Elden Ring Developer Thanks Fans as Nightreign and Shadow of the Erdtree Top New Sales Milestones

Just successful lawsuit determination was immoderate lingering uncertainty astir the chaotic occurrence of FromSoftware's juggernaut Elden Ring series, contiguous steadfast Bandai Namco confirmed its DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, has sold implicit 10 cardinal copies, and its co-op spin-off title, Elden Ring Nightreign, 5 million.

The basal crippled itself has present exceeded 30 cardinal copies sold.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is simply a single-player DLC enlargement for FromSoftware's deed RPG featuring an all-new communicative acceptable successful the Realm of Shadow, implicit with caller weapons, items, enemies, and brag encounters.

We thought Shadow of the Erdtree was a 'Masterpiece', and awarded it a uncommon 10/10, penning successful IGN's Shadow of the Erdtree review: "Like the basal crippled did earlier it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the barroom for single-player DLC expansions. It takes everything that made the basal crippled specified a landmark RPG, condenses it into a comparatively compact 20-25 hr campaign, and provides fantastic caller challenges for heavy invested fans to chew on."

The basal crippled likewise received a 10/10 erstwhile we reviewed it connected merchandise backmost successful February 2022, but Nightreign — different standalone escapade — didn't fare rather arsenic well, securing a 'Good' 7/10 successful our Elden Ring Nightreign review. Nonetheless, Bandai reported that it sold much than 2 cardinal copies successful nether 24 hours.

"When Elden Ring Nightreign is played precisely arsenic it was designed to beryllium played, it’s 1 of the finest examples of a three-player co-op crippled astir – but that's harder to bash than it should be, and playing solo is poorly balanced," we wrote astatine the time.

Earlier today, we reported that Sony has acquired a 2.5% involvement successful Elden Ring steadfast Bandai Namco. Sony said the 16 million-share acquisition forms portion of a broader "strategic partnership" with Bandai Namco and "will absorption connected expanding the instrumentality assemblage for IP specified arsenic anime and manga astir the satellite and strengthening engagement."

Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, yes, there's an Elden Ring movie nether way. Director Alex Garland precocious revealed he's presently connected his seventh playthrough of the epic phantasy RPG, and inactive thinks "it's Malenia who's the pugnacious one."

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