Broken, beaten and in some cases battered to an inch of their lives, RPG fans of tough-as-nails Demon’s Souls will undoubtedly be regaling fellow mortals with more than a few horror stories over the upcoming holiday festivities.

Yes, we know, Demon’s Souls is hard.

It seems the powers-that-be know it, too, and they may be coming to your rescue this winter solstice.

Or not. Here’s what the official Sony PlayStation Twitter account hinted at yesterday:

Heroes of Boletaria, take heart: rumor has it the Old One’s power will falter in the days following the winter solsticeb40b0b; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" title="#demonssouls" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23demonssouls">#demonssouls

Winter soltice is December 21st (a Monday). Could a new difficulty setting be coming in an effort to maintain the collective sanity of gamers over the festive period?

Let us know what you think the tweet could mean in the comments below.