Gameplay aside, Elden Ring represents a potential breath of fresh air for the Souls PvP community.
Gabri is one of the developers of the Dark Souls 3 PvP overhaul mod Champion’s Ashes, as well as the creator of the Elden Ring PvP Discord server, which is aiming to organise competitive play ahead of the release of FromSoftware’s open-world game on February 25.
“Now a lot of players like to play Ashes-only PvP instead of vanilla Dark Souls 3,” Gabri says.
From Dark Souls onwards, the games themselves have contained integrated duelling arenas, although competitive PvP has primarily revolved around player-driven duels and fight clubs.