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As reported by Eurogamer [https://www.eurogamer.net/dark-souls-servers-temporarily-shutting-down-fromsoftware], FromSoftware [https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/tag/fromsoftware/] has shut down multiplayer (invasions, co-op, messages) in Dark Souls 2 and 3 for an indeterminate amount of time due to an undisclosed "server issue." The company shared the news in an October 30 post [https://x.com/fromsoftware_sp/status/2116088984703209689?s=20] on X, "The Everything App."

The closure affects all platforms for each respective game, and the company said that it would provide an updated timeline for server restoration once it had more information. This isn't the first time something like this has happened with FromSoftware's back catalogue. In early 2022, on the eve of Elden Ring [https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/elden-ring/]'s release, a catastrophic remote code execution vulnerability was discovered in all of the Dark Souls games [https://www.pcgamer.com/security-exploit-will-keep-dark-souls-pc-servers-offline-until-after-elden-ring-launch/]. That resulted in PC servers for the series getting shut down for mont...