What is Elden Ring?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game | title = Elden Ring | image = Elden Ring logo black.svg | developer = [[FromSoftware]] | publisher = [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]]<br>FromSoftware <small>(Japan)</small> | engine = FromEngine | platforms = [[PlayStation 4]]<br>[[PlayStation 5]]<br>[[Windows]]<br>[[Xbox One]]<br>[[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] | release = February 25, 2022 | genre = [[Action role-playing game|Action role-playing]] | modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] | director = [[Hidetaka Miyazaki]]<br>Yui Tanimura | producer = Yuzo Kojima | designer = Yosuke Kayugawa<br>Ryu Matsumoto | programmer = Takeshi Suzuki<br>Yuki Kido | artist = Hidenori Sato<br>Ryo Fujimaki | writer = Hidetaka Miyazaki<br>[[George R. R. Martin]] | composer = Tsukasa Saitoh<br>Shoi Miyazawa<br>Tai Tomisawa<br>Yuka Kitamura<br>Yoshimi Kudo }} '''''Elden Ring''''' is an [[Action role-playing game|action role-playing]] [[video game]]. It was [[Video game publisher|published]] by [[FromSoftware]] in [[Japan]] and [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] in the rest of the World. The game was [[Video game developer|developed]] by FromSoftware. Writer [[George R. R. Martin]] helped with the game. The game was released on February 25, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-delayed-february-closed-network-test-demo-beta-register|access-date=February 27, 2024|title=Elden Ring Delayed to February, Announces a Console-Only Closed Network Test|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> They released the game for the [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Xbox One]], and [[Xbox Series X/S]]. It is similar to ''[[Dark Souls]]'', making it a [[soulslike]] game. In the game, the player travels the open World, trying to get Great Runes, which are shards of the Elden Ring. They have to defeat bosses to find them. The player tries to work their way up to becoming the new ruler of the kingdom and the Elden Lord. On June 20, 2024, [[downloadable content]] titled '''Shadow of