Elden Ring Nightreign Releases New Update for August 2025

Elden Ring Nightreign Releases New Update for August 2025

From Game Rant (Written by Gabriel Machado Pureza) on | OpenCritic

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Publisher Bandai Namco recently released a new update for Elden Ring Nightreign. The newest Elden Ring Nightreign patch corrects some bugs and improves the game’s balance around one particular skill.

Released earlier this year, Elden Ring Nightreign is a popular multiplayer soulslike game with co-op mechanics. Elden Ring Nightreign received positive reviews from critics, and it currently holds an average score of 81 on OpenCritic, with most reviewers praising its fun combat, while some criticized its balancing for solo play at launch. Likely due to the hype surrounding the original Elden Ring, Elden Ring Nightreign quickly became a major hit, selling over 3.5 million copies in less than a week.

The new patch 1.02.1 for Elden Ring Nightreign is a minor addition aimed at improving the game, rather than adding new content. One of its changes is regarding the balance of the “Storm Ruler” skill, which now has a reduced time to charge its special effect, as well as increased speed and attack power in some situations. In addition to this, over a dozen bugs were corrected, including one where, under certain conditions, using dropped items would get the player stuck. The update also fixed a PS5-specific issue in...

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