Registrations for the Elden Ring Nightreign network test open as FromSoft bets its stateless hardcores will battle site crashes to save some Valentine’s Day

You! The Elden Ring Nightreign online test is now open and you can register, for example by entering your name, to be considered for a place in it. Don’t worry, you don’t have to dive right in to have a chance at getting in, and some people who tried to do so had to contend with a fleeting crash of the Bandai Namco website as people rushed to get their names down.

If you somehow missed the announcement of Nightreign, it is a co-op focused title that will allow multiple players to take on FromSofftverse bosses in cooperative environments. So yes, Elden Ring with its buddies in a form that isn’t just about leaving cheeky notes for each other and the occasional attack to aid with a particular fight or shit.

This test was announced in December and registration started today, January 10, and will be open until January 20. To take a look at the Elden Ring Nightreign network test, it’s worth going there this link.

However, only PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S qualify as platforms for the test, which means you’re out of luck if you’re playing on PC or previous-gen consoles, although you’ll still be able to play the full game when it comes out. That said, that didn’t stop demand from being huge early on, as several potential registered users responded to Bandai’s tweet below by posting screenshots site that has temporarily he fell over AND died – or app loading/registration issues, if you want it to be less dramatic.

For those who get in, a network test is currently scheduled to take place over five three-hour sessions from February 14 to 17 at the following times:

Yes, a chance to spend three hours of February 14 – Valentine’s Day – playing Nightreign. As Orson Welles once said, “We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create for a moment the illusion that we are not alone.” Go play Elden Ring, I hope it will fill your heart with love.

And hey, if you don’t get in, you can always randomly decide to go on a mission to kill FromSoft bosses every day until Nightreign comes out, as one fan already did.