
During the downtime, players were worried about how the exploit would affect Elden Ring's launch, since its PvP probably ran on the same infrastructure. However, it wasn't until August 25, that online servers for Dark Souls 3 were restored to full potency. Following several reports, the studio shut down its online servers, in light of fixing the issue. The streamer claims to have seen Microsoft Powershell opening by itself, indicating that some external user took control of his system. Towards the end of his stream, the game crashed and started playing a text-to-speech message criticising his skills in-game. Our thanks for your continued patience and support. Online features for the base version of #DarkSouls II for PC (DX9) will be made available at a later date.

Online features for the PC version of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11) have been reactivated.
