Elden Ring Bans Gotham Knights Dev From Co-Op After Repeat PC Crashes
Gotham Knightsdeveloper Mitch Dyer recently claimed that he was banned from Elden Ring's multiplayer component as a result of repeated crashes on PC. Despite becoming 2022's best-selling game, Elden Ring's PC version has reportedly been plagued by a number of optimization and server problems.
Although Elden Ring is a single-player experience first and foremost, it does include some multiplayer features. The side of multiplayer that most will first become familiar with is the messaging system, which allows players to leave notes throughout the world for others to find, although the process of writing these notes is purposefully restrictive. The other side of multiplayer is the co-op and PvP summoning systems, which can serve as helpful or hindering inclusions once they are active. A lot of PC players have been barred from experiencing these systems in a holistic and consistent way as a result of problems with optimization and the game's servers — the latter of which also plagued Xbox Elden Ring players at launch.
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Elden Ring has been out for a few weeks now, but it doesn't seem like its issues on PC have been completely resolved. A tweet from Gotham Knights developer Mitch Dyer states explains that his account was banned from playing online due to repeated disconnections. Dyer goes on to state that, due to poor optimization, the game crashes "3x a day". Dyer concludes that the "game runs so badly [he] gets banned. Incredible.".
Elden Ring is awesome, but it just banned me from playing with my friends because I’ve been “disconnecting” too often. The game crashes 3x a day when I play it because the PC optimization is not good. Game runs so badly I get
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