"The trend will not stop here, " says Johnny Lau Yui Siu of Hong Kong-based Sinodata Consultancy.

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Be sure to read my interview with Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura here.

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You then have Yui Tanimura, who has no real history in the field being given director responsibilities?

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"Yui has a look that is very different from any other Asian model, " says a BBC fashion editor.

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Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanmura on the importance of challenge and surprise in the sequel to the cult-classic.

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The crew is led by Nasa astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, and includes Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and planetary sciences expert Steve Squyres.

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Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura are heading up the project.

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Be sure to check out my interview with Dark Souls 2 director Yui Tanimura for more information about the game, Easy Mode, and the reason he thinks the first game was such a big success.

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As we find out in issue 249, the answers to these questions are in the hands of game directors new to the Souls series, Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, who have taken the reins from Hidetaka Miyazaki.

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Ryan Grove, YUI engineer at Yahoo!

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