Nintendo Switch 2 owners will have just a little bit longer to venture into The Lands Between. Developer FromSoftware announced today that its upcoming port of the open-world RPG Elden Ring — dubbed “Tarnished Edition” — won’t be launching in 2025 as originally planned. Instead, it will be out at some unspecified point in 2026. No specific reason was given for the delay other than “to allow time for performance adjustments.”
Elden Ring on the Switch 2 is delayed until 2026
Don’t arise just yet, ye Tarnished.
Don’t arise just yet, ye Tarnished.
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Elden Ring originally launched in 2022, and the Switch 2 version was announced during Nintendo’s big Direct presentation in April, alongside another From game called Duskbloods. It’s one of several blockbuster games being ported to Nintendo’s more powerful handheld console, and there are a number of big titles on the way soon. Ubisoft just announced that Assassin’s Creed Shadows is coming to the Switch 2 on December 2nd, while the Final Fantasy VII remake is making its way over on January 22nd.
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