Mid-December caused a flurry of excitement when the new co-op spin-off to Elden Ring – Nightreign – was announced at The Game Awards. At the time it became clear that there would be a series of Network Tests that would allow FromSoftware to carry out some essential research into how the game plays, while also giving players a chance to grab a sneaky first look at what’s in store for them when they return to The Lands Between. We covered all this back then, but time flies and we are now just a few hours away, at the time of writing, for the registration window to take part in the Network Test open for real.