Elden Ring and Dark Souls publisher Bandai Namco has reached out to American fantasy author Brandon Sanderson about a possible future collaboration, heâs revealed.
Sanderson, who is best known for his Mistborn and Stormlight Archive fantasy novels, unboxed a package heâd received from the game publisher during a live stream this week.
The author received a large Elden Ring parcel, which included a sword, cloak and other merchandise based on the From Software game, along with a note from Bandai Namco.
âThey are interested in perhaps doing something together, is what that says,â Sanderson said on the stream. âI am as well, actually. This is how I roll: I actually have a pitch for them in the back of my head⦠so I may have to send them my pitch and see what they think.â
The author went on to reveal that heâd actually already thought up a pitch for a Soulsborne game, which is the name given by fans to encompass From Softwareâs Demonâs Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring series.
Fromâs latest release, Elden Ring, is itself a collaboration with fantasy author George R. R. Martin. Sanderson has previously argued he should have been the one asked to write Elden Ring instead of Martin.
Sanderson said: âI always have a pitch for everything. Thatâs the thing. Like, âif I were ever going to do a Soulsborne game, what would I do?â You guys know what happened when I thought, âI wondered what I would do if I ever wrote a Magic: The Gathering story?â
âI spent four years developing a Magic: The Gathering story so that when Magic contacted me and said, âhey, do you want to write a story?â I could say, âyes, I already have one, and I will write it!â And I did.
âThe same way, Iâve been thinking, âwhat would I do if I did a Soulsborne sort of game?â Obviously, I donât get to decide that, right? But I have it in the back of my head, so maybe you guys will hear something from me. I have some ideas⦠I always have ideas.â
Developer From Software is an independent studio, but its long collaborated with Bandai Namco on games such as the Dark Souls and Armored Core series.
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Last year Brandon Sanderson claimed that heâd already been working on a video game for âseveral yearsâ and that heâd expected it to be announced that year, which it seemingly wasnât.
Sanderson, whose critically acclaimed Mistborn novels received a Fortnite crossover in May 2021, argued during a live stream earlier this year that he should’ve been asked to work on Elden Ring.
âMost of [these requests] go to the agent these days, but sometimes they pop up for me, but let me be salty,â he said.
âFrom Software decides to make a fantasy game and partner with a fantasy novelist, right?
âAnd they choose someone who spends his days blogging about the NFL, rather than the person who has played their games since Kingâs Field, and has listed their games among his top 10 consistently over time? What are you thinking, people?
âIf you donât know, they went to George, and made a game with George, and Iâm like, George doesnât play video games. George has no idea. So anyway, there you go.â
poijulaino on April 3rd, 2022 at 21:27 UTC »
Just make a Mistborn game and move on with your life, Brandon.
Beanzomatic on April 3rd, 2022 at 19:23 UTC »
Mistborn would be amazing imo
Goddamnpassword on April 3rd, 2022 at 18:21 UTC »
I assume in the hour after finishing the call Sando has finished the first draft and is beginning a 5 book series tie in not counting novellas.