Bandai Namco will host a live show to celebrate Elden Ring’s one-year anniversary

Bandai Namco Announced a livestream celebrating the first anniversary of the Elden Ring.

Damn, can you believe it’s been almost a year since Elden Ring came out? No, I don’t want to think about it either, the existential horror of thinking about the passage of time is too much. That’s not a concern for Bandai Namco, though, as it announced earlier this week that it would host a livestream dedicated to the game’s first anniversary, complete with various events.

“Welcome to our 1st Anniversary celebration of Elden Ring in Stockholm,” read the tweet announcing the livestream. “On February 25th, we invite everyone to celebrate with us at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in Stockholm. The event will also be streamed live on Twitch. More info (very) coming soon!”

According to the announcement post, fans can look forward to giveaways, contests, exclusive prizes, bar quizzes, drinks, cosplay, and PVP at the event, though apparently some of this will only be at the physical event. Before you ask, no, there wasn’t any mention of DLC being at the event, though it seemed like it was only clamoring to celebrate the game’s one-year anniversary (even though the game was a Game of the Year award).

Game director Hidetaka Miyazaki did tease in his acceptance speech that FromSoftware wanted to do “more things” with Elden Ring, so there may be more than one DLC planned. In December, the game received a free PvP update that finally welcomed everyone into mysterious arenas scattered around the world.

Almost every Souls game has received some sort of expansion after the base game’s release, and considering how much Elden Ring sold, it would be surprising if it didn’t receive any.