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Capital Punishment Elden Ring review - Lording it over everything else
Elden Ring has been worth the wait.
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RINGING IN YOUR EARS Elden Ring is still the best game for spell-slinging (especially with the latest DLC)
Forget your wands, dismount your mythical creatures, and step into the only magical crucible that matters: a Tarnished fight to the death.
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comfortably platinum I hated Elden Ring, but in trying to find something to love I accidentally platinumed it
Completing Elden Ring entirely – mostly by accident – probably should have taught me something about myself. But I think it just wasted my time.
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FOMOSoftware As a Soulslike disliker, why am I super hyped for Elden Ring?
Are you also about to put in a pre-order for FromSoftware's next big hit, despite never enjoying their games in the past?
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PLAYSTATION ALLSTARS The best PS5 Games to justify your next-gen PlayStation purchase in August 2023
Sony's stellar lineup just keeps getting bigger.
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The 10 best open-world games to play in August 2023
It feels good to take the path less travelled, sometimes.
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ENDLESS CYCLE Elden Ring New Game Plus explained: How NG+ works
New Game Plus is back in Elden Ring, letting you begin another journey into The Lands Between. Here's how it works.
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Best Elden Ring Incantations: Great faith and arcane spells for early and late game
You gotta have faith.
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Super Hot The Best Elden Ring Faith Build: Black Flame
Looking to turn up the heat with the best Faith build in Elden Ring? This Elden Ring guide will take you through what you need to burn through the game with a Black Flame build.
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Best Elden Ring Ashes of War: How to use and duplicate Ashes of War
Ashes of War in Elden Ring are powerful special moves which bind to your equipment. Here's how to equip them.
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SOULS SEARCHING Can we please stop expecting FromSoft to ‘learn from’ every new Souls-like?
Better co-op in Elden Ring? Broad difficulty options in Dark Souls? You’re missing the point!
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THE GOAT DEPARTS After Elden Ring, Sekiro, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne, a key member of FromSoft is saying goodbye to the studio
Yuka Kitamura's name is synonymous with FromSoftware's modern era, but she's no longer with the studio.
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PLAYSTATION ALLSTARS The best PS5 Games to justify your next-gen PlayStation purchase in August 2023
Sony's stellar lineup just keeps getting bigger.
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The 10 best open-world games to play in August 2023
It feels good to take the path less travelled, sometimes.
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SPINAL TAP PvP backstabs are back on the menu thanks to Elden Ring's latest patch
Elden Ring players are either celebrating or mourning as we return to a very Dark Souls 3 era of PvP meta.
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CRITICAL PATCH Elden Ring gets big patch, still no word on Shadow of the Erdtree DLC release date
There's a surprise new patch that just arrived in Elden Ring.
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THEY'RE BACK Elden Ring mod gives players a chance to fight two of the most difficult Souls bosses
Ornstein and Smough are back.
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DOG Now you can pet your very own Elden Ring dog
Someone has answered the need for a particular kind of Elden Ring plush.
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Ocarina Of No Time Elden Ring didn’t inspire Tears of the Kingdom because Zelda devs were too busy to play it
Both are massive games, so no surprise here really.
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ANOTHER ONE We should all be very thankful we never got a rumoured Elden Ring season pass
Elden Ring's DLC could've looked a lot different.
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Nothing Nebulas Here Elden Ring wins another award, this time Best Game Writing at The Nebulas
Another win for one of 2022's biggest games.
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CRY CRY AGAIN Elden Ring overhaul mod adds a taste of Bloodborne for a nightmarish fusion
Garden of Eyes mod team adds a Elden Beast-inspired boss to the mix.
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Flying Solo Let Me Solo Her managed to beat an Elden Ring full of Malenias
You can try this at home, but maybe you shouldn't.
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WELL DESERVED Hidetaka Miyazaki named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2023
The father of the soulslike genre makes the list.
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CASH HAEMO ROYALE Vampire Survivors absolutely deserved to win Best Game at the BAFTAs
It achieves more with a handful of sprites and some clever psychology than most AAAs do with infinite budgets.
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THE RAYS BETWEEN Elden Ring's long promised ray tracing support finally arrives, but there's some bad news
Elden Ring has finally delivered on the promise of adding ray tracing to The Lands Between, with some caveats.
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GOLD MEDAL Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards
It beat out God of War Ragnarok, Immortality, Pentiment and some other heavy hitters for the grand prize.
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RIP Elden Ring players died so many times, it’d have wiped out all of humanity in the real world
And they tried to fight Malenia a whole bunch too.
