Elden Ring: Nightreign (2025)

[Julius]

Co-op focused standalone Elden Ring spin-off?! 

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As Night Falls, We Rise.

So freaking in.

I told my friends for years now all I wanted was a co-op focused Souls game for them to finally jump in – this is it! 

Edited Friday at 01:24 AM by Julius

[Julius]

The official site is down at the moment, but apparently this is the rumoured Bandai Namco x From Software gacha game. To quote someone from ResetEra who summarised what was on the site:

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• Three player coop online.
• Select from uniquely skilled heroes (there's the gacha)
• Environment changes between game sessions, so it's maybe run based, with different bosses at the end.

Let's see how this plays out, but urgh. Three players?! Get out of here with that nonsense. 

[Julius]

Hands-on first look from PC Gamer:

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Elden Ring: Nightreign is FromSoftware's next game, coming in 2025-and we've played it. This standalone spin-off throws weapons, enemies and bosses from Elden Ring into a new co-op roguelike set in an alternate version of Limgrave, with new "hero" characters with unique abilities replacing the usual RPG create-a-character. Here's what we learned from 6 hours playing Nightreign at FromSoftware's offices in Tokyo.

Serious respect to them to somehow keeping this under wraps! 

[Julius]

Network test in Feb, registration on 10th Jan:

Obligatory Vaati vid:

Think I'm in. It can be played solo or in a trio (apparently no duos, apparently the password method will be used for linking up with friends), and it seems like I've got two friends who might be onboard. 

Just sounds like an exciting new way to play more From goodness while we wait for whatever they've got next in the pipeline 

Can't help but wonder if this will be digital-only? But I love the art and so would love the chance to get a physical copy! 

Edited 4 hours ago by Julius