{"id":47721,"date":"2025-05-07T12:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47721"},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:52:44","slug":"elden-ring-nightreign-to-feature-dark-souls-gaping-dragon-and-knight-artorias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/elden-ring-nightreign-to-feature-dark-souls-gaping-dragon-and-knight-artorias\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring Nightreign to feature Dark Souls&#8217; Gaping Dragon and Knight Artorias\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the <em>FROMSOFTWARE GAMES EVENT Spring 2025<\/em> held on May 6, FromSoftware revealed more details about the upcoming co-op multiplayer-focused <strong>Elden Ring Nightreign<\/strong>. While it is no secret that Limveld \u2013 a procedurally generated version of Limgrave that serves as the game\u2019s open world \u2013 plays host to characters from other FromSoftware IPs, Dark Souls fans will be happy to see familiar faces like the Gaping Dragon and Knight Artorias.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202505\/41428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>, the Gaping Dragon spawned as a boss during the first day of a gameplay showcase run. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/elden-ring-nightrein-director-shares-details-about-high-freedom-co-op-play-day-night-game-cycle-and-dark-souls-cameos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Runs in Elden Ring Nightreign follow a three-day structure<\/a>, with each day ending in a powerful boss battle. The Gaping Dragon was accompanied by music from the first Dark Souls, but whether this was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UQ3nqf7Ndeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Gaping Dragon theme<\/a> composed by Motoi Sakuraba or another track entirely wasn\u2019t disclosed.\u00a0<\/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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300e\u30a8\u30eb\u30c7\u30f3\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0 \u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\u30ec\u30a4\u30f3\u300f\u306b\u306f\u300e\u30c0\u30fc\u30af\u30bd\u30a6\u30eb\u300f\u306e\u201c\u8caa\u98df\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3\u201d\u3084\u201c\u30a2\u30eb\u30c8\u30ea\u30a6\u30b9\u88c5\u5099\u201d\u304c\u767b\u5834<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KYI7SJMn2X\">https:\/\/t.co\/KYI7SJMn2X<\/a><br><br>\u5b9f\u6a5f\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3067\u660e\u3089\u304b\u306b\u3002\u307e\u305f\u3001\uff18\u4eba\u76ee\u306e\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u306f\u201c\u5fa9\u8b90\u8005\u201d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u540d\u524d\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u5224\u660e\u3002\uff17\u4eba\u76ee\u306e\u201c\u57f7\u884c\u8005\u201d\u3068\u540c\u69d8\u3001\u73fe\u6642\u70b9\u3067\u306f\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u4e0d\u660e\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/onSzwBYH4b\">pic.twitter.com\/onSzwBYH4b<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30d5\u30a1\u30df\u901a.com (@famitsu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/famitsu\/status\/1919631055461789932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More interesting is the appearance of Knight Artorias the Abysswalker, who serves as a key NPC in Dark Souls. 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