{"id":15168,"date":"2026-09-03T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/09\/03\/ruin-and-decay-bring-a-chance-of-rebirth-hidetaka-miyazaki-on-uniting-players-in-a-damaged-world-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:34:12","slug":"ruin-and-decay-bring-a-chance-of-rebirth-hidetaka-miyazaki-on-uniting-players-in-a-damaged-world-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/09\/03\/ruin-and-decay-bring-a-chance-of-rebirth-hidetaka-miyazaki-on-uniting-players-in-a-damaged-world-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ruin and decay bring a chance of rebirth\u2019: Hidetaka Miyazaki on uniting players in a damaged world Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As FromSoftware\u2019s new multiplayer game The Duskbloods nears release, the legendary game director behind Dark Souls talks connection, pessimism and of course, feet<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020\u2019s Demon\u2019s Souls, Japanese video game director Hidetaka Miyazaki has shown the world a different way to think about game design. His games defy convention with punishing fights, obscure rules, and unknowable, inhospitable worlds. The \u201cSoulslike\u201d genre \u2013 named after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2010\/jul\/11\/demons-souls-game-review\">Demon\u2019s Souls<\/a> and its sequel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2018\/jun\/01\/dark-souls-remastered-review-dark-fantasy-rpg-makes-glorious-return\">Dark Souls<\/a> \u2013 is now ubiquitous, influencing multimillion-sellers from God of War and Star Wars: Jedi to Hollow Knight. Miyazaki\u2019s most recent success, 2022\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/feb\/23\/elden-ring-review-an-unrivalled-masterpiece-of-design-and-inventiveness\">Elden Ring<\/a>, which credited Game of Thrones author George RR Martin as a co-creator, sold over 30m copies and inspired Alex Garland to adapt it for the big screen at A24. It earned Miyazaki a spot on Time magazine\u2019s \u201cmost influential\u201d list, an accolade he shares with just one other game developer: Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.<\/p>\n<p>Miyazaki is now 51 and has been FromSoftware\u2019s president since 2014, elevated from game designer to CEO after the success of the Souls series. He has a cherubic face that could pass for 35. He rarely speaks publicly, and never on camera. When he does speak, he answers questions like one of his characters \u2013 softly, sadly, his head bowed, making eye-contact only when I am speaking. Outside the studio where we speak is the sprawl of Tokyo\u2019s Shinjuku, an ever-changing maze where tourists get lost and pop-up stores appear and vanish without a trace. Today, a J-pop band performs in the square as the cicadas scream from the trees. A gilded statue of Melania, one of Elden Ring\u2019s toughest bosses, looms over this dimly lit conference room inside From\u2019s headquarters, a bonfire checkpoint away from the chaos.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/sep\/03\/ruin-and-decay-bring-a-chance-of-rebirth-hidetaka-miyazaki-on-uniting-players-in-a-damaged-world\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/sep\/03\/ruin-and-decay-bring-a-chance-of-rebirth-hidetaka-miyazaki-on-uniting-players-in-a-damaged-world\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4cd43c05da6411031980708d64226e8d284d632b\/474_181_1122_899\/master\/1122.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=65c62f92c25204bc616c36c8492d310a\" title=\"\u2018Ruin and decay bring a chance of rebirth\u2019: Hidetaka Miyazaki on uniting players in a damaged world\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As FromSoftware\u2019s new multiplayer game The Duskbloods nears release, the legendary game director behind Dark Souls talks connection, pessimism and of course, feet Since 2020\u2019s Demon\u2019s Souls, Japanese video game director Hidetaka Miyazaki has shown the world a different way to think about game design. 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