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Elden Ring: Nightreign reimagines the Elden Ring formula as a fast‑paced, cooperative roguelike‑style experience focused on three‑player expeditions and intense combat loops. Reviews highlight its thrilling combat, strategic progression, and inventive multiplayer twist, though balancing issues, solo play limitations, and repeated runs can feel frustrating for some.
Elden Ring Nightreign: 'Libra' Boss Reveal Gameplay – IGN First
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Overview Trailer
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Overview Trailer
FromSoftware's multiplayer spin-off is an exhilarating rush and a celebration of the studio's prior achievements Souls veterans will devour.
Elden Ring Nightreign is a must-play for any souls combat fan, and an excellent experience to tackle with your friends. The smartest asset reuse in the industry, it masterfully delivers addictive gameplay with some innovative ideas that only slightly miss the mark on execution and leave you wishing they had added more new content.
Elden Ring Nightreign is just as confusing and abrasive as FromSoftware's other games, but there's really nothing else like it.
When Elden Ring Nightreign is played exactly as it was designed to be played, it’s one of the finest examples of a three-player co-op game around – but that's harder to do than it should be, and playing solo is poorly balanced.
A near-perfect merging of FromSoftware game design and roguelike structure, Elden Ring Nightreign is a bold experiment and one of 2025's highlights.
Diving into game after game, experiencing that Soulslike loop in a microcosm, was unbelievably satisfying, and those moments of victory have never felt better. There are some minor quirks, like the lack of cross-platform play and spongy bosses, but on the whole, Nightreign is one of the most inventive things to come out of FromSoftware since it coined the Soulslike genre.
"Nightreign might be the best game in FromSoftware's repertoire for spectacle."
Elden Ring Nightreign successfully condenses the Elden Ring experience, cramming challenging combat, exploration, worldbuilding, and character development into a fast-paced and thrilling multiplayer game
Bandai Namco releases a new update for Elden Ring Nightreign, continuing to support the multiplayer soulslike with important improvements.
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Elden Ring Nightreign's next update will enable two-player multiplayer, after duos struggled to find a third player.
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Elden Ring Nightreign reveals the next round of powerful bosses known as Everdark Sovereigns, set to appear starting later this month.
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A new mod introduces a randomizer to Elden Ring Nightreign, allowing gamers to modify their runs in FromSoftware's popular title.
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