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The Verge
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Elden Ring Nightreign may be co-op, but I'm having a blast solo
Imagine playing Fortnite, but instead of fighting other players, all you want to do is break into houses to look for caches of slurp juice. Yes, the storm is closing in on you, and there's a bunch of enemies waiting to kill you, but all you want to do is take a walking tour of Tilted Towers. Then when the match is over, instead of queueing again, you start reading the in-game lore for Peely and Sabrina Carpenter. You can count your number of player kills on one hand meanwhile your number of deaths is in the hundreds. You've never achieved a victory royale, but you've never had more fun. That's how I play Elden Ring Nightreign. Nightreign is FromSoftware's first Elden Ring spinoff, and it's unlike any Souls game that the developer has done before. Nightreign has the conceit of so many battle royale games — multiplayer combat focused on acquiring resources across a large map that slowly shrinks over time — wrapped in the narrative, visual aesthetics, and combat of Elden Ring. Instead of the Tarnished, you are a Nightfarer. Instead of the expansive Lands Between, you are sent to Limveld, an island with an ever-shifting landscape. And instead of becoming the Elden Lord, your goal is to defeat the Night Lord and end the destructive storm that scours the land. Elden Ring Nightreign aura-farming exhibit A. In Nightreign, gameplay sessions are broken up into expeditions, each of which is divided into three day-night cycles. During the day, you — either solo or with two other players — explore the world looking for weapon upgrades and fighting bosses for the enhancements they reward. You'll be forced to move as the deadly Night's Tide slowly consumes the map, whittling your health to nothing if you're caught in it. When the map is at its smallest, you face a tough midboss. Defeat it to commence day two of the expedition or die and start it all over. Then, on the third day, you face the expedition's final boss. There are several expeditions to conquer each with different bosses, mid-bosses, weapons to collect, and all kinds of events that make each run unique. I had the opportunity to play Nightreign once before earlier this year (and during a more recent network test) , and it wasn't the best preview, as the game was plagued with all kinds of issues that didn't allow me to experience it the way the developers intended. Those technical issues have been ironed out but I still haven't completed the game's most basic objective: beat the first expedition. This isn't because of any technical or gameplay issues I had. For the times I wanted to play as intended, my colleague Jay Peters stepped in to help me and I had no problem finding party members to tackle expeditions with on my own… I just never really wanted to. And part of the reason why I'm enjoying Nightreign so much is because the game lets me play it in a way that's completely counterintuitive – slowly and alone. Collaborative gaming doesn't always feel good to me. I want to take things at my own pace, and that's hard to do when there's a group of people frustrated with me because they need my help to kill a boss while I'm still delving into a dungeon a mile away. But the ability to solo queue does come with a significant catch – you're not gonna get very far. I died often and to everything from random enemies to bosses. It's not often that I even make it to that first boss fight without dying to the warm-up battles that precede it. This should frustrate me, but I don't care in the slightest. I'm just so pleased that I can go at my own pace to explore more of Elden Ring 's visually gorgeous and narratively sumptuous world. Which brings me to my favorite part: its characters. Nightreign has eight new classes, each with their own unique abilities. The classes can still use every weapon you find (with some locked behind level requirements) so there's an option to tailor a character to fit your playstyle. There are certain kinds of classes I gravitate toward, specifically ranged combat, but for the first time in a class-based game, I love every one of them. It is so much fun shredding enemies to ribbons with the Duchess, using her Restage ability to replay the attacks done to an enemy essentially doubling the damage they receive. I love the Raider's powers of just being a big fuckin' dude, slamming things with big ass great weapons. And true to my ranged combat loving heart, Ironeye's specialty with bows makes it so nice when I wanna kill things without putting myself in danger. Then there's the Guardian. Look at him. He's a giant armored bird-person with the busted wing and the huge-ass halberd and shield. His story involves being a protector who failed his flock and has found a new one in the other Nightfarers. I fell to my knees reading one of his codex entries and seeing how the Recluse, the mage character, helped him with his damaged wing. Every character has a codex that updates with their personal story the more expeditions you attempt. This is the shit I get out of bed for. I thought I was going to hate the concept of Nightreign. I want more E lden Ring: I love that world, so any chance I can have to go back, I'll take but… I just don't like multiplayer games. Describing Nightreign makes it sound like the reason why it exists is because an out of touch CEO looked at the popularity of Elden Ring and at all the money Fortnite prints and went 'Yeah, let's do that.' Even if that's the case, Nightreign has been constructed so that it still appeals to lore freaks like me and I can ignore the less savory bits around multiplayer with relative ease. If I can take a moment and borrow a pair of words from my Gen Z niblings to describe Nightreign it'd be 'aura' and 'aura farming.' Aura is used to describe a person's general coolness or badassery while aura farming is the activities one can engage in to increase one's aura. John Wick has aura. In the first movie, when he performs his monologue about getting back in the assassin business spitting and screaming – that's aura farming. And between the cooperative nature of the game, its rapid-paced combat, and the new characters, abilities, and story, Elden Ring Nightreign has a ton of aura that I'm having a lot of fun farming – just not in the way I expected.
