Elden Ring safe from Dark Souls security exploit Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Elden Ring should be safe from the security exploit which took Dark Souls PvP offline Devs have "made sure the necessary security measures are in place" News by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on Feb. 10, 2022 2 comments The serious security hole affecting PvP in the whole Dark Souls series on PC should not be a problem with Elden Ring, Bandai Namco have announced. In January, they took all Dark Souls PvP servers offline following the publicisation of an remote code execution exploit which let wrong'uns run commands on other players' computers. Some feared this hole might be present in Elden Ring too. Bamco now say that Elden Ring is fine, but those Dark Souls servers won't come back down until after FromSoftware's new game launches. Watch on YouTube Bandai Namco and FromSoftware said in today's announcement that they "have identified the cause and are working on fixing the issue." However, FromSoft are a little busy right now. "Due to the time required to set up proper testing environments, online services for the Dark Souls series on PC will not resume until after the release of Elden Ring," they say. "We will continue to do everything we can to bring back these services as soon as possible." Elden Ring launches on the 25th of February and I imagine the devs will be quite busy with immediate patching concerns after that, too. But at least FromSoft's new game should be safe. They say they have "extended the investigation to Elden Ring" and "made sure the necessary security measures are in place for this title on all target platforms." Dark Souls online security has always been shoddy on PC, with a history of exploits across the whole series. These include hackers who have impossible amounts of health, hackers spawning more enemies, and even hackers dropping hacked items which can get you banned if you pick them up. The state of the series has led to players creating their own unofficial anti-cheat, with mods like DS1's PvP Watchdog and DS3's Blue Sentinels blocking a range of exploits. Yes, it is galling that players had to do this because Bamco wouldn't. Blue Sentinels at least was updated to protect against the RCE exploit, but apparently running commands on other players' computers was serious enough for Bamco to finally decide yeah, they should probably step in. They shut down PvP servers on the 23rd of January. Elden Ring might be safe against this latest exploit but the state they've left Dark Souls in for years doesn't fill me confidence that it won't have other hacking problems. Our Ed recently played the first six hours of Elden Ring and came away saying they were "so much vaster than I could have imagined". More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 22 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here