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Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III servers are back online after almost two weeks: FromSoftware cites a security issue
FromSoftware has reactivated the Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III servers on all platforms, offline since 30 October. In the Japanese version of the notice the studio refers to a security-related defect, without further details.
The online features of Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III are active again. FromSoftware announced on the series' official website that the investigation is complete, the fix has been applied and the game servers have been restored on all platforms.
The servers had been switched off on 30 October for what FromSoftware had only called "a server issue". The Japanese text of the notice is more specific than the English one: it refers to a security-related defect (“セキュリティに関する不具合”).
At 3:34 p.m. Italian time today, Dark Souls III had 4,485 players online on Steam and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin 1,893, according to Valve's public API.
Sources: official FromSoftware notice on darksouls.jp (11 November 2026); FromSoftware post on X (30 October 2026); Eurogamer (12 November 2026); Steam public API (12 November 2026). Text by Statcade.
