Elden Ring
Bandai Namco has released a new trailer that blends live-action and gameplay scenes from Elden Ring. Also introducing the game to us is the famous actress Ming-Na Wen. You can see the trailer above.In the video we see the actress who, in slippers, is preparing to fulfill her new mission, to go in search of the Elden Ring, in the homonymous game by FromSoftware. The woman reminds us that "arrogance is failure and the search for the Elden Ring will be no different". The video features a series of action scenes taken from the game, showing us enemies, bosses, weapons and attacks at the character's disposal.
Ming-Na Wen explains that Elden Ring will test his stamina and her imagination. Finally, he wishes us the best of luck on our journey and states "May death never stop you", which is the motto and title chosen for this trailer.
Ming-Na Wen is a well-known actress who recently held the role of Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. She has also appeared in Agents of SHIELD, Fresh off the Boat, and countless other films and TV series throughout her career.
We also report that a review bombing is underway on Metacritic, the PC version of Elden. Ring is the most criticized.
Have you noticed any errors?
Elden Ring is the biggest non-FIFA or Call of Duty launch since Red Dead Redemption 2 | UK Digital Charts
Share this article
Elden Ring is the biggest UK video game launch since Call of Duty: Vanguard, according to the latest digital and physical data supplied by GSD.
Its sales are 2.5x that of last week's big new release, PlayStation's Horizon: Forbidden West. In fact, it's the biggest game launch outside of the Call of Duty and FIFA franchises since Red Dead Redemption 2 in October 2018.
Its week 1 sales are bigger than Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which delivered significant opening sales back in 2020.
Note: Nintendo doesn't share digital data.
According to GSD's figures, digital downloads accounted for over 68% of Elden Ring's sales. Xbox and PC were the biggest digital platforms. Almost 85% of Elden Ring sales on Xbox were downloaded, and on PC it was 73%. For PS5 and PS4, the sales were just over 50% digital.
According to GSD's digital and physical numbers, 32% of sales were on PlayStation 5, 30% on PC, 29% on Xbox and 9% on PS4.
The sucess of Elden Ring means that Horizon: Forbidden West slips to second place this week in the combine charts, with sales down 80%. In the digital charts, it falls to No.3 behind FIFA 22.
The only other new game in the charts is Grid Legends, which just about reaches the Top Ten at No.10. 60% of the racing game's sales were via digital downloads.
Here is the GSD UK Digital Top Ten for the week ending February 26:
PositionTitle1Elden Ring2FIFA 223Horizon: Forbidden West4Grand Theft Auto 55Horizon: Zero Dawn6Assassin's Creed Valhalla7NBA 2K228Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection9XCOM 210Grid LegendsHere is the GSD UK Combined (Physical + Digital) Top Ten for the week ending February 26:
PositionTitle1Elden Ring2Horizon: Forbidden West3FIFA 224Grand Theft Auto 55Pokémon Legends: Arceus6Horizon: Zero Dawn7Call of Duty: Vanguard8Assassin's Creed Valhalla9Mario Kart 8 Deluxe10Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy: The Definitive EditionGSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Big Ben Interactive, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Focus Home Interactive, Koch Media, Konami, Microids, Microsoft, Milestone, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Strelka, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and Bethesda are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.