One of the games of the year still holds a few surprises, with the arrival of a Colosseum mode dedicated to PVP, available today.
One of the biggest video game releases of the year has not finished revealing its secrets to us. After a whirlwind starta first for a From Software game, Elder Ring established itself with a much wider audience than the studio’s previous productions. This summer, the game had already crossed the bar of 16 million copies sold, so much so that even its creator cannot understand the phenomenon. In a round table at the end of the PlayStation Partners Awards, during which he received an award, Hidetaka Miyazaki indeed admitted that he himself was overwhelmed by this success. “Even if I wanted to reproduce it, I couldn’t”he joked.
A Colosseum for Shatterless
But he also said try not to think too much about it, so as not to be influenced in his next creations. About future creations, the data miners, these specialists who scrutinize the entrails of the code of the games, had already expressed their hints of new content coming soon. Today, we have confirmation of some of this information, with the official arrival of the player against player mode via the Colosseum mode. In this one, if the PVP is obviously in the spotlight and will allow different styles of fighters to prove their worth, it would also be a question of solo.
On the way to the GOTY?
Rumors reported the presence, still in the original game code, of about thirty bosses still unknown. Will they all be destined to animate the Colosseum mode, or are some already planned for an upcoming solo DLC? The mystery remains partially veiled for the moment. Still, the timing of this release, just a few days from the Game Awards 2022, allows us to put a timely spotlight on the title, released on February 25. The battle for Game of the Year with God Of War Ragnarök promises to be bloody.