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Friday25th Nov 2022
News The Elden Ring Board Game Has Us Ready to Become Maidenless Once More
Or continue to be, let's be honest
A couple of months back, we brought you word that an Elden Ring board game was in the works. Well, the Kickstarter is now live (and actually has been for a couple of weeks, whoops) and still has another week to go. In news that should surprise absolutely no one, the project has already raised more than ten times...
Tuesday22nd Nov 2022
News Elden Ring Wins Ultimate Game of the Year Award at Golden Joysticks
Stray named best PlayStation game
Elden Ring has been crowned 2022's Ultimate Game of the Year during this evening's Golden Joystick Awards. It won the Best Visual Design and Best Multiplayer Game categories too, and FromSoftware took the award for Studio of the Year. With the overall top five revealed, God of War Ragnarok was second while Horizon...
Tuesday8th Nov 2022
Soapbox God of War Ragnarok Is a Real Game of the Year Rival to Elden Ring
Sammy didn't expect it
I absolutely loved Elden Ring. My relationship with FromSoftware’s rise into the mainstream has been, well, complicated. Many forget that the Japanese studio has been knocking around PlayStation platforms since the days of King’s Field, where it was resolutely considered a B-tier developer at best. Even with the remarkable...
Thursday3rd Nov 2022
News Evidence of Elden Ring DLC Mounts as Patch Files Indicate New Bosses Are Incoming
Arise now, ye Tarnished
After the monumental success of Elden Ring, DLC is a no-brainer, yet developer FromSoftware has remained typically tight-lipped on the matter. Evidence has been mounting for some time now, but new files have been added following the title's v1.07 update last month, which adds further fuel to the fire. Dataminer
Tuesday1st Nov 2022
News Streamer Crowned Elden Lord After Beating Every Boss in Elden Ring without Taking a Hit
We are not worthy
Twitch streamer GinoMachino has completed the world's first all-bosses no-hit run of Elden Ring in what is a titanic achievement of endurance and skill. Elden Ring has 165 boss encounters in total, and some of them are an absolute nightmare featuring multiple phases, so this is some truly impressive stuff. The feat took...
Thursday27th Oct 2022
News George R.R. Martin Is Too Busy Writing The Winds of Winter to Play Elden Ring
A likely story
George R.R. Martin, the celebrated author of the Song of Ice and Fire series, has been too busy writing the Winds of Winter, the long-awaited next entry in the epic series of fantasy novels, to find time to play Elden Ring. Martin had a hand in crafting the lore and backstory of FromSoftware's magnum opus, which is the presumptive...
Tuesday18th Oct 2022
News Elden Ring Is Getting Jazzy for One Night Only in December Concert
Livestream available, but only in the US
Elden Ring is many things, an incredible action RPG, FromSoftware's magnum opus, and a source of frustration for those unused to its particular morays. It also has a killer soundtrack, one that is getting the jazz treatment in a special concert in December... but only in the US, tragically. Entitled Elden...
Monday17th Oct 2022
News Elden Ring's Latest Patch Suggests DLC Maps and Even Ray Tracing Could Be Incoming
The stars are the limit
Last week, we brought you word that Elden Ring had received a massive update in the form of Patch 1.07, which, amongst other things, buffed magic, rebalanced PVP damage, and introduced a swathe of quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. It looks like it may have also set the stage for additional maps to come to the game,...
Thursday13th Oct 2022
News Elden Ring Update 1.07 Buffs Magic and Abilities, Rebalances PvP Damage, More
Time for a sorcery build
A large new patch for Elden Ring has just been released, and it brings with it some big changes. If you're running a magic build in particular, you'll benefit from installing this new update, which is out now on PS5 and PS4. Update 1.07's main feature is the addition of separate damage scaling for PvP encounters. In other...
Tuesday20th Sep 2022
News Conquer the Lands Between All Over Again in Elden Ring: The Board Game
Maidenless, roll the dice already
Elden Ring will continue its dominance of gaming spaces, making the jump to tabletop (most likely). An official board game has been announced and will be funded via a Kickstarter campaign. The project will be a collaboration between publisher Bandai Namco and board game developer Steamforged, a partnership that...