Irish Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Ted and Peely's Great Adventures
One day after school, Peely was feeling excited on their way to the new park, because it had just opened. Peely met the two popular and horrid bullies from school. They were way bigger than Peely and they were unkind. There was a little dog there called Ted. Ted and Peely were from the same class at school. Ted noticed the unkindness. 'Get away from him,' Ted growled, took off his collar, and chased them out of the park. Peely was shocked and in a frightened way he said, 'Thank you. Would you like to come to my house to play?' They were calmly walking when Peely tripped over a curb and hurt his knee. 'I think I need a rest,' thought Peely to himself. When Ted was helping Peely up, they stumbled across some footprints. The footprints looked like ginormous, purple paws. 'This looks like one of my old friends,' said Peely ... READ MORE
North Wales Live
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Live
LEGO launches four new Fortnite sets for children and older builders
The LEGO Group has unveiled the latest additions to its LEGO Fortnite physical product range. The four new sets include: LEGO Fortnite Peely & Sparkplug's Camp, LEGO Fortnite Durrr Burger Restaurant and LEGO Fortnite Klombo which will all be available to purchase from June 1 and the LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader that is available for pre-order from April and available to purchase from August 1. The new sets will allow builders to recreate even more of their favourite characters and moments from LEGO Fortnite Odyssey and Fortnite. This announcement follows on from the first-ever release of LEGO Fortnite physical sets last year. The first product in this latest launch is the LEGO Fortnite Peely & Sparkplug's Camp. This 250-piece set is inspired by some of the first challenges you meet in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey, with builders aged 7+ able to recreate the campfire, ruins and workbench settings, with Peely, Sparkplug minifigures, as well as Supply Llama, wolf and skeleton figures also included. Gaming fans will be able to unlock the Sparkplug Outfit in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games by scanning the QR code on the cover of the building instructions. The LEGO Fortnite Durrr Burger Restaurant is a 546-piece set which allows builders to construct one of LEGO Fortnite's gameplay locations. Builders aged 10+ will be able to recreate all the action with four minifigure characters included in the set, such as Beach Bomber, Beef Boss and Grimey. There's also an extra for fans, with the set unlocking the Beef Boss Outfit in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games. The third set announced, LEGO Fortnite Klombo will allow builders 10+ to befriend one of LEGO Fortnite's characters. Fitted with movable legs, an opening mouth and rotating tail, as well as including a small Klomberry bush with detachable Klomberries, this is an 1,084-piece model. The set also features minifigures of Island Adventure Peely and Oro and includes a digital bonus allowing builders to redeem the Island Adventure Peely Outfit in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games. Completing the new releases is a set for older builders, the LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader. The 2,503-piece model offers fans an immersive project based on the character that saved the Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 1 Island. The set also includes two digital bonus items, allowing players to redeem: the Mecha Team Leader and Mecha Team Shadow Outfits redeemable in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games.
