Elden Ring, Oct. 23 -- Tarnished Edition will not be launching on Nintendo Switch 2 this year, FromSoftware confirmed on 23 October. Originally planned for a 2025 release, this new version is meant to bring the award-winning RPG to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 - marking FromSoftware's first release on a Nintendo console since Dark Souls: Remastered in 2018. But after the developer's latest update, that will not be the case.

In a short statement on X, the studio said it needs more time to make "game performance adjustments".

"Regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, which was scheduled for release in 2025, we have determined that additional time is required for game performance adjustments, and we will there...