Dark Souls 2 online services are back after a nine-month hiatus, at least for the DirectX 11 version.
Dark Souls 2 players can once again get together and have fun on PC, now that FromSoftware has reactivated the servers. Studio and publisher Bandai Namco disabled online components for all Dark Souls games on PC last January to give themselves time to fix a security bug that allowed hackers to invite themselves onto players’ computers.
Dark Souls 2 online services are back after a nine-month hiatus
Thus, nine months later, From and Bandai Namco restored the DirectX 11 networking functionality of Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. The company explains that it will reactivate DirectX 9 version servers later.
At least for DirectX 11 version
That being said, don’t expect to play the online modes of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on PC again. “We have concluded that we will no longer be able to support the online services of the PC version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition released in 2012 due to an outdated system,”reads a statement distributed via Dark Souls. Twitter account. “We apologize for the long wait and ask for your understanding.”Affected teams are currently hard at work on bringing co-op and PvP back to Dark Souls Remastered on PC in 2018, but no date has been announced yet.
As for Dark Souls 3, From and Bandai Namco restored servers last August. They originally hoped to restart online services for all Dark Souls games at the same time as the launch of Elden Ring in February, but unfortunately that didn’t happen.
Online features for the PC version of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11) have been reactivated.
Online features for #DarkSouls II base PC (DX9) will be available at a later date.
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— Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) October 25, 2022