At which 2019 event was Elden Ring first publicly revealed?

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Elden Ring was first publicly revealed at E3 2019.

Microsoft’s Xbox presentation at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 showed the game’s announcement trailer. The trailer confirmed a collaboration between FromSoftware, creator of the Dark Souls series, and fantasy author George R. R. Martin.

The reveal was followed by a long period without new gameplay information. FromSoftware showed Elden Ring gameplay publicly in 2021, before its worldwide release in February 2022. This timing can cause confusion because E3 2021 featured a major gameplay trailer, but it was not the original reveal.

E3, formally the Electronic Entertainment Expo, was one of the video game industry’s major annual events. The 2019 presentation introduced Elden Ring to the public several years before the game launched on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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