Tales, Elden Ring Publisher Bandai Namco Teases New RPG Reveal

Bandai Namco, the steadfast down FromSoftware titles specified arsenic Dark Souls and Elden Ring, arsenic good arsenic its ain RPG bid specified arsenic Tales, has confirmed plans to uncover a caller role-playing game.

The announcement volition premiere via YouTube aboriginal this week connected Thursday, March 5 astatine 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK. A statement for the yet-to-be revealed trailer simply states: "A serenity soon to beryllium disturbed."

Of course, there's already speculation implicit what this crippled mightiness beryllium — and yes, Elden Ring 2 was 1 of the archetypal suggestions (to beryllium fair, the announcement's lettering looks somewhat akin to Elden Ring's logo). But an announcement of that magnitude seems amended suited to a large announcement showcase, alternatively than conscionable appearing online connected a random Thursday.

So what other could it be? There's a decent anticipation this is the adjacent crippled successful Bandai Namco's venerable Tales series, pursuing 2021's fashionable Tales of Arise. Five years on, it feels clip for a glimpse astatine an all-new adventure.

Other possibilities beryllium too, though, including this being a caller RPG for the Digimon franchise, which Bandai besides owns the rights to. The institution has besides published FromSoftware's Armored Core. Then there's Bandai Namco's Dragon Ball games.

"With an fantabulous communicative and formed and a reinvigorated combat system, Tales of Arise is the changeable successful the limb the long-running Tales RPG bid needed to recapture its champion moments," we wrote successful IGN's Tales of Arise review, which returned a 9/10. Is it yet clip for different chapter? Stay tuned for much aboriginal this week.

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