Elden Ring smashes sales, hits top spot of the UK charts. – Destructoid

UK’s fastest-selling ‘Souls-like ‘ever

This past weekend it was pretty much impossible to avoid chatter about FromSoftware’s latest fantasy adventure, Elden RingGeneral Chat Chat Lounge To say that the challenging RPG has taken the gaming community by storm is an understatement of something, with social media chockablock with testimony, screenshots, and video clips captured from The Lands Between.

Unsurprisingly, this hype has translated into mega sales, with Elden Ring Now comfortably sitting in the number one spot of the UK Charts, usurping, Guerrilla Games’ fantasy adventure Horizon: Forbidden West, (though it should also be noted that Elden Ring is available on more formats). In the UK, Elden Ring has already become the fastest-selling title in the “Souls-like ”genre, had a bigger launch than FromSoft titles Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twiceand Bloodborne.

As reported by GamesIndustry.bizjust the physical sales of Elden Ring already broke the record set by the previous holder, Dark Souls, before we even take into account digital numbers. Add the fact that almost every major release today outsells its own physical release with its digital edition – And Elden Ring This is most certainly one of the biggest biggest releases of the year, probably the generation.

If you want to know what all the fuss is about, then check out Chris Carter’s review right here. Elden Ring Although available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms, PC players will be wise to note that the title is currently seeing some tech issues on both Steam Deck and even fairly meaty rigs.

Chris Moyse

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