{"id":5959,"date":"2021-10-19T18:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1394387"},"modified":"2021-10-19T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:35:32","slug":"elden-ring-release-date-george-r-r-martin-game-sets-launch-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/elden-ring-release-date-george-r-r-martin-game-sets-launch-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring release date: George R.R. Martin game sets launch for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Daniel Furn\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 19 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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2022 will be a big year for George R.R. Martin. As well as the premiere of long-awaited Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon<\/a>, the author will also be involved in a fantasy video game: Elden Ring.<\/p>\n

The success of Game of Thrones has long led many to believe that Martin would be perfect for the world building required for a fantasy RPG \u2013 and he has done just that with Elden Ring, which is a collaboration with Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki.<\/p>\n

It turns out, however, that Martin completed his work years ago, which might be one reason for Winds of Winter\u2019s many delays\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically they wanted a world created to set the game in, they wanted world building as a big factor in fantasy and science fiction,\u201d Martin told PC Gamer<\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019re not really talking about the characters and the plot, but the setting is almost as important as everything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worked up a fairly detailed background for them, and then they took it from there, so really it\u2019s been several years since I\u2019ve last seen them. But they would come in periodically and show me some monsters they\u2019d designed, or the latest special effects, or the cool things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin added: \u201cI\u2019ll be as excited as everyone else to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Expectations are naturally pretty high \u2013 here\u2019s everything we know about the long-awaited Elden Ring.<\/p>\n

What is Elden Ring?<\/h2>\n
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Elden Ring is an upcoming action RPG developed by FromSoftware that takes place in The Lands Between, a realm where the titular Elden Ring has been destroyed and its shards scattered.<\/p>\n

With the realm now ruled over by the corrupted demigod offspring of Queen Marika the Eternal, players take on the role of a Tarnished and traverse the realm to retrieve all the scattered shards, restore the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.<\/p>\n

However it\u2019s the collaboration between two of the biggest names in entertainment that has really got people talking \u2013 namely game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and fantasy novelist George R.R. Martin.<\/p>\n

The involvement of Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has led many gamers to wonder \u201dIs Elden Ring a Souls Game?\u2019 \u2013 and although Elden Ring looks to feature very <\/em>similar gameplay with a focus on combat and exploration, it does not seem to be an official entry in the long-running Souls series.<\/p>\n

\u201cElden Ring is a third-person action\u00a0RPG with a fantasy setting,\u201d he told IGN<\/a>. \u201cThe gameplay is not so far from Dark Souls. That doesn\u2019t mean that the gameplay will be identical, but you could say that Elden Ring belongs to the same genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead Miyazaki has described Elden Ring as a \u201cnatural evolution\u201d of the Souls series, adding new features such as a large open world and new gameplay mechanics including richer customisation, horseback riding and a stealth system similar to Miyazaki\u2019s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.<\/p>\n

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Importantly, Elden Ring will not carry over any lore from the Souls series, instead taking place in a brand new fantasy universe with world building by George R.R. Martin.<\/p>\n

Miyazaki himself laid the foundation of the narrative, describing to Martin \u201cwhat sorts of themes, ideas, as well as many game-related aspects\u201d he envisioned and then allowing Martin creative freedom to write the overarching backstory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis allowed us to have many free and creative conversations regarding the game,\u201d Miyazaki told PC Gamer<\/a>. \u201cWhich Mr. Martin later used as a base to write the overarching mythos for the game world itself.\u201d<\/p>

Elden Ring release date<\/h2>\n

When will Elden Ring come out? Well, that\u2019s been the question on every fantasy and Souls fan\u2019s lips ever since the game was announced all the way back in 2019 \u2013 but we finally have a date, and it\u2019s not far away at all.<\/p>\n

Elden Ring was initially scheduled for release on 21st January 2022. However, much like Martin\u2019s long-gestating Winds of Winter novel, Elden Ring has been delayed \u2013 but not by much. The Elden Ring release date has now been confirmed for 25th February 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Elden Ring gameplay footage<\/h2>\n

The gameplay trailer was released at Summer Game Fest in June 2021 and is suitably stunning \u2013 this may well be one of those trailers you can\u2019t help but rewatch:<\/p>\n