Yen Press sets Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 3 for September 22, 2026

Dark Souls is getting a new official release on September 22, 2026. Yen Press will publish Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 3, a 192-page manga from Julien Blondel and the artist known as Shonen.

Hidetaka Miyazaki has said the studio is more or less finished with Dark Souls as an ongoing series, so this volume points readers to the franchise’s licensed side instead of a new game. For anyone still tracking the series, the new book is the clearest current sign that the name will keep moving in print.

Julien Blondel and Shonen return

Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 1 - Humanity Lost first arrived in 2024, and Dark Souls: Redemption Vol. 2 - Bonfire followed in July last year. Volume 3 keeps the same creative team in place, with Blondel writing and Shonen handling the art for Yen Press.

That continuity matters for readers who have followed the manga run rather than the games. The publisher is not rebranding the line or spinning up a one-off announcement; it is extending an established series that has already crossed two releases.

FromSoftware moves elsewhere

FromSoftware has moved on to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Elden Ring, and The Duskbloods, which is described as a PvPvE-focused project for Switch 2 and launching later this year. Dark Souls 3 is described as a satisfying endpoint for most longtime FromSoft fans, which leaves the manga as the franchise’s active return point for now.

That makes the September 22 release a practical one for readers: it is a scheduled, licensed continuation from a publisher with an existing run, not a tease for a new mainline game. The third volume’s title and cover image were not available, so the release itself is the story, not packaging around it.

For collectors and series readers, the move is straightforward: if you want the next official Dark Souls installment, this is the one on the calendar. It is a print release, not a sequel announcement, and that is the clearest signal in the story.