A very fuzzy Elden Ring video has leaked, maybe

Since its debut at E3 2019, From Software’s Dark Souls-but-with-ponies has been a consistent no-show at every subsequent games event, prompting speculation that the project is vapourware or cancelled or perhaps even some sort of mass hallucination. Until now.

Multiple off-screen videos of Elden Ring gameplay have apparently been circulating via confidential online channels for some time, according to Eurogamer, but were published on Twitter this week so now everybody knows – that’s assuming these are the same videos, however, because if so, nobody’s telling. Real or not? You decide. The Elden Ring News YouTube channel has compiled them into one video for your convenience.

If it is real, we can probably expect publisher Namco Bandai to quit being so secretive and just launch the trailer, omg, but Microsoft marketing boss Aaron Greenberg has confirmed that an Elden Ring premiere won’t be included in an Xbox event on 23 March. With Sony’s most recent State of Play event already concluded without Elden Ring, the next obvious opportunity would be the virtual E3 expo in June. But it’s not like Namco Bandai has to launch a new trailer on some special occasion, so it could be tomorrow. Or 2022.

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