Elden Ring Patch 1.02 Slightly Delayed Following Tsunami Warnings

Elden Ring Nightreign’s highly anticipated Patch 1.02 has been slightly delayed, following tsunami warnings in Japan. Originally scheduled to go live starting July 30, Bandai Namco has moved the date to July 31 at 1 AM PT / 4 AM ET.

This is in light of a massive earthquake occurring near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, which in turn led to an evacuation order for 1.9 million people situated around Japan’s east coast. The country’s weather agency has reported that a tsunami wave of 4.3 feet has already reached the northern Iwate prefecture, according to the BBC.

When the patch does go live, it’ll introduce a new two-player mode Duos mode to Elden Ring Nightreign, allowing pairs of players to take on the game’s challenges without needing to recruit a third person. Elden Ring Nightreign was designed for teams of three, but on PC, an unofficial duos mod proved to be surprisingly popular with players.

Game director Junya Ishizaki had previously spoken about how a two-player mode for Elden Ring Nightreign had been “overlooked” during development, but he added at the time that From Software had begun looking into it.

The game has been another big hit for From Software, as it recently crossed 5 million sales and it peaked at 313,593 concurrent users on Steam alone (via SteamDB). Meanwhile, Elden Ring has sold over 30 million copies so far, and From Software’s next big game will be The Duskbloods for the Switch 2.