The Souls-like genre has been closely associated with Sony and PlayStation for many years. Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne, regarded by many as the best Souls games, are still only available on PlayStation consoles despite the rumors of a PC release. The PlayStation versions of the Nioh franchise are also published by Sony, and they were only released on PC after a set period.
Shuhei Yoshida, Head of Independent Developer Initiative at Sony Interactive Entertainment, is known for his love for the Souls-like genre. He announced both Bloodborne and the Demon’s Souls remake, at E3 2014 and PlayStation Showcase 2020 respectively. Now, it looks like Shuhei Yoshida is playing an unreleased Souls-like game, and fans are speculating about what it could be.
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Shuhei Yoshida recently Tweeted a list of the last 5 games he played. It includes the recently released Horizon Forbidden West, Genshin Impact, and Sifu. The bottom two games are only listed as “unreleased puzzle action”, and “unreleased Soulslike”. At first glance, many people probably assumed the final game to be Elden Ring, which comes out in less than a week, but Yoshida then clarified that the unreleased Souls-like is not Elden Ring.
Some fans in the replies are trying to guess the names of the final two games, while others are sharing their own lists. A lot of names are being thrown, including Stranger of Paradise and a supposed remaster of Bloodborne. Other fans are asking about his experience with Sifu and Genshin Impact.
The genre is too vast and popular now, with many games getting released every year. Yoshida could just be referring to Salt and Sacrifice, a 2D Souls-like game that comes out on March 10, instead of a
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