FromSoftware didn't start Elden Ring Nightreign's development with the idea of borrowing from the battle royale genre, though some on-the-fly experimentation worked so well that the team decided to stick with it.
Like other popular genre stapes like Fortnite or PUBG, Elden Ring Nightreign features a big ol' ring of death that'll scooch you along. While it's a design trick that works nicely to shape the experience FromSoftware is after, making an Elden Ring battle royale game certainly wasn't what the devs initially set out to do.
