Nightreign Made Without George RR Martin

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  • Elden Ring: Nightreign was revealed at The Game Awards 2024 and it was later confirmed that George RR Martin has no influence on the spin-off.
  • Martin had no direct involvement in the development of Shadow of the Erdtree, and Nightreign will have “an entirely separate branch of the Elden Ring story”.
  • Director Hidetaka Miyazaki praised Martin's contribution to building the world of Elden Ring and expressed openness to future collaborations.



One of the biggest surprises revealed at The Game Awards 2024 was Elden Ring: Nightreign notice but game of thrones writer George RR Martin was later confirmed to be absent from the project's development. Developer FromSoftware previously confirmed Elden Ring 2 was off the table, but spin-off games set in the same universe were mentioned. The team managed to hold on Elden Ring: Nightreign largely a secret, though potential multiplayer has been rumored in the fandom.

Elden Ring was first released in 2022 and welcomed players to the Lands Between to play as the Tarnished and traverse the open world in a quest to become the new Elden Lord. One of the main components of this Soulslike and many others is the challenging boss battles on offer, which will appear ten times in 2024. Shadow of Erdtree expansion as well and the upcoming multiplayer will follow. Elden Ring: Nightreign was announced at The Game Awards 2024 and was confirmed to be released in 2025. The game will be a spin-off of the base game, matching FromSoftware's previous statement.


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In an interview with IGN published afterward Elden Ring: NightreignIn the announcement, game director Junya Ishizaki discussed a few details about multiplayer. After confirmation NightreignThe story would be entirely self-contained but co-existed alongside the story of the base game, Ishizaki also revealed that George RR Martin had no influence on the story or world of the spin-off. Despite the DLC being based on the writer's lore from the first game, Martin had no involvement in it Shadow of Erdtreedevelopment as well. Ishizaki explained that FromSoftware wanted to create “an entirely separate branch of the Elden Ring story” and the team did not want to interfere with fans' emotional attachment to the main story.


George RR Martin confirmed to have no influence on Elden Ring: Nightreign


Although fantasy fans will be eyeing him for completion game of thrones' The winds of winter Martin provided the majority Elden Ringworld building, especially the events that occurred before the main story of the base game. Additionally, George RR Martin commented earlier Elden Ring live-action adaptation, which is a potential project the writer may return to oversee, much like he shepherds House of the Dragon series.

Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki also commented on future collaborations similar to a connection with Martin, either reuniting with the writer on another Elden Ring project or something independent, or joining forces with other professionals. Miyazaki has nothing but praise for Martin, saying his world-building skills added enormous value to Soulslike and stimulated the FromSoftware team creatively. The writer would therefore be welcomed with open arms in future games.

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