{"id":10015,"date":"2022-02-25T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T03:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10015"},"modified":"2022-03-07T18:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T09:04:21","slug":"20220225-10015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220225-10015\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring already has over 750k concurrent players on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220225-193299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-02-25 10:29 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em><strong>Elden Ring<\/strong><\/em>, the much-anticipated action RPG from FromSoftware, launched a few hours ago on February 25 and has already amassed over 750,000 concurrent players on Steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ELDEN RING \u2013 Rise, Tarnished | Official Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qqiC88f9ogU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Elden Ring<\/em> is the latest title from FromSoftware that reimagines the formula they have built over the past decade with their Soulborne games while retaining the core elements. The game structure has shifted to what they call an \u201copen field\u201d to expand a sense of exploration, discovery, and awe, while ambitiously incorporating new gameplay mechanics to allow for more diverse playstyles. It\u2019s welcoming to both experienced FromSoftware fans and newcomers, although the game is still relentlessly difficult at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The review embargo was lifted prior to launch, and the game is receiving near-universal praise from critics. The PS5 version of <em>Elden Ring <\/em>currently has a Metascore of 97 on the review aggregation site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-5\/elden-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metacritic<\/a> (95 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pc\/elden-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PC version<\/a>), seemingly meeting or surpassing the reviewers\u2019 expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With this guidance in mind, undertake a new journey with us, Tarnished.<br><br>Pre-Order <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ELDENRING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ELDENRING<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PTkxSAMqvh\">https:\/\/t.co\/PTkxSAMqvh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKJ0yWCqiq\">pic.twitter.com\/DKJ0yWCqiq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ELDENRING\/status\/1496862528151900171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And now the game has been released to the general public, and fans haven\u2019t wasted any time starting their journey to become the Elden Lord. The concurrent player count on Steam has already reached 761,972, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1245620\/graphs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>. This is the 7<sup>th<\/sup> highest number recorded on Steam, behind <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>. As a comparison, this number far exceeds FromSoftware\u2019s previous titles, <em>Dark Souls III<\/em> (129,975) and <em>Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/em> (125,315).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Elden Ring<\/em> has been out for only a few hours, and since the number of players often increases not only on the launch day but also over the weekend, we might see an even larger number in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Elden Ring<\/em> is currently available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Ring, the much-anticipated action RPG from FromSoftware, launched a few hours ago on February 25 and has already amassed over 750,000 concurrent players on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,17],"class_list":["post-10015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elden-ring","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elden Ring already has over 750k concurrent players on Steam - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elden Ring launched a few hours ago on February 25 and has already amassed over 750,000 concurrent players on Steam. 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