Why You Can't Play Any PC Dark Souls Online Right Now
The Dark Souls games have recently gone offline thanks to the discovery of a server compromise that threatens the security of users when playing online. The issue seems that it will allow malicious actors to hack a user's game remotely and thus gain access to their system, and the vulnerability has been widely reported to be a problem in both the Dark Souls games and FromSoftware's upcoming Elden Ring.
The Dark Souls games have always had hacking problems, so the recent revelation may not come as a huge surprise. Fans have reason to think that FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have begun to take the possibility of cheating and in-game hacks more seriously since Elden Ring will feature anti-cheat measures for the first time in any FromSoftware game. Hopefully this means a smoother, safer, and less frustrating experience for players at launch.
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One of the current Dark Souls exploits was reported on by several users, but was revealed to many through a dramatic hacking of a streamer who was playing online and had their PC's text-to-speech function commandeered during a livestream, according to The Verge. A more apt demonstration of the problem probably couldn't have been asked for, though the potential damage from hackers could be far more severe.
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Those who still regularly play Dark Souls or its sequels online will, unfortunately, have some time to wait before they can get back to any PvP or co-op shenanigans, as the Dark Souls servers are going offline until Elden Ring's release. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware took to the official Dark
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