Elden Ring

Elden Ring is the latest dark fantasy role-playing game from acclaimed developer, FromSoftware that features a high level of difficulty and a dark, cryptic narrative. Elden Ring released on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC on February 25, 2022. A major expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, launches in June 2024.

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7 Essential Tips To Survive Elden Ring Nightreign

Though you may not be alone this time around, expect this mirror-version of Limgrave to be as unforgiving as you remember

Billy Givens Published May 29, 2025
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Elden Ring Nightreign Requires Your Friends To Be On The Same Platform

It's time to get the whole crew together—but not if someone's on a different console ecosystem

Billy Givens Published May 29, 2025
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Elden Ring Nightreign Gets A Fittingly Opaque Day-One Patch And A Warning About Framerate Issues On PC

Balance changes come to the multiplayer roguelite but FromSoftware won't say what they are

By Ethan Gach Published May 29, 2025
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Elden Ring Nightreign Is A Bizarre Experiment In Fortnite-ification I Can’t Stop Thinking About

FromSoftware's multiplayer spin-off is a brutal rejection of its classic RPG formula

By Ethan Gach Published May 28, 2025
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A Live-Action Elden Ring Movie Is Coming And No One’s Quite Sure How To Feel About It

Alex Garland will direct the adaptation of FromSoftware's hit open-world RPG

By Ethan Gach Published May 23, 2025

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Players Are Obsessed With How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33‘s Enemies Keep Trolling Them

The hit turn-based RPG nails the perfect parry fake out

By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2025
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Here’s What Cyberpunk 2077, Pokémon Scarlet And Violet, And More Look Like On Switch 2

The sci-fi RPG looks surprisingly decent on Nintendo's new hardware

By Ethan Gach Published May 19, 2025
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13 Things We Noticed In The New GTA VI Trailer And More Of The Week’s Top Stories

Destiny 2 is getting a Star Wars- themed expansion, and Elden Ring is getting new DLC

Kotaku Staff Published May 10, 2025
CultureNews

Elden Ring Is Getting More DLC Over Three Years Later Thanks To Switch 2

The Tarnished Edition will add new classes and Torrent skins

By Ethan Gach Published May 6, 2025
OpinionCommentary

The Last Thing 2025 Needed Was GTA 6

Rockstar Games delaying its big open-world game is fine, actually

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 2, 2025

CultureNews

PC Players Spend More On Microtransactions Than Actual Games

Skins, battle passes, and DLC packs are all sapping money away from new releases

By Ethan Gach Published April 11, 2025
CultureNews

Elden Ring Director Hidetaka Miyazaki Explains What You Actually Do In Bloodborne-Looking Multiplayer Switch 2 Exclusive Duskbloods

FromSoftware's latest multiplayer experiment almost sounds like a mini-battle royale

By Ethan Gach Published April 4, 2025
CultureNews

FromSoftware’s Next Game Is A Switch 2 Exclusive

The Duskbloods is a new game from the Elden Ring developer, set to launch in 2026

By Kenneth Shepard Published April 2, 2025
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Arise Now, Ye Tarnished: Switch 2 Is Getting Elden Ring

FromSoftware's hit open world RPG is coming to Nintendo's new console

By Ethan Gach Published April 2, 2025
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Here’s The Very Best Cosplay From Katsucon 2025

The annual anime convention gets the cosplay balls rolling for the year

By John Walker Published March 17, 2025

OpinionVG Chat

Elden Ring Is Definitely Not An RPG: A Kotaku Debate

Trying to name the five best RPGs of the past 10 years set off a lengthy conversation

Zack Zwiezen & Ethan Gach & Kenneth Shepard & Carolyn Petit & John Walker Published February 26, 2025
Opinion

Elden Ring Nightreign Impressions, Marvel Rivals Layoff Reactions, And More Of The Week’s Top Commentary

Also, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer effectively admits the console wars are over

Kotaku Staff Published February 22, 2025
OpinionImpressions

Elden Ring Nightreign Is The Multiplayer Hades I’ve Been Craving

FromSoftware's multiplayer spin-off is fast, fast, fast

By Ethan Gach Published February 20, 2025
Tips & Guides

Tails Of Iron 2 Is A Soulslike You Can Finish In A Weekend

The side-scrolling battler won't take over your entire future

Billy Givens Published February 19, 2025
CultureNews

Elden Ring Nightreign‘s First Network Test Isn’t Going Well At All

FromSoftware's Nightreign is proving a nightmare, with no players able to get past the main menu

By John Walker Published February 14, 2025

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