FromSoftware does not consider Elden Ring Nightreign to be a live service game. The multiplayer spinoff to 2021's massive hit was announced at The Game Awards last year, surprising fans expecting a single-player follow-up.

You might wonder if Elden Ring Nightreign took the co-op roguelike route to chase a trend, but for FromSoftware, it was more about making it "concentrated".

Nightreign isn't chasing the roguelike trend, says FromSoftware, though the dev team isn't opposed to following others' lead either.

That said, FromSoftware "never really held the stance 'let's absolutely not do anything that other companies are doing'"