FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have released a gripping 10-minute overview trailer for Elden Ring: Nightreign, a standalone co-op survival action spinoff set in the revered Elden Ring universe. Premiered on May 2, 2025, the trailer showcases the game’s dynamic world, innovative mechanics, and cooperative gameplay, building anticipation for its May 30, 2025, release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
The trailer plunges players into Limveld, a reimagined, procedurally generated version of Elden Ring’s Limgrave. Once a thriving land under divine influence, Limveld is now a perilous landscape on the verge of collapse, featuring shifting terrain, random boss encounters, and environmental threats like meteor strikes. This roguelite structure ensures each run is unique, offering endless replayability. The trailer emphasizes the game’s cooperative core, designed for squads of three, though a solo mode is available. It highlights teamwork-driven mechanics, such as reviving fallen allies by attacking them, adding a fresh twist to FromSoftware’s signature challenge.
Elden Ring: Nightreign introduces eight distinct Nightfarer classes, each with unique weapons, passive abilities, and skills. The trailer showcases diverse playstyles, from a grappling hook-wielding class to a stealth-based Nightfarer capable of invisibility. Players will face the Nightlords, formidable bosses tied to the game’s three-day-and-night cycle, alongside familiar enemies from Elden Ring and Dark Souls, including a boss resembling Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, and another akin to Godfrey. Nostalgic touches, like armor sets inspired by Dark Souls’ Solaire of Astora, have sparked excitement among fans, as seen in enthusiastic posts on social media.
The trailer also teases robust character customization and a world that evolves with each playthrough, reinforcing FromSoftware’s reputation for depth and difficulty. With Elden Ring having sold 30 million copies, Elden Ring: Nightreign is poised to captivate both veterans and newcomers. Pre-orders are already live on Steam, and the community is buzzing with anticipation for this ambitious spinoff.
What is Elden Ring: Nightreign about?
Bandai Namco Entertainment's official description for Elden Ring: Nightreign reads:
Teaming up in squads of three – or daring to go solo – players must choose one of eight Nightfarers, each with different abilities, to outlast a three day-and-night cycle. Players must make split-second decisions about combat and exploration across a map that can fluctuate with different biomes, weapons, and enemies in order to become stronger, and outrun the encroaching circle of fire to be able to take on terrifying bosses at the end of each day. This culminates on the third day, where if players were successful in surviving the night must take on one of the Nightlords – new bosses for this version. Nightfarers must learn to cooperate to take down these challenges, combining their unique abilities together for an unparalleled experience in the ELDEN RING universe. All is not lost for those who fall in defeat. Unsuccessful runs will grant players relics to allow them to customize and upgrade their characters tailored to their personal play styles.
As the release approaches, the gaming landscape has shifted with Grand Theft Auto VI’s delay to May 2026, leaving Elden Ring: Nightreign as a strong contender for 2025’s Game of the Year. Its blend of cooperative innovation, roguelite replayability, and FromSoftware’s masterful world-building could see it claim the spotlight in a year now short of major releases. For now, the Tarnished await their next challenge in Limveld, guided by the promise of this stunning trailer.
Source: Press Release / Bandai Namco Entertainment - YouTube channel
