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Elden Ring’s success (of selling 12 million units within 2 weeks of its launch) has piqued both Sony’s and Microsoft’s interest in the Japanese developer. This week, Xbox head Phillip Spencer confirmed that the software giant is aggressively pursuing the developer. The buyout negotiations were confirmed by Spencer on a recent interview with Digital…
It is well known that Japanese role-playing games, also known as JRPGs, had their golden era more than two decades ago in the mid to late 1990s. Heck, we even wrote a historical lesson on the topic a few years ago on this site. Removing Pokémon games from the fray, JRPGs have played second…
If we pretend that Pokémon does not exist, then Elden Ring is likely the biggest JRPG release ever. Elden Ring has sold over 12 million copies within two short weeks. That’s an astonishing number. Elden Ring is now one of the biggest and most bankable titles in gaming. Elden Ring is now a Franchise In…
While this isn’t the official review of the game, I have been playing Elden Ring for a few hours. As a Dark Souls’ fan I want to give my take on the game so far. I will discuss what I like and what I don’t like, and if the game is truly the greatest thing…
Last week, I made a case for The Legend of Zelda being an Action-RPG. To me, this classification makes Zelda a JRPG, as it is an action-RPG made in Japan by Japanese developers. However, from these debates (on social media) I have seen another Japanese role-playing franchise come under fire by the “This is not…
After two long years of waiting, E3 2021 has finally brought us news for Elden Ring. In a brand new gameplay reveal trailer, we got to see a bit of what will be in store for us with this title. We also finally got a release date. Elden Ring In A Nutshell Elden Ring was…
Since its first announcement during E3 2019, Elden Ring has been on many players’ minds. With no news regarding the title since, we have been left with speculation and rumors. On top of that, the global pandemic pushed everything back as well. Will We See It During E3? Unfortunately, that is still hard to say….
Elden Ring has been in the works for a while now. The trailer for it was released during E3 2019. Since then, we haven’t heard much about the project. No doubt that’s because of the pandemic, but recent leaks have emerged online, reminding us all of this elusive title. The world of Elden Ring will…
Until now, FromSoftware, the developer of the beloved Dark Souls trilogy, Bloodborne, and Sekiro, has been all-but silent about its highly anticipated upcoming release, Elden Ring. It is the newest FromSoftware intellectual property and is being co-written by George R.R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. Before 2020 It has been about a year and…