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Elden Ring is getting a free-to-play mobile version with in-app purchases, according to reportsMeanwhile, sneaky Steam updates point to impending Shadow of Erdtree release
Meanwhile, sneaky Steam updates point to impending Shadow of Erdtree release
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware
Perhaps they can add some newbosses- a giant, ironclad gacha machine on corpse-legs that showers you in rotting gacha balls, perhaps? We should probably note that Genshin Impact is rather good, for all its microtransactions andrecent reports of voice actors going unpaid for months of work- if the rumoured free-to-play Elden Ring captures something of the same spirit it could be a surprise hit.
I also realise that this isn’t strictly speaking PC-relevant news, but mobile games do have a habit of settling down on PC storefronts eventually, once they’ve done their time on the rapids of commuter-friendly recreation.
Reuters say that work on the new Elden Ring game has been slow, mostly thanks to the difference of business model, which points to an underlying difference of company culture. From Software’s work is firmly of the premium pay-upfront-and-get-everything variety, whereas Tencent have made their name from free-to-play titles with a long tail of microtransactions. Still, I wonder if it’s just that the QA teams can’t beatMaleniawith touch controls.
Meanwhile, the wait continues forShadow Of The Erdtree, the main game’s first big expansion. A bunch ofElden Ring “DLC” fileswere recently added to Steam, following asimilar addition in January. Could the rumoured FebruaryElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree release dateactually be accurate?