Wednesday14th Sep 2022
News Listen Up, Tarnished! The Elden Ring Soundtrack Is Now Available on Streaming Services
Elden Ringing in your ears
There are many aspects of Elden Ring to admire, and one of its strengths is its soundtrack. FromSoftware's RPGs have all had excellent music to accompany the action, and its latest is no different. If you like to sonically relive the epic battles you've won by listening to the OST, you're in luck — the full score is now...
Thursday18th Aug 2022
News Elden Ring Sells 16.6 Million Copies in Just Four Months
As of June 2022
Bandai Namco has confirmed in its latest sales report that Elden Ring has sold 16.6 million copies as of June 2022. Its huge success means "the segment profit of the digital business" has "increased significantly". Elden Ring had already outsold Demon's Souls, every single Dark Souls entry, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice...
Tuesday9th Aug 2022
News Elden Ring Update 1.06 Helps Online Co-Op, Get All Patch Notes Here
Send summoning signs everywhere
A new Elden Ring update is available to download now on PS5 and PS4, which brings the game up to version 1.06. The biggest addition it makes is to allow your summoning signs be sent to summoning pools in lots of different areas, thus boosting your chances of being picked by another player. The official patch notes...
Thursday4th Aug 2022
News Elden Ring Had One of the Biggest Gaming Launches in YouTube's History
GOTY? more like GOAT
Stop us if you have heard this one before, but Elden Ring is kind of a big deal. It was all any of us were talking about back when it launched and sold like absolute gangbusters, to boot. It will probably come as little surprise, then, to learn that FromSoftware's latest masterpiece also enjoyed one of the
Tuesday12th Jul 2022
Random A Piano Is the Latest Input Device With Which Elden Ring Has Been Beaten
FromSoftware's latest has really struck a chord
FromSoftware games often bring out the best (and occasionally the worst) in all of us, rewarding ingenuity and experimentation. But somehow, we don't think Miyazaki, even in his wildest dreams, would have expected Elden Ring players to invent such fantastic challenges for themselves, using inputs so...
Thursday7th Jul 2022
Random Bandai Namco Sends Legendary Elden Ring Player an Actual Sword
You have no power here, Malenia
You may have heard about an Elden Ring player by the name of Let Me Solo Her. The heroic figure has helped hundreds of Tarnished take down Malenia — one of the game's hardest bosses — via co-op, and Let Me Solo Her has since been immortalised through fan art, inspirational videos, and more. In fact, Let Me Solo...
Tuesday28th Jun 2022
News Elden Ring's Second Live-Action Trailer Is Just as Awkward as the First
But definitely don't tell Israel Adesanya we said so
Another live-action trailer for the critically-acclaimed and wildly-successful RPG Elden Ring has been released and, well, it's pretty weird. It features UFC star Israel Adesanya, who spends around a minute trying to get gamers pumped up to go out and be the best Elden Lord they can be, all the...
Tuesday21st Jun 2022
News Enigmatic Merchant Kalé Played a Larger Role in an Earlier Version of Elden Ring
I am Kalé. Purveyor of fine goods
Merchant Kalé is one of the first NPCs you will encounter in Elden Ring and one that will be crucial in the opening hours of the game, as the first of many nomadic merchants you will encounter. But it seems like FromSoftware intended for Kalé to have a larger role in an earlier version of the game, complete with...
Wednesday15th Jun 2022
Probably going to be worth a pretty penny, someday
Gorgeous hardcover editions of the official Elden Ring strategy guide, split across two volumes (known as the Books of Knowledge I & II), are now available to preorder through publisher Future Press and what's more, both are currently discounted. You'll find links to purchase each volume a...
Wednesday11th May 2022
News Elden Ring Sold More Than 13.4 Million Copies in Its First Five Weeks
Bandai Namco updates the numbers
Ohh, Elden Ring. The brutal action RPG has taken the gaming world by storm since it launched at the end of February, keeping the conversation going with its myriad mysteries and wealth of options. It's obviously very popular, but how popular exactly? Publisher Bandai Namco has just given us a refreshed figure on...
