FromSoftware and writer Bandai Namco have introduced Elden Ring Nightreign, a co-op survival motion spinoff of the wildly fashionable open-world motion RPG, and it is due out subsequent yr.
The sport, just like the upcoming Okami sequel and Naughty Canine’s subsequent venture, was introduced throughout yesterday’s Recreation Awards, and a followup announcement put up on the official Bandai Namco web site sheds some extra mild on this somewhat odd-looking title.
The writer describes Elden Ring Nightreign as a “standalone multiplayer co-op motion survival sport” wherein gamers should band collectively to defeat a creature recognized solely because the Nightlord. Additionally, you will be capable to “go solo” in Nightreign, though it very a lot appears to be designed round co-op play.
Nightreign will encompass a “three day-and-night cycle” wherein you will make “break up choices about fight and exploration” whereas taking down “terrifying bosses”, which appears like par for the course on the subject of Elden Ring.
This time round, nevertheless, you will not be making your personal characters; somewhat, you will select from an current pool of eight, every of which has their very own “distinctive talents and highly effective Ultimates”.
The sport will happen within the parallel realm of Limveld, the place you will face more and more tough bosses on the finish of every evening, with the third evening pitting you towards the “chosen Nightlord”.
Must you fall, you will nonetheless be granted relics that you should utilize to “customise and improve” your characters, so it appears like Elden Ring Nightreign could have greater than a whiff of the roguelite about it as properly.
Elden Ring Nightreign‘s announcement comes simply days after FromSoftware head Hidetaka Miyazaki stated the studio would not be revisiting the IP anytime quickly, which appears like a very brazen assertion in hindsight.
Nonetheless, given the large gross sales figures of each Elden Ring itself and its Shadow of the Erdtree growth, one other sport within the collection was maybe an inevitability.
Elden Ring Nightreign is ready to reach for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox someday subsequent yr. Keep tuned for extra.