So, very credible sources are saying that during E3 this year, Square Enix and Koei Tecmo will announce a collab game that will be a dark-fantasy setting telling of the very first Final Fantasy game, titled 'Final Fantasy Origin', that will have the gameplay of a Souls-like game.

Now, this is potentially awesome news, because SE teamed up with KT for this instead of Fromsoft. This is big because KT is the parent company of Team Ninja, who are the creators of the amazingly difficult Nioh games, which are very Souls-like. Now, as much as I love Fromsoft and the Dark Souls series, Nioh spanks Dark Souls when it comes to difficulty, so I'm very happy that Team Ninja will be handling this, if the leaks are true.

I am a bit worried about how much Square Enix might make them tone down the difficulty to make it more casual-friendly, but seeing as they went to them to make a Souls-like dark fantasy game, I'm hoping it turns out more like the Nioh games.

The leaks also state that the game will be PS5 exclusive for a limited time, and then come to PC at a later date (I'd assume about a year or two afterwards). Anyways, we'll soon find out if these leaks are real, but everything I read about it said that the sources for them are extremely credible, with one of them being the source that leaked the Final Fantasy VII Remake announcement several years back, so it's looking quite promising. If so, this announcement alone will make E3 worth watching for it.

Here's an IGN article about it for anyone interested in reading it.

That's definitely an interesting pitch. I won't be surprised if the game is only a Souls-like in gameplay rather than difficulty, although ideally there could be difficulty options so that those who want the difficulty too can get it. Either that or it'll be difficult with the intention of FF16 filling the role of an easier FF game.