If you remembered, Hidetaka Miyazaki didn't direct Dark Souls 2, he was apparently working in other project. Some might say that he's working in Demon Souls 2 (Jeff Cannata from TRS said it in his youtube video, while he and Dan was querying the From Software guy about Dark Souls 2)

Apparently this surfaced on NeoGAF (which in turn, taken from /v/, so take it with grain of salt), it's called Project Beast, and supposed to be project between Sony and From Software. I have no idea whether the image is doctored, but this definitely looks interesting.

Sure looks like it could be Demon's Souls to me, assuming those pictures are legit. Remember, Sony owns the Demon's Souls franchise...

Oh crap, i knew that this would be happening one day. I love the Souls series and played them all but i never enjoyed the PS3 as a console i must admit and the PS4 i traded in as well after a while. Just did not feel that thing, but a new Demons or even a new Miyazaki game exclusive to the PS4 will make me buy one again. Hope there´ll be a price drop by then, or i will buy one used. Oh my...slave to the game :P

Those screenshots looks super reminiscent of the Souls series. There's even a fog door. I know they've said Demon's Souls 2 isn't happening, but that doesn't mean we won't get it under another title. I can't wait to hear more about it.

I've been having a blast with Dark Souls 2 so far. In my opinion, It's just as good as the first one if not better, so the prospect of a next gen game is super exciting.

Dog Souls actually sounds kinda cool when I say it out loud.

Oh my god yes. Dark Souls 2 was a pretty big let-down.

You play as Snoop Dogg, and he's high all the time.

@sub_o said:

That's no fog door... if you know what I mean.

That doorway isn't filled with fog.

Snoop does love him that green herb! Get that Crescent Moon Grass!

Demon Souls 2 o shit...were fucked.

What is this Sticky White Stuff?

So...Beast Souls?

Yeah, that has to be a Souls spinoff or something. It looks way too Souls-y to be anything else.

Nah, I'm going with King's Field 4

You don't want to know.

Well those screenshots certainly look Souls like to me. I probably shouldn't get too excited until we know if it's real but I can't help it. Praise The Sun!

@sub_o said:

Is that a fog gate?

Looks pretty cool. I'd imagine something concrete surfacing up during E3 at latest.

Man, Last Guardian sure has changed a lot.

Meth is sure some nasty drug

Omg. Yes please. Please be Demon's Souls 2. The world needs it. Did anyone notice the mouse sitting on the right side of every picture though? What's up with that?

Seems like they're going for a 1600's-1700's time period. Van Helsing demon slaying Souls game? Sign me the hell up!

@j0lter: Some people speculated that these might be (hasty?) screen grabs from a trailer to be shown during the upcoming E3 or something.

That looks potentially sweet, I'm cautiously excited.

I hope the Sony rumor is false. I have no intention of getting a PS4.

Massive E3 spoiler. But hot damn, that's exactly looking like what I was hoping for would happen. Demon's Souls 2, or its spiritual successor, respectively a next gen-exclusive Souls game.

Extremely excited for this!

It looks like a...well not sure. I guess e3 might be interesting.

If it's Demons Souls 2 I'm all in. Enough of this baby Dark Souls business, kindling and other dumb nonsense, let's have a real Souls game again!

Let's have it be something else. We get enough sequels everywhere else.

Looks very, very nice. I believe.

Though not confirmed, obviously, it would be a very smart exclusive for Sony to get.

That definitely looks like a Souls game.

I wonder if they'll call it Demon's Souls 2 or if they'll call it something new? Undead Souls maybe?

As an aside, I'm getting a real Universal Monster Movie vibe from those screencaps. I can't quite place it, but something about the costume design, monster designs, and the setting makes me think of the 1930s/40s era of Dracula and Frankenstein in particular.

Van Helsing Souls?

@oldirtybearon: They'd call it The Last Demon's Guardian Vita Agent Soul.

Just to block their ears from people who ask them about Demon's Souls 2, The Last Guardian, The Agent, and Vita.

I was half kidding but I wouldn't mind either way. I'm sure if it's actually Demon's Souls 2 and on new hardware it will be significantly different from the other souls games. At the same time if it's a cool new IP I'm down with that also - Dragons Dogma was a great new IP that I enjoyed a bunch, so I'm open to new experiences.

I opened this thread hoping it was a new Bloody Roar game.

Actually I have never played a Bloody Roar game.

Weird.

Ooooooooo, this looks like it has potential!

Seems like smart business sense.

Have you considered playing the stock market?

Looks pretty freaking grim.

I hope this doesn't mean I'm forced to buy a PS4, that would be fucking lame.

Duuuuuuuuuude! If this is a Souls-related thing.... I'm psyched!

@euandewar said:

I feel like the internet will immediately ruin this by calling it Doge Souls, and making the appropriate image macros.

This could be awesome...

@bisonhero: Has that been done with MGS5? Diamond Doge?

If not, now it has.

Wow, so dark, much grim

I'd like to think that From Software would be making something else besides a Souls game right now...

oh well, I'll probably play this.

Well, judging by the clothing of the monsters, this seems a bit too modern to be set in the same style as Demon's / Dark Souls. Who knows, this might be a spiritual successor to... Otogi.

@gaff said:

What if ... it's prequel to Armored Core ....... Well never mind ....

METAL. WOLF. CHAOS. 2.

@j0lter: I think the mouse cursor was shopped in by /v/ as a joke. Don't read too much into that.

Either way, if Miyazaki is on this. Then so am I. DSII is awesome and all, but it was missing that little extra that truly made the first two games so unique.