All Dark Souls PC Servers Offline Due To Multiplayer Exploit

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The Dark Souls PC servers have been taken offline by Bandai Namco Entertainment and FromSoftware following reports of a multiplayer exploit. The Dark Souls games feature online multiplayer that allows players to jump into each others' playthroughs to offer a helping hand, among other things. With how difficult the games are, co-op is one of the best ways to play Dark Souls.

Despite already having several spiritual successors, such as 2019’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and the upcoming Elden Ring, as well as last year’s Demon’s Souls Remake, many fans still play the three main Dark Souls games. Modders have even gone as far as creating their own sequel for the original Dark Souls called Nightfall, proving the games' popularity even long after their release.

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Bandai Namco and From Software announced through the Dark Souls Twitter account (via Kotaku) that the servers for Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls: Remastered have been temporarily taken offline, with the servers for Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition to follow shortly, due to an “issue with online services.” While the announcement did not share any details on the issue, it’s most likely referring to an RCE exploit shared by Reddit user TripleBrownMeow, sparking concerns it could affect Elden Ring multiplayer as well. Additionally, Bandai Namco replied to the post saying that a report has already been “submitted to the relevant internal teams.” At the time of writing, it seems servers are still offline.

PvP servers for Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls: Remastered have been temporarily deactivated to allow the team to investigate recent reports of an issue with online services.