Japanese studio Pocketpair gave its employees an extra day off on February 25th and 28th. Her representatives announced this on Twitter.
According to studio management, this was done so that employees could play Elden Ring. They noted that there was no point in not introducing holidays, since the developers would still not be able to focus on their duties in the first days after the release of the title from From Software.
Elden Ring was released on the night of February 25th. The game is available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Action from FromSoftware studio became the most popular game on Steam on the day of release, however, the user rating of the title turned out “mixed”. Many players have complained about various problems with the technical component of the title. Developers promised to fix Elden Ring shortcomings soon and have already released the first patch to improve the performance of the game.