Wales Online
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
LEGO launches four new Fortnite sets for children and older builders
LEGO launches four new Fortnite sets for children and older builders The sets come with exclusive Fortnite digital bonus content The LEGO Group has unveiled the latest additions to its LEGO Fortnite physical product range. The four new sets include: LEGO Fortnite Peely & Sparkplug's Camp, LEGO Fortnite Durrr Burger Restaurant and LEGO Fortnite Klombo which will all be available to purchase from June 1 and the LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader that is available for pre-order from April and available to purchase from August 1. The new sets will allow builders to recreate even more of their favourite characters and moments from LEGO Fortnite Odyssey and Fortnite. This announcement follows on from the first-ever release of LEGO Fortnite physical sets last year. The first product in this latest launch is the LEGO Fortnite Peely & Sparkplug's Camp. This 250-piece set is inspired by some of the first challenges you meet in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey, with builders aged 7+ able to recreate the campfire, ruins and workbench settings, with Peely, Sparkplug minifigures, as well as Supply Llama, wolf and skeleton figures also included. Gaming fans will be able to unlock the Sparkplug Outfit in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games by scanning the QR code on the cover of the building instructions. The LEGO Fortnite Durrr Burger Restaurant is a 546-piece set which allows builders to construct one of LEGO Fortnite's gameplay locations. Builders aged 10+ will be able to recreate all the action with four minifigure characters included in the set, such as Beach Bomber, Beef Boss and Grimey. There's also an extra for fans, with the set unlocking the Beef Boss Outfit in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games. The third set announced, LEGO Fortnite Klombo will allow builders 10+ to befriend one of LEGO Fortnite's characters. Fitted with movable legs, an opening mouth and rotating tail, as well as including a small Klomberry bush with detachable Klomberries, this is an 1,084-piece model. The set also features minifigures of Island Adventure Peely and Oro and includes a digital bonus allowing builders to redeem the Island Adventure Peely Outfit in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games. Completing the new releases is a set for older builders, the LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader. The 2,503-piece model offers fans an immersive project based on the character that saved the Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 1 Island. Article continues below The set also includes two digital bonus items, allowing players to redeem: the Mecha Team Leader and Mecha Team Shadow Outfits redeemable in the LEGO Fortnite and Fortnite games. The LEGO Fortnite sets will be available to purchase from
Metro
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
New Lego Fortnite sets feature Klombo and Mecha Team Leader
The most expensive Lego Fortnite set yet has been revealed but it and three others all come with QR codes to unlock in-game skins. Video games are suddenly big business again when it comes to Hollywood but they're also increasingly more mainstream in other areas, including the world's most popular toy brand: Lego. A new Pokémon line was recently announced for next year, to go alongside Super Mario, Zelda, and Animal Crossing sets, but Nintendo is not the only publisher that Lego has teamed up with. Everyone from Sony to Sega to Atari has had sets made of their various games but it's only recently that Fortnite has been added to the list. That's surprising given there's a whole Lego-themed game mode now, but with these four new sets they're making up for lost time. The previous four sets were an impressively varied and imaginative bunch, with a pleasingly cheap (for Lego) Battle Bus set with a ton of minifigures. That was the obvious thing to do but there's also a giant statue of Peely Bone, a Supply Llama, and a wallet friendly Durrr Burger model. The new wave is equally varied and starts with two relatively straightforward playsets. This is the cheapest and is based on the Lego Odyssey survival mode from the game. You get minifigures of Peely and Sparkplug, plus a skeleton, a supply llama, and a brick-built wolf. There's also a campfire and a workbench, plus the ability to scan the QR code on the building instructions to get a Sparkplug outfit you can use in the game. This playset is a bit bigger and includes a detailed interior, with a drinks machine and a cash register, plus a seating area and a sign featuring the drive-thru menu. There's four minifigures this time, with Beach Bomber, Beef Boss, Grimey, and a skeleton. The QR code unlocks a Beef Boss outfit in the game. The whole thing is 27cm tall, including the Durrr Burger mascot on the roof, so it's bigger than it looks. Fortnite or not, this six-legged monster is a cool bit of a Lego design. He's got moveable limbs, an opening mouth, and rotating tail, plus you can feed him Klomberries from a buildable Komberry bush. More Trending You also get two minifigures, of Island Adventure Peely and Oro, who can sit on Klombo's back if you want them to (or feed them into his mouth, if you'd prefer). The QR code is for an Island Adventure Peely costume in the game. The biggest and most expensive Fortnite set is also just a really neat bit of Lego. It's a 45cm tall model of the giant robot that saved Battle Royale Chapter 1 Island in the game, which looks like a Care Bears version of Voltron. As the price implies, this one is aimed more at adults than kids, as it's got an 18+ age rating for the difficulty of building it. It's made up of 2,503 Lego pieces and is fully poseable, including with the sword accessory. You've also got a separate minifigure that can act as the driver in the chest cockpit. This set has multiple QR codes to make use of, for Mecha Team Leader and Mecha Team Shadow outfits. The Peely & Sparkplug's Camp, Durrr Burger Restaurant, and Klombo sets will be available from June 1. The Mecha Team Leader set won't be out until August 1, but you can pre-order it now from the Lego website. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our newsletter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Nintendo fans figure out new way to fight Switch 2 scalpers pre-orders MORE: Fallout 3 remaster needs major improvements says former designer MORE: Nintendo Switch will be biggest console launch in video game history says expert