Tuesday19th Apr 2022
News Elden Ring's Platinum Trophy Stat Is Shockingly High
Rise, Tarnished
Elden Ring has been out for around two months now, and everyone knows that it's a rather difficult game. The action RPG is generally considered to be more "approachable" than its Souls-like predecessors thanks to its open world design — but as bedraggled editor Sammy Barker will tell you, From Software's latest does not shy away...
News Elden Ring Patch 1.04 Out Now, Get the Patch Notes Here
New elements! Balance changes! Bug Fixes!
The next big update for Elden Ring is available to download now for PlayStation 5 and PS4, weighing in at 1.025GB. It contains a few new elements for the game, makes some sweeping balance changes, and then cleans up a long list of bugs. For example, the camera auto-rotate function can now be toggled on or...
Tuesday12th Apr 2022
News By the Way, Elden Ring's Speedrun Record Is Now Less Than 7 Minutes
Distortion2 strikes again
Update: Since this story went live earlier today, Distortion2 has beaten his record once again, reducing the length of time to just six minutes and 59 seconds. We've embedded this new world record above. To offer some clarification: this is an unrestricted, Any% category speedrun, meaning participants can use any glitches...
Friday18th Mar 2022
News Elden Ring Community Shocked by New Fake Wall Revelation
Were those messages real..?
Well, well, well. Elden Ring, you can't do this to us! Fake, illusory walls have been a staple of FromSoftware titles since 2009's Demon's Souls, hiding bonus items and weapons behind seemingly stable surfaces you need to hit in order to have them melt away. It's only ever taken one attack to make them disappear, but this...
Thursday17th Mar 2022
News Elden Ring Patch 1.03 Out Now, Get All the Patch Notes Here
NPC additions, map changes, and nerfs
The first post-launch update for Elden Ring has arrived, bringing with it some pretty big changes to the experience. That includes nerfs to what has been some of the game's best items so far and the addition of new features to help track NPCs. The patch is live now on PlayStation 5 and PS4, weighing in at 1.4GB...
Wednesday16th Mar 2022
News Elden Ring IP to Expand 'Beyond the Realm of Games'
FromSoftware suggests a multimedia future for Elden Ring
You'll probably have heard the news by now, but Elden Ring has sold more than 12 million copies to date, which is a pretty astonishing figure for a game of its ilk. Publisher Bandai Namco and developer FromSoftware will be ecstatic with both the sales figures and the game's general reception...
News Elden Ring Has Sold a Staggering 12 Million Copies Worldwide Since Launch
Ahh, beautiful...
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have announced the sales figures so far for Elden Ring, and we can probably now officially call it a hit. The open world action RPG has sold in excess of 12 million copies worldwide since launch, as of 14th March. The sales figure is made public in a new press release. The document also states that 1...
Monday14th Mar 2022
News Speedrunner Beats Elden Ring in Less Than 30 Minutes
Elden Ring, therefore no sleep
The speedrunning community works fast, which we suppose is to be expected. Elden Ring has been out for just over two weeks, and its large open world presented a stern challenge for those who aim to beat the game in the shortest time possible. We recall that the record for reaching the credits in FromSoftware's latest...
Friday4th Mar 2022
News This Dramatic Thai Ad for Elden Ring Has to Be Seen to Be Believed
Family Thais
We probably don't need to tell you that there's a big difference between eastern and western marketing. You think any UK advertising agencies could come up with something as bafflingly brilliant as Long Long Man? Of course not. While we're apparently quite content to be shown a product relatively directly, it's a different story...
Thursday3rd Mar 2022
News Elden Ring Enjoys Staggeringly Successful UK Launch, One of the Biggest Games in Years
Souls goes mainstream
We knew that Elden Ring was going to be big, but not this big. The action RPG raced straight to the top of the UK physical charts earlier this week, but according to both physical and digital data compiled by GSD, Elden Ring is actually enjoying the biggest launch of any non-FIFA or Call of Duty title since Red Dead
