George R.R. Martin wrote the lore and did a huge amount of world building for the game.
The narrator of the story trailer is actually Aimee-Ffion Edwards, whose previous video game credits include Assassins Creed Valhalla and Everyone's Gone to the Rapture.
Elden Ring was widely acclaimed, earning multiple Game of the Year honors and frequent recognition as one of the greatest video games ever made. Its open world design, gameplay mechanics, and setting received particular praise. By surpassing 30 million copies sold, it also became one of the best-selling titles in gaming history.
Elden Ring was released in 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A version for the Nintendo Switch 2 has been announced for release in 2025.
FromSoftware designed Elden Ring as an open-world successor to Dark Souls (2011). Director Hidetaka Miyazaki invited author George R.R. Martin to develop the game's backstory, giving him broad creative freedom over the lore while Miyazaki shaped the in-game narrative. Despite Martin's involvement, the story is still conveyed through item descriptions, dialogue, and environmental details. Development placed strong emphasis on the scale of the world, character progression, and narrative depth, which required the creation of numerous large-scale structures throughout the map.