in North America and on March 23, 2012 in Europe for the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles.

Why are we looking forward to this one? Because it’s from FromSoftware, the developers of Dark Souls aka the BuzzFocus Game of the Year for 2011.

“Gamers have been eagerly anticipating the release of Armored Core V, which will bring strategic mech combat to new heights,” said Eiichi Nakajima, studio head, FromSoftware, Inc. “With cooperative missions, a persistent online world battling for territories and epic team battles, Armored Core V is the complete action shooter package.”

“A quick trigger finger and razor-sharp reflexes won’t always turn the tide of battle in Armored Core V,” said Carlson Choi, Vice President of Marketing,...

We're used to getting backstage access to concerts and film productions, but it's not every day that software design studios offer us a similar look at their inner workings. With two big games debuting this fall via Namco Bandai Games (Dark Souls and Armored Core V), they've got two big shots at success this year. The behind-the-scenes look at From Software makes an attempt at being cutting edge and cool, but let's just take it for what it is: a bunch of guys in Japan talking to a camera as we take a tour of the office guided by the Senior Managing Director of the company, Eiichi Nakajima. It may not be much to look at, but it is interesting to hear their mission statement on making games and hearing the various programmers talk about which part of the games they're  working on.

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We’ve got a behind-the-scenes look at Dark Souls, the sequel to Demon’s Souls from Namco Bandai and From Software. This 5-minute video introduces you to the entire Japanese development team at From Software. The team discusses anything from creating CG models and motion capture to their sound booth, which they claim is the smallest in Japan. Check out the video below: After introductions are made, Eiichi Nakajima, Senior Managing Director at FromSoftware, discusses how the group took feedback from gamers on Demon’s Souls into consideration when designing Dark Souls. If you’re a fan, there are a lot of cool visuals that are definitely worth checking out intermixed throughout the interview. Dark Souls comes to the Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 4, 2011.

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