As Publishing Producer of Dark Souls 3 at Bandai Namco in Japan, Atsuo Yoshimura is certainly aware of the franchise's lineage and why fans tend to appreciate its hardcore difficulty. And with original creator Hidetaka Miyazaki back at the helm, Dark Souls 3 is very much being perceived as being a return to form for the series after the somewhat disappointing Dark Souls 2. With Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor director Isamu Okano supporting as co-director, as well as Dark Souls 2's director Yui Tanimura assisiting in a non-directorial role, the development pedigree for Dark Souls 3 certainly suggests that the series entry will live up to expectations on this occasion. But for a series renowned for its hardcore difficulty, it'll be interesting to see how FromSoftware goes about ensuring that the latest series title doesn't alienate newcomers. It was with this in mind that I spoke to Atsuo Yoshimura and also got to ask him as to how development of Dark Souls 3 was impacted by the Sony exclusive Bloodborne which Hidetaka Miyazaki also directed.
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Given the fact that Dark Souls 3 is coming out literally less than a year after Bloodborne, what conflict of interest has there been, because Bloodborn...