FromSoftware Parent Company Confirms Elden Ring Nightreign DLC by End of March 2026, as Frustrated Players Leave Negative Steam Reviews

Kadokawa, the genitor institution of Elden Ring: Nightreign developer FromSoftware, has confirmed we'll get caller DLC for the multiplayer crippled by the extremity of March 2026, arsenic unhappy players permission antagonistic reviews connected Steam.

"We are aiming for further income maturation for Elden Ring Nightreign, archetypal Elden Ring, and its DLC," the institution said successful its caller fiscal study to investors (thanks, GamesRadar+). "We person aggregate crippled titles successful the improvement pipeline. FromSoftware is presently processing Elden Ring Nightreign DLC (planned for merchandise successful FY2025) Elden Ring Tarnished Edition (planned for merchandise successful 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2), and The Duskbloods (planned for merchandise successful 2026)."

FY2025 successful this lawsuit means by the extremity of Kadokawa's existent fiscal year, truthful by March 31, 2026. But portion the fiscal study revealed that Nightreign had "performed good beyond archetypal expectations" and confirmed the DLC — described connected the Steam storefront arsenic being disposable "by Q4 2025" — is inactive connected the way, caller idiosyncratic reviews for the Deluxe Upgrade Pack person dropped to a 'Mostly Negative' standing arsenic players explicit their vexation astatine the deficiency of tangible news.

"We're mid-Q4 2025. No news, nary teasers, full silence," wrote 1 antagonistic reviewer connected November 1. "If you're reasoning astir buying Deluxe Upgrade, hold until we get existent quality astir the content. I can't urge you a promise." Another said: "It's been fractional a twelvemonth now, inactive nary dlc oregon immoderate caller characters successful show adjacent though they got leaked a spot ago. Right present this is simply a implicit scam, arsenic adjacent the soundtrack isnt adjacent full."

Someone other said they would alteration their antagonistic reappraisal to affirmative "once FromSoft announces something."

Nightreign's ultra-hard trouble mode, Deep of Night, released backmost successful September, having been discovered by dataminers backmost successful August. Beyond that, though, there's been precise small steadfast quality connected what further contented could beryllium connected the way. It's worthy noting that adjacent though the Kadokawa fiscal study guarantees the merchandise of the Nightreign DLC by the extremity of March 2026, that doesn't needfully mean it won't merchandise earlier the extremity of calendar twelvemonth 2025.

"When Elden Ring Nightreign is played precisely arsenic it was designed to beryllium played, it’s 1 of the finest examples of a three-player co-op crippled around," we wrote successful IGN's 7/10 Elden Ring: Nightreign review. "But a deficiency of crossplay, duo matchmaking, and built-in connection tools makes it hard to make the conditions needed to person this benignant of acquisition unless you’re bringing 2 real-life friends connected each run."

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