At the Game Awards 2019, From Software accepted the Game of the Year award for its Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. That game took the Souls formula and flipped it on its head, leaving many wanting more. More specifically, everyone wanted something more related to Elden Ring.
From Software’s next Souls title is another spin-off of sorts, much like Sekiro, and is adapting that formula with an “open-field” approach. Outside that and the fact that George R. R. Martin worked with the developer to create Elden Ring‘s mythos, nothing has been said about the game. In fact, nothing official has been shown on Elden Ring since its E3 2019 trailer.
2020 has been a challenging year for all developers, causing delays internal or otherwise left and right. E3 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic, and that means a lot of games didn’t get showcased in the normal way. Still, many games got showcased. For Elden Ring, which debuted on June 9, 2019, there was nothing but crickets. June 9, 2020, marked one-full year since the trailer and initial reveals, but there’s been a highly notable lack of news since.
Now, October 22, 2020, marks 500 days since that initial reveal. Elden Ring fans know no more about the game than they did 500 days ago, and that’s both disheartening and impressive. It’s disheartening because so much about the game is unknown, many have questioned if Elden Ring has been canceled, many have questioned what platforms it’s on, and at the worst, some have even questioned whether or not Elden Ring was some shared fever dream.
On the other hand, it’s impressive because Elden Ring is still a name mentioned within various circles, despite the lack of a news cycle. The Elden Ring subreddit constantly speculates on when they’ll hear more, sometimes leaping at possible rumors that are just imaginary. Full memes related to Elden Ring and Bugsnax have emerged, and for a simple, straightforward trailer, a lot about the game has developed, if the game itself hasn’t.
While it’s impossible to say, it seems doubtful that Elden Ring has been canceled. It may have been hit by COVID-19 harder than some others, or it may have been announced too early. It’s uncertain, but the community that emerged as a result speaks volumes about From Software’s pedigree. While there’s jokes about being “hollowed” by Elden Ring fans within said community, it seems that it’s still very much alive 500 days later. That’s not something a lot of games with no news cycle can say.
Elden Ring is in development, with PC, PS4, and Xbox One as its confirmed platforms.
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