The ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC and Standalone ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Co-op Survival Game Surpassed 10M and 5M Units Respectively
The two recent releases set in the same universe as ELDEN RING™—thecritically acclaimed action RPG with more than 30 million unit sales and 300 “Game of the Year” nominations and wins, including winning at The Game Awards, DICE, and Golden Joystick Award—have both recently surpassed global unit milestones.
ELDEN RING™ Shadow of the Erdtree, the DLC expansion to the original game recently surpassed more than 10 million units worldwide. Itself critically acclaimed and gathering several game of the year nominations, Shadow of the Erdtree provided a new look at the mysticism and lore of ELDEN RING, taking players from the Lands Between to the Realm of Shadow, where they must follow in Miquella’s footsteps to discover more of what happened with Marika, the golden order, and the DLC’s enigmatic villain, Messmer the Impaler.
ELDEN RING™ NIGHTREIGNreleased back in May of this year as a standalone multiplayer co-op action survival game. Selling more than 2 million units less than 24 hours after becoming publicly available, the game has already surpassed 5 million units globally, less than two months after launching. Players never experience the same journey twice, and features encounters from giant enemies seen in ELDEN RING or older DARK SOULS® games.
Recently announced as well are ELDEN RING: Tarnished Edition, which brings the base ELDEN RING game, the ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, to the Nintendo Switch™ 2 console, with new character armor as well as customization options for Torrent, players’ faithful spectral steed. Also revealed earlier this year was a partnership with A24 to bring a live-action film adaptation of ELDEN RING with director Alex Garland at the helm.
ELDEN RING, ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree and ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNare all available to play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox one, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Find out more about the ELDEN RING, ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree, and ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN on the official website: https://www.bandainamcoent.eu.
Developed by FromSoftware Inc., and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., ELDEN RING brings to life their signature carefully crafted universe and stories as imagined by Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series, and George R.R. Martin, author of The New York Times’ best-selling fantasy series, “A Song of Ice and Fire.” Players will chart their own path in the vast and seamless world of the Lands Between, on foot or riding Torrent, their trusted Spectral Steed. Exploration is endless in this world full of wonders, but dangers lurk around every corner. The original game has already sold more than 30 million units worldwide.
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