The Elden Ring Nightreign network test is a way to try the game before it comes out. Elden Ring Nightreign was a surprise announcement back in December. The spinoff of the popular FromSoftware game comes out in May, but the network test starts on Friday. That is, if you were lucky to get selected.

Elden Ring’s online co-op spin-off should be beginning its first big network test today, except it’s all gone rather wrong. Back in January, soon after the announcement of this three-player incarnation of FromSoftware’s adored soulslike,

As our Elden Ring Nightreign network test times explainer lays out, FromSoftware is letting a select group of fans try the roguelike spin on the Lands Between in three-hour bursts over the coming days. The first of those time windows has just kicked off, though social media was swiftly filled with posts from players saying they couldn't get in.