A New Demo of Elden Ring Nightreign to be Featured in PAX East

Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced that a new demo for Elden Ring Nightreign is coming to this year's PAX East. It's going to be featured in an immersive theater on the show floor with popular content creators trying out the game’s challenging three-player co-op action. If they're successful then those in the audience can win prizes.

PAX East 2025 is happening on May 8 to May 11 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The Elden Ring Nightreign is at the Bandai Namco Entertainment America booth (#16055).

Through the demo, the studio hopes that this gives those attending the event a chance to experience the game. In particular, the demo has members of the audience paired with content creators. These include seasoned Souls-like players that include Distortion2, Oroboro, LilAggy, Larxa, and Parkenharbor. Meanwhile, amplifying the action are shout casters Jake Lyon and Shyowager.

The demo for Elden Ring Nightreign runs every hour. Attendees need to come to the booth to register for free to receive tickets with showtimes.

Elden Ring Nightreign features a multiplayer-focused return to Roundtable Hold. The game itself is set in a parallel universe to that in Elden Ring. It has players choose from a roster of eight unique characters with each one having their own unique abilities along with powerful ultimates.

Players go on a journey that takes them to Limveld. This is an ever-changing map where they have to make those split-second decisions especially when it comes to combat and exploration. They’ll also have to face a night cycle where the map shrinks with the coming Night’s Tide. Then at the end of each night players have to fight against a powerful boss and if they win, move on to face bigger challenges.

Each session ends on the third night when players must face off against the chosen Nightlord. While individuals have the choice to fight the night alone, there is always strength when it comes to numbers. To hurdle these challenges, they’ll need to cooperate and one way is to combine those unique abilities. Even if they fall, not everything is lost. That’s because unsuccessful runs give players relics which let them customize and upgrade their characters tailored to their personal play styles.

Elden Ring Nightreign is releasing May 30 for the PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X/S.