Updated:

Dec 6, 2022 2:35 pm

Posted:

Dec 6, 2022 2:23 pm

FromSoftware has confirmed that Elden Ring's long-rumoured colosseum DLC is real, and it's disposable tomorrow, December 7, for free.

Revealed successful a caller trailer (below), the Colosseum Update unsurprisingly adds caller PvP modes that lets players tin look disconnected successful the expansive arenas scattered astir The Lands Between.

The trailer doesn't spell into specifics connected what each of these caller modes volition beryllium but does intelligibly amusement some 1 connected 1 battles alongside what appears to doubles and adjacent 3 connected 3 fights. The trailer's statement besides mentions free-for-alls.

"Come forth, warriors, and bask successful the glory of the Colosseum," it reads. "The Colosseums of Limgrave, Leyndell, and Caelid volition unfastened their gates, allowing players to prosecute successful battles specified arsenic duels, free-for-alls and squad fights."

The Colosseums person existed wrong the crippled since its motorboat but person been inaccessible successful mean gameplay. That didn't halt immoderate radical from exploring the area though, arsenic immoderate modders got it moving arsenic aboriginal arsenic April.

PvP wasn't an option, of course, but assorted gladiator-esque warring sequences were discovered including fights betwixt warriors and elephantine lions. Different Sites of Grace were besides recovered successful the area, suggesting that FromSoftware would astatine immoderate constituent let radical to question to each Colosseum.

We yet cognize for sure, however, and the astonishment motorboat time volition beryllium the archetypal portion of DLC extracurricular of regular updates and patches that Elden Ring has received.

In our 10/10 review, IGN said: "Elden Ring is simply a monolithic iteration connected what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an unthinkable unfastened satellite that gives america the state to take our ain path."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK quality editor. He'll speech astir The Witcher each day.