Last night, The Game Awards 2020 aired and brought forth a plethora of world premieres and first looks for the next generation of gaming, as well as celebrated the accolades of this year’s top games. WhileThe Last of Us Part 2winning Game of the Year called for celebration, the absence of FromSoftware’sElden Ringhas fans worried.
Elden Ringis the next entry in the Soulsborne series, which first spawned with 2009’sDemon’s Soulsand led to theDark Soulstrilogy,Bloodborne, andSekiro. Every game in the series features brutal difficulty with dynamic combat and some of gaming’s most feared boss fights.
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Elden Ringwas first announced at E3 2019 as a collaboration between SoulsBorne director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and fantasy novelist, George R. R. Martin. A collaboration of this caliber is inevitably going to stir up incredible hype among gaming enthusiasts and the rumors had been circulating thatElden Ringwould be officially revealed at The Game Awards 2020, especially afterPhil Spencer of Xbox announced he has played quite a bit of the ambitious dark fantasy RPG. Sadly,Elden Ringwas nowhere to been seen, leaving fans confused and worried about the state of the game. However, Twitter user, AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem, posits that the game was unfortunately announced much to soon and only started development around the time of announcement.
If this is to be believed, it could be quite a while longer before any official news aboutElden Ringpops back up. And while it’s almost certain that the game isn’t ready to be shown off, it would be quite disappointing to hear that a game with this much ambition was announced so early on. Some fans have even resorted tomaking their own art, music, and a demo for the highly anticipated game.
It is not uncommon, unfortunately, for a game to be announced too early in its development cycle. Just this week, the long awaitedCyberpunk 2077finally released after being announced nearly 8 years ago witha number of game breaking bugs that put a damper on the hype.
Only time will tell on when fans will get to see another glimpse ofElden Ring, with manycurrent rumors speculating that the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down or even halted development. In these times, it is important to keep in mind thatElden Ringhas a lot of expectations and FromSoftware is going to wait until they have something truly amazing to reveal.
Elden Ringis in development for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
