Fans of FromSoftware games have been going through a torturous drought of news and a complete lack of a release date.Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s in-development RPG, was first announced at E3 2019. No major announcements have been made regardingElden Ringsince then. Lacking official news, fans have looked to leaks, and to say the latestElden Ringleak is major would be an understatement.
A Chinese content creator whose name loosely translates to Ryugasaki Lollipop, dropped a ton of leaked information aboutElden Ringvia a video on social media. However, the video was since taken down. What they shared has since been shared via secondary reporting. Perhaps the biggest detail revealed in Lollipop’s leaks is thatElden Ringis planned to release in 2021. Further, thatElden Ringis much further along in development than the public may realize.
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According to Twitter user Okami of Respawnable news, Lollipop says thatElden Ringis currently in the “polishing stage” of development. That’s typically avery late state of game developmentwhere the focus is on fixing errors, issues, and optimization, whereas the content aspects of the game are near complete if not finished. Some games spend more time than others polishing, however, so it doesn’t necessarily clarify the exact state of development ofElden Ring.
It does, at the very least, hint thatElden Ringcould definitely be far enough along to launch in 2021, however. The problem is how trustworthy the idea is. Since all that’s been shared ofElden Ringis a cinematic trailer, there’s no evidence to show whether the game really could be far into development or not. For all anyone can prove,Elden Ringstill could have years left of development. A 2021 launch would mean From Software really is saving its reveals for a big push leading up to launch.
The leak wasn’t just theElden Ringlaunch window, however. Lollipop’s video also sharedtwo new pieces of concept art said to be fromElden Ring. It also claimed that gameplay will be similar to Dark Souls, but it will have a much larger map as well as features like dynamic weather and a day/night cycle.
Lollipop’s leak should be considered unreliable until proven otherwise, but the inclusion of the two pieces of monster concept art does lend credence to its truthfulness. It’s not likeFrom Softwarefans needed much of a push to build up hype forElden Ring, anyway, though. They’ll excitedly wait for news, regardless of whether it’s arriving soon or not.
Elden Ringis currently in development for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
