Elden Ring Nightreign explodes
Bandai Namco says the Nightreign expansion sold roughly 2.5 million units in 48 hours and generated about $450M — server performance issues were reported amid the surge. (ad-hoc-news.de) (technobezz.com)
ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN launched as a standalone title on May 29, 2025 and is published across PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series X|S and PC. (steamdb.info) Bandai Namco and FromSoftware announced the title had shipped over 5 million units in an official notice dated July 24, 2025. (bandainamcoent.co.jp) That same corporate release lists Nao Udagawa as Bandai Namco’s President & CEO and Hidetaka Miyazaki as FromSoftware’s President. (bandainamcoent.co.jp) Steam-tracking services recorded an all-time concurrent peak of roughly 313,593 players at launch on May 29, 2025. (steamdb.info) Current live Steam figures are far lower than that peak, with contemporaneous trackers showing in‑game counts in the low tens of thousands (SteamDB ~18,667; SteamPlayerCount ~14,074). (steamdb.info) Crowd-sourced outage monitors logged connection problems during this week’s surge, with Technobezz reporting 32 player reports in 24 hours and Downdetector listing “server connection” as the top complaint. (technobezz.com) FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have been issuing patches since launch and added The Forsaken Hollows DLC via Patch 1.03 in December 2025, with official patch notes posted on Bandai Namco’s site and SteamDB. (bandainamcoent.com) Bandai Namco’s FY2026 presentation highlights Nightreign as a major contributor to the company’s digital-unit strength and shows consolidated net sales above ¥1 trillion for the first nine months of FY2026. (docs.publicnow.com)
