Revealed lower than 24 hours in the past, Elden Ring: Nightreign has already introduced its first community take a look at for gamers to go hands-on with the web multiplayer spin-off. The take a look at will happen early in 2025, with registrations starting subsequent month.
“The community take a look at is a preliminary verification take a look at during which the chosen testers play a portion of the sport previous to the total recreation launch,” an announcement on Bandai Namco’s web site reads. “Numerous technical verifications of on-line methods will likely be examined by conducting large-scale community load assessments.” Registration will likely be for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S gamers and happen on January 10 with the take a look at going dwell in February.
Whereas Elden Ring: Nightreign will be performed single-player, one of many fundamental attracts is the chance to play via its open-world challenges as a part of a three-person squad. Whereas FromSoftware isn’t explicitly calling it a roguelike, the action-RPG will revolve round particular person playthroughs spent exploring a world with a day-and-night cycle in addition to randomized environments and encounters, with boss fights ramping up because the run progresses.
Whereas gamers’ characters progress throughout every run, they’ll additionally unlock everlasting stat bonuses that carry over between runs. The sport’s first trailer exhibits fight that’s far more stylized than that within the unique recreation too, with characters pulling off quicker, extra elaborate strikes. We’ll see how all that works in observe as soon as the primary community take a look at goes dwell in February.
Whereas the Elden Ring: Nightreign playtest will likely be on PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S solely, the sport can also be coming to PS4 and Xbox One (and PC) when it arrives in full subsequent yr. Regardless of formally persevering with the Elden Ring sequence, FromSoftware says it’s not at the moment planning a direct sequel to the 2022 recreation anytime quickly.
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