{"id":376045,"date":"2026-08-26T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376045"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:21:16","slug":"elden-ring-is-now-official-for-nintendo-switch-2-tarnished-edition-arrives-august-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/elden-ring-is-now-official-for-nintendo-switch-2-tarnished-edition-arrives-august-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring is now official for Nintendo Switch 2: Tarnished Edition arrives August 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

FromSoftware has announced Elden Ring<\/a>: Tarnished Edition, its Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring. It launches on August 28, 2026<\/strong>, and includes both the base game and the Shadow of the Erdtree<\/a> expansion.<\/p>\n

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Early hands-on coverage, including reports based on roughly 10 hours of play, says Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition holds close to 30 fps<\/strong> in both handheld and docked mode, with only minor dips. More to the point, it still delivers the huge world, punishing combat, and pick-up-and-put-down rhythm that makes Elden Ring fit both short portable sessions and longer stretches on a TV.<\/p>\n\n

There are compromises. Character detail is dialed back, and textures look softer. Even so, the early hands-on read is that those cuts don’t really damage the experience, especially in a game where precision, visual clarity, and responsiveness<\/strong> matter so much. That also makes Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition a pretty serious test of how well Nintendo Switch 2 can handle modern third-party games.<\/p>\n\n

If you’ve been waiting to play Elden Ring on the go, this one looks easy to recommend, especially when you factor in the official sales numbers: Elden Ring has passed 30 million copies<\/strong>, and Shadow of the Erdtree is already above 10 million. FromSoftware is also bringing The Duskbloods<\/a> to Nintendo Switch 2 as an exclusive.<\/p>\n\n

You’ll be able to pick up Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 28, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FromSoftware has announced Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, its Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring. It launches on August 28, 2026, and includes both the base game and the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. Early hands-on coverage, including reports based on roughly 10 hours of play, says Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition holds close to 30 … Continue reading “Elden Ring is now official for Nintendo Switch 2: Tarnished Edition arrives August 28, 2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9337,"featured_media":376044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376046,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376045\/revisions\/376046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376045"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376045"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376045"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}