The wait is lastly over for those who’ve been dying for extra Elden Ring content material. Simply days earlier than The Recreation Awards, the place followers have been (and doubtless ought to nonetheless be) speculating that developer FromSoftware would announce some kind of add-on for the sport, the Japanese studio took to Twitter at the moment to verify that its hottest Soulslike will get some free DLC within the type of Colosseum, a PvP replace coming to the sport on December 7.
The Colosseum Replace will allow you to roam The Lands Between with a pal as you “show your price in varied duels and battles, collectively or by yourself.” It seems to allow you to enter a gladiator ring of types, in which you’ll arrange bouts with your folks to see who is robust sufficient to develop into the true Elden Lord. We’ve recognized about this DLC for a minute, nevertheless, as hackers datamined some restricted zones this previous March, with extra particulars found in October. It’s simply that now, lastly, after months of fan hypothesis, FromSoft has spilled the tea.
Revealing this info simply days earlier than the industrial pageant disguised as gaming awards does appear suspicious, too. As if, they need this PVP announcement out of the way in which, to allow them to then begin dropping hints at a a lot larger chunk of DLC come the Keighleys.
Elden Ring has been an enormous success for the Japanese studio, catapulting FromSoftware to the mainstream on the again of the sport’s open-world construction, deep lore, and interesting world-building. It wasn’t with out its troubles, although. This previous November, nameless workers have briefly opened as much as GamesIndustry.Biz about what it’s like working on the critically acclaimed studio. Whereas some say FromSoft engages in “some degree of crunch,” others equate it to taking part in Darkish Souls.
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“There’s a whole lot of battle to get issues proper,” a supply informed GI.Biz. “However for those who recover from the bump it is vitally satisfying. It’s identical to you defeated a boss in Darkish Souls.”
