[PC Games] Elden Ring: Nightreign hands-on: 6 hours with FromSoftware's wild new co-op roguelike action RPG remix

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We played the new Elden Ring spin-off and talked with FromSoftware about what to expect from the 2025 game.
 

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FromSoftware producer Yasuhiro Kitao asks us to forgive him if he seems nervous. He doesn't, but I'd have already sweated through my socks if I was in his shoes—he's about to let us play FromSoftware's next game a full week before the rest of the world learns it exists with a surprise trailer at The Game Awards. After the 25-million-selling phenomenon of Elden Ring, this follow-up is the last thing any of us expect. Because it looks—and I say this with zero shade—kinda like a mod.

 

Modders delight in remixing FromSoftware's RPGs into games that are easier (or harder), sillier (or scarier). The Seamless Co-Op mod for Elden Ring has been downloaded by more than 2.5 million PC gamers. Randomizers that shuffle Souls games' items and enemy locations are mainstays of speedrunning events. So who says FromSoftware can't get in on the fun by modding its own game? Well, crank the speed up to 150%, ditch fall damage, throw in a ton of random loot and some other roguelikey variables, and you've pretty much got Elden Ring: Nightreign.

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/elden-ring-nightreign-preview-hands-on/