- Elden Ring Nightreign is one of the biggest surprises at The Game Awards 2024
- This is a roguelite co-op experience for up to three players
- It will be released sometime in 2025, with network testing next year
One of the biggest surprises from The Game Awards 2024 was the announcement of FromSoftware’s next game: Eldon Ring Night rain.
While it’s certainly not a complete sequel to 2022’s Game of the Year, night rain Instead, it brings a customized co-op experience for up to three players. game Official login page Describing it as: “A standalone adventure Eldon Ring Universe, aims to provide players with a new gaming experience by reimagining the core design of the game.
The “reimagining” part seems pretty accurate, as the announcement trailer was mostly gameplay-focused and showed off abilities that look like they came straight from a fan-made modpack. We see the playable character grabbing an eagle’s talons to fly long distances. Another ability lets us slam a group of enemies from above. There’s even a ax-Honestly, this is a godsend in the base game.
Eldon Ring Night Walk It seems to be adopting the “Roguelite” style of progression. This is heavily hinted at by a keyword on the landing page, which says: “Overcome the relentless environmental threats that sweep across the changing lands between each game, and defeat the night’s great boss!”
It also states that we’ll be playing as “heroes with unique skills,” suggesting a move away from player-created characters toward more tailored roles. It will be interesting to see how these heroes work with each other in a co-op game, although I imagine it would also work perfectly fine solo if one prefers.
Beyond that, the folks at FromSoftware have a lot to think about in this announcement trailer alone. For example, one new NPC appears to be the Dark-Eyed Queen, an important character who is often talked about. Elden’s Ring Legends that haven’t appeared in the game yet.
Oh, and dark souls 3 The Nameless King appears as a boss battle. No, really, it’s really the Nameless King – dragons, giant spears, lightning and all. FromSoftware is known to reuse its assets across projects (note, I’m not saying this is a bad thing), but it’s never been this blatant. I’m pretty sure dark souls The Centipede Demon also shamelessly appears.
one computer gamer A hands-on preview managed to get more details about the product Upcoming matches. Director Junya Ishizaki said that players need to stay ahead in the “battle royale-style deadly rain wall”, and the average game time (including the final boss battle) will take about 30 minutes to complete.
If you are worried about the prospect Eldon Ring Night Walk As an immediate service title, don’t worry. “We wanted the game to feel like a complete package out of the box on the day of purchase, so everything is unlockable… This is not what we consider a live service game,” Ishizaki explained.
Eldon Ring Night Walk It is expected to be released sometime in 2025 and will be available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and PC. Also good news for those eager to play games PC Player Report There will also be online testing next year.