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Blades of Miquella Let Me Solo Her takes on their greatest challenge yet by turning every Elden Ring enemy into Malenia
I am Malenia, blade of Miquella times a thousand.
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GOOD FAITH? Bleak Faith: Forsaken called out for supposedly stealing Elden Ring assets
It appears to be one big misunderstanding, however.
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ALL FLAGS FLYING Elden Ring’s open world made it more accessible to new players, so how does Wo Long do the same without one?
One very clever design decision in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty may not get the love it deserves, but its effects are transformative in making the game more accessible to new players.
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DESTROY... Armored Core 6 reportedly releasing before Elden Ring DLC
A September-October release window has been reported for the new Armored Core instalment.
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DREAM DLC Elden Ring DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, finally announced
It’s almost time to return to The Lands Between.
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GONGS GALORE Elden Ring won GOTY at the 26th Annual DICE Awards, but God of War: Ragnarok took home more gongs
The two games pretty much swept the board.
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BIG NUMBERS Elden Ring has shipped 20 million units worldwide
Godrick has killed many a Tarnished it seems.
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RINGING IN YOUR EARS Elden Ring is still the best game for spell-slinging (especially with the latest DLC)
Forget your wands, dismount your mythical creatures, and step into the only magical crucible that matters: a Tarnished fight to the death.
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Happy Birthday! Bandai Namco is hosting a live show to celebrate Elden Ring's first anniversary
Expect giveaways, cosplay, PVP, and more.
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REFORGED TARNISHED Elden Ring Reforged mod's latest update might just be what you need to play the masterpiece again
We're coming up on the first anniversary of Elden Ring, so you may understandably have the itch to go back to The Lands Between.
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NOTHING NEW, REALLY What are you playing this weekend?
We're pretty much sticking with the familiar this week.
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WO-LONGING FOR IT Even more than Elden Ring, Wo Long is one of the most accessible Souls-likes – and not just because it’s on Game Pass
Game Pass is getting one of the most accessible Souls-likes with Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and Elden Ring fans and non-fans should take note.
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DOG EAT DOG WORLD Elden Ring YouTuber pits 50 of Caelid's starved dogs against all the bosses
Who, if any, can stand up to that many puppers?
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LORDRAN IT OVER Almost a year after Elden Ring changed everything, there’s never been a better time to return to Dark Souls
If you’re considering a replay of Dark Souls, there’s no better time to praise the sun than right now – in a cold, forgettable week in January
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Rot Revolution A streamer beat Elden Ring's Malenia on a dance pad and controller at the same time
She is Malenia, you know the rest.
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THE VOTES ARE IN Here are the winners of the 2022 Steam Awards
Surely, you can already guess the Game of the Year winner.
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GOD-TIER Best of 2022: Elden Ring, and Alex's other GOTY picks
Sometimes picking out a best game each year is a painful, difficult choice. Sometimes it’s easy. This year, it’s… sort of both? Let me explain.
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ENDLESS CYCLE Elden Ring New Game Plus explained: How NG+ works
New Game Plus is back in Elden Ring, letting you begin another journey into The Lands Between. Here's how it works.
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Best Elden Ring Incantations: Great faith and arcane spells for early and late game
You gotta have faith.
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Super Hot The Best Elden Ring Faith Build: Black Flame
Looking to turn up the heat with the best Faith build in Elden Ring? This Elden Ring guide will take you through what you need to burn through the game with a Black Flame build.
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Best Elden Ring Ashes of War: How to use and duplicate Ashes of War
Ashes of War in Elden Ring are powerful special moves which bind to your equipment. Here's how to equip them.
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choices, choices All Elden Ring endings and how to get them
Elden Ring features multiple endings, as is Soulsborne tradition - but getting each is a complex affair.
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FIVE GOLD RINGS Best of 2022: Elden Ring, and James' other GOTY picks
My picks are vanilla ice cream, but it’s the posh stuff that has the little black bits of pod in. Haagen Dazs at the very least.
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Elden Ring: All Grave and Ghost Glovewort Bell Bearing Locations
There are six Grave and Ghost Glovewort Bell Bearings across The Lands Between. Here’s where they all are.
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bossical chairs Elden Ring boss order: Which Elden Ring bosses are required and optional?
We pick apart the bosses of Elden Ring to see the order in which we suggest you beat them, and which you can skip.
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Elden Ring Multiplayer Co-op and PvP: How to play with friends
I die with a little help from my friends.
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CLASS WARFARE Best starting classes in Elden Ring and best classes for your skill level
Classes, or Origins, are a key early choice in Elden Ring. But which is the best Elden Ring starting class?