What the heck is Elden Ring: Nightreign? Our big explainer covering new characters, loot, roguelike mechanics and more
If you just watched the trailer for FromSoftware's new game and reacted the same way I did, the three words running through your mind at this very moment are: «What the heck?» It's immediately apparent that Elden Ring: Nightreign is not a singleplayer RPG in the vein of Dark Souls, nor is it Elden Ring 2, but what it is is a lot harder to pin down. FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco knew the debut trailer for Nightreign was going to prompt more questions than it answered, so they let us spend a whole day with an early build in Tokyo a week before the reveal at The Game Awards.
You can read my thoughts in-depth in my Elden Ring: Nightreign preview, but there's a lot to say about this game, so here I've broken down all the key details I know so far into a digestible form.
Wylder
Duchess
Guardian
Recluse
Archer (name unknown)
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Parryer (name unknown)
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There's a seventh character we currently know nothing about.
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There's an eighth character we currently know nothing about.
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