Elden Ring: Nightreign Isn’t A Live-Service Game And Won’t Be Full-Priced
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Even with its multiplayer focus, From Software doesn’t look at the newly revealed Elden Ring: Nightreign as a live-service game. The developer wants the co-op action-RPG to be “a complete package out of the box,” and publisher Bandai Namco will price the package similarly to Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
PC Gamer spoke with Elden Ring: Nightreign director Junya Ishizaki about whether the multiplayer-centric survival game might borrow live-service mechanics, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. “With Nightreign, we wanted to have a game that felt like a complete package out of the box on the day of purchase, so everything is unlockable, everything is contained with that purchase,” Ishizaki said. “It’s not what we’d consider a live-service game.”
Speaking of purchasing Elden Ring: Nightreign, PC Gamer added that Bandai Namco noted the standalone experience will cost roughly the same as the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. That was priced at $40 at launch instead of the typical $60 to $70 for full games these days.
