Elden Ring Nightreign, the upcoming cooperative action game, will notably omit the poisonous swamps so characteristic of FromSoftware titles. This revelation comes from product manager Yasuhiro Kitao, who clarified the absence in a recent press interview.
While a swamp-like area was featured in the Elden Ring Nightreign trailer, Kitao confirmed it's a distinct location. He attributed the lack of traditional poisonous swamps to the absence of Hidetaka Miyazaki, FromSoftware's president, who is known for his fondness of incorporating such environments into games like Elden Ring and the Dark Souls series. Miyazaki did not participate in Nightreign's development.
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Interestingly, a two-player mode remains a possibility for Elden Ring Nightreign. Currently, only one-player and three-player modes have been confirmed, with the exclusion of a two-player option previously attributed to content balancing difficulties. FromSoftware is actively considering adding this mode, but a final decision is pending.
Elden Ring Nightreign is slated for release on May 30, 2025, for PC and current and last-generation consoles.