Elden Ring has garnered a mythical status like George R. R. Martin's finale to the Game of Thrones novels but it looks like it's actually real - it's just taking as long to come as Winter did. The trailer dropped at Summer Games Fest but now, ahead of its 2022 release, as spotted by , a has cropped up.

"Planned Release Date: 20 January, 2022," the page reads. You can add it to your wishlist to get notified when pre-orders are live but you can't put forward any money just yet. There are gifs, screenshots, and some bog-standard descriptive text telling you what the craic is. There's no new info on the page.

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"Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between," the about section opens, "In addition to customizing the appearance of your character, you can freely combine weapons, armor, and magic that you equip. You can develop your character according to your play style, such as increasing your muscle strength to become a strong warrio꧟r, or mastering magic🔯."

An Elden Ring gameplay screenshot showing player character fighting a giant

A prophecied hero waking up from a lengthy kip to slaughter big bads in order to take their souls and become the new big bad certainly sounds Soulslike. But it might not just be a Soulslike, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:it mig🍎ht be a direct continuation of Dark Souls. George R. R. Martin even said as much, although perhaps he just got a bit confused by FromSoftware's back catalog.

The page also discusses 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring's online features. "In addition to multiplayer, where you can directly connect with other players and travel together, the game supports a unique asynchronous online element that allows you to feel the presence of others." It's vague but it sounds an awful lot like seeing the ghastly phantoms dying in other worlds as in Dark Souls.

Finally, there are thཧe tags - listed are "Soulslike," "Dark Fantasy," "Great Soundtrack," "Anime," and "Walking Simulator." Yup, sounds about right.

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