FromSoftware is hoping to maintain momentum for Elden Ring Nightreign by addressing one of the biggest complaints against the game.
Elden Ring Nightreign seemed a bit of a risk at first, being a multiplayer-only follow-up to the epic original, but the game has been a major success.
After topping the charts in the US for a second month, developer FromSoftware announced Elden Ring Nightreign has surpassed five million copies sold within less than two months. At the same time, the expansion for Elden Ring, Shadow Of The Erdtree has hit over 10 million sales.
To celebrate the milestone, FromSoftware has another treat up its sleeve for Nightreign enthusiasts, with a mode which probably should have been included all along.
As shown in a new trailer, Elden Ring Nightreign will get ‘Duo Expeditions’, aka a two-player mode, in a new update set to be released on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
The 1.02 update will also come with quality-of-life improvements to the user interface, including more filtering options for Relics.
Elden Ring Nightreign was predominantly designed to be played in groups of three, and while there’s the option to play solo, that makes it far more difficult.
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It’s unclear how this Duos mode has been implemented, but hopefully it will be balanced to level the playing field and make two player expeditions not too punishing. Considering FromSoftware has dedicated a trailer to its existence, it suggests a fair amount of work has gone into it.
More fundamentally, it’s much easier to coordinate with just one another player instead of two, so this might make Elden Ring Nightreign more accessible in general, especially to those who don’t have two other mates who are Elden Ring fans.
While Elden Ring Nightreign’s popularity has dropped on Steam since it launched in May, it has remained steady over the past few weeks. Over the past 24 hours (via SteamDB), the player peak hit just over 50,000 players, just behind Palworld and Red Dead Redemption 2.
FromSoftware’s next game will be The Duskbloods, which is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch 2 sometime next year and is also multiplayer-focused.
A recent rumour claimed the studio is also working on another project for 2026, which may be tied to the Armored Core franchise.
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