“DARK SOULS II” and “III” Online Services Resume on All Platforms After Roughly 12-Day Server Outage Caused by Security Issue

The investigation and corrective measures have been completed, and service will resume on November 11. Co-op and competitive play will once again be available.

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On November 11, FromSoftware announced that it had restored game servers and resumed online services for the action RPGs *DARK SOULS II* and *DARK SOULS III* across all platforms.

Security-Related Issue Resolved

Servers for both titles had been suspended across all platforms since 4:00 PM on October 30 after a technical issue was discovered. Subsequently, on November 2, it was revealed that the issue was security-related, and the restoration timeline remained undetermined.

According to this announcement, since the investigation and resolution of the security-related issue have been completed, game servers were restored on November 11. Following a downtime of approximately 12 days, online services have resumed.

As a result, players can once again enjoy online cooperative and competitive gameplay, which had been unavailable during the server outage.

In this announcement, FromSoftware apologized to users and expressed gratitude for their patience while awaiting the restoration. The specific details of the issue have not been disclosed.

By Game*Spark