Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition Gets a New Gameplay Showcase Days Before Its Switch 2 Launch

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One of the most acclaimed games of the last several years is about to reach a platform it's never been on before — and a new gameplay video just showed fans what to expect.

What's Releasing

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, FromSoftware's Nintendo Switch 2 version of its open-world action RPG, releases August 28, 2026, published by Bandai Namco. The edition bundles the base game, the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, and two new character classes.

The New Showcase

Ahead of launch, a new gameplay showcase video was released, giving the first extended look at the game running on Switch 2 hardware.

Worth Knowing: It Was Delayed Once Already

This port was originally targeted for 2025 before being delayed, with FromSoftware citing the need for further performance adjustments. Reporting since a subsequent hands-on session earlier this year suggested those adjustments had meaningfully improved how the game runs.

What To Know

Elden Ring is one of the most acclaimed and widely-played games of the past several years, and a Nintendo Switch platform had never had it before — for Switch-only players, this is a long-awaited chance to finally play it, and the new footage is the first real look at how it actually runs on the new hardware.

A late-arriving port to a Nintendo platform for a huge, already-established game is common in the industry generally, but it's worth noting this one already went through a public delay for performance reasons — the timing of a fresh gameplay showcase this close to launch functions as reassurance as much as promotion, addressing exactly the kind of performance concerns Japanese and international coverage had raised about the port.

What Fans Are Saying

• "Finally get to play this on Switch, day one for me."
• "Good that they took the extra time for performance instead of rushing it."
• "The new footage looks way better than I expected on Switch 2."

Original Japanese

• 「Switchでついに遊べる、発売日に買う」
• 「性能調整に時間をかけてくれて良かった」
• 「新しい映像、思ったより綺麗」

Easy Japanese

人気ゲーム『エルデンリング』のNintendo Switch 2版が、もうすぐ発売されます。新しいゲーム映像も公開されました。