Elden Ring Nightreign Network Test Registration Times — How to Access the Beta
Registrations for Elden Ring Nightreign’s hotly anticipated community take a look at go reside at the moment, January 10. Right here’s every little thing you’ll want to know to place your title down.
The community take a look at will probably be held on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S solely, whereas the complete recreation will even launch on PC through Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
To register, head to the Bandai Namco web site and enter your particulars. It is value noting that registration closes January 20, and solely affords a probability to affix the Elden Ring Nightreign community take a look at. The take a look at is open to those that don’t subscribe to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Recreation Move Core.
Elden Ring Nightreign community take a look at registration instances:
- 6am PT, January 10
- 9am ET, January 10
- 2pm GMT, January 10
- 3pm CET, January 10
- 11pm JST, January 10
The take a look at itself begins February 14 and ends February 17, with numerous session instances deliberate. This implies you will not have the ability to play the community take a look at all through your entire 4 days, somewhat throughout 5 three-hour intervals solely.
Elden Ring Nightreign community take a look at session timings:
- February 14: 3am-6am PT / 6am-9am ET
- February 14: 7pm-10pm PT / 10pm-1am ET
- February 15: 11am-2pm PT / 2pm-5pm ET
- February 16: 3am-6am PT / 6am-9am ET
- February 16: 7pm-10pm PT / 10pm-1am ET
The community take a look at is a “preliminary verification take a look at during which the chosen testers play a portion of the sport previous to the complete recreation launch,” Bandai Namco stated.
“This massive-scale Community Stress Take a look at is designed to guage numerous elements of the web system’s performance and efficiency.
“We’re trying ahead to your cooperation to make Elden Ring Nightreign even higher.”
Bandai Namco has but to say precisely what the Elden Ring Nightreign community take a look at will supply, however did warn some textual content and recreation options could also be completely different than within the closing model.
Elden Ring Nightreign is FromSoftware’s standalone co-operative spin-off set in a world parallel to that of 2022’s Elden Ring. It was introduced at The Recreation Awards 2024 with a debut trailer, beneath, and a 2025 launch window.
The community take a look at will permit three gamers to workforce up and take their chosen Nightfarers to battle “in opposition to new terrors, and discover an ever-changing map to defeat more and more difficult bosses and finally tackle the Nightlord,” Bandai Namco added, earlier than confirming the community take a look at contains a three day-and-night cycle squads should attempt to outlast.
Here is the official blurb:
The all-new journey in Elden Ring Nightreign begins on the Roundtable Maintain, set in a universe parallel to the occasions of Elden Ring. Gamers should select from eight distinctive characters, every with their very own skills and highly effective Ultimates. Their journeys take them to Limveld, an ever-changing atmosphere, the place they should make split-second choices in relation to fight and exploration within the face of an evening cycle that shrinks the map with the approaching Night time’s Tide. On the finish of every night time, gamers will face a strong boss and, if victorious, awaken to larger challenges. Every session will culminate within the third night time after they should face off in opposition to the chosen Nightlord. People can combat the night time alone, however power will are available in numbers. Nightfarers should study to cooperate to take down these challenges, combining their distinctive skills collectively for an unparalleled expertise. All is just not misplaced for individuals who fall in defeat. Unsuccessful runs will grant gamers relics to permit them to customise and improve their characters tailor-made to their private play types.
Final 12 months IGN had the chance to go to FromSoftware and go hands-on with an early construct of Elden Ring Nightreign. We got here away impressed, stating that Elden Ring Nightreign “takes the cautious dungeon crawls of Elden Ring and turbocharges them into propulsive, slash ‘n’ sprint speedruns.”
Try IGN’s interview with recreation director Junya Ishizaki for much more on Elden Ring Nightreign.
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