FromSoftware does not consider Elden Ring Nightreign to be a live service game. The multiplayer spinoff to 2021's massive hit was announced at The Game Awards last year, surprising fans expecting a single-player follow-up.

You might wonder if Elden Ring Nightreign took the co-op roguelike route to chase a trend, but for FromSoftware, it was more about making it "concentrated".

The developer added FromSoftware wanted to bring some “new mechanics” and “new elements” to ‘Nightreign’, though insisted the studio was very much following its own pa

That said, FromSoftware "never really held the stance 'let's absolutely not do anything that other companies are doing'"