This week was full of Elden Ring news stories, some of which were good, some great and some like the Melania fight – absolute crap. But this week it’s a little different. It’s been a while since the game itself, FromSoftware or Bandai Namco were in the news, unlike the Elden Ring community. Sadly, it wasn’t exactly a triumphant return to this roundup for Bandai Namco.
Bandai Namco Confirms Hacked, Customer Data May Be Stolen
Early last week, reports came in that publisher Bandai Namco was the victim of a major hack. While much of the following leaked data was fake, Bandai Namco later confirmed that it had indeed been hacked and customer data may have been stolen.
“On July 3, 2022, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. confirmed that it has experienced unauthorized third-party access to the internal systems of several group companies in Asian regions (excluding Japan),” the studio said in a statement. “It is possible that customer information related to the Toys and Hobby Business in Asian regions (excluding Japan) is included in the servers and PCs.”
Elden Ring is a top 10 bestseller of all time in the US, isn’t it?
While the publisher was busy cleaning up that mess, Elden Ring was busy hitting new milestones. In just under five months since its launch, FromSoftware’s masterpiece became one of the best-selling games of all time in the US. The news came from NPD analyst Mat Piscatella.
Later, however, Piscatella withdrew his statement because he overlooked certain elements. “Because the ranked charts don’t include the full history for all titles and all platforms — both physical and digital sales — this note was worded too definitively for what is an incompletely comparable universe,” he said. explained.
Modathon takes place this week
Mods have something special that can make a game better, or make it so cursed that you never want to play it again. Think Skyblivion vs Randy Savage dragons. But the fact remains that modders deserve a reward for their efforts and that’s exactly what the Elden Ring Modathon aims to do, with cash prizes for the Most Cursed, Best Reskin, and Game Changer categories.
“The 2022 Elden Ring Modathon comes July 15 with a total prize pool of $1,000 across three event categories and judged by modders such as LobosJr, Amir, Zullie the Witch and myself,” said organizer LeKevDev. You can participate solo or with a team, and amateurs – or those who want to get into modding – are encouraged to participate.
Player reaches maximum playing time counter
Is there such a thing as playing too much Elden Ring? According to the game itself, there is. Anything above 999 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds might be a bit too much, even for Elden Ring, because that’s where the playtime counter stops. This was discovered by Reddit user JayZRebellion, who managed to max out the counter at level 648.
In case you would like to try this, you should play the game for 143 days for 7.35 hours a day. Or for JayZRebellion, each day since the game’s launch.
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