Elden Ring Tarnished Edition preorders are live for Switch 2, so hide your summer plans

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition is now available to digitally pre-order on Nintendo Switch 2, which is lovely news for anyone who looked at the summer calendar and thought that was when you were going to get through some of your backlog.

Bandai Namco has confirmed that the Switch 2 version of FromSoftware’s open-world RPG will launch on August 28, bringing both the original Elden Ring and its Shadow of the Erdtree expansion to Nintendo’s latest console. That means Switch 2 owners are not just getting the Lands Between, but also the Realm of Shadow.

The Tarnished Edition bundles in the base game, the acclaimed Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, and some new extras. These include two new starting classes, additional character armor, and the ability to customize Torrent, your loyal Spectral Steed. Finally, horse fashion. It’s always been the real endgame.

Existing Elden Ring players are not being left out completely, either. The new Tarnished Edition content will also be made available to purchase separately for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. So, if you have already conquered the Lands Between on another platform and still feel like you have unfinished business, FromSoftware is politely opening the door again and ushering you through once more.

Originally released in 2022, Elden Ring became one of the most celebrated games of the last decade, combining FromSoftware’s brutally rewarding action RPG design with a vast dark fantasy world shaped by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. Bandai Namco says the game has sold more than 30 million units worldwide and received more than 400 Game of the Year nominations.

There is still the big question of how Elden Ring will actually run on Switch 2, because this is not exactly a modest game. The Lands Between are huge and complicated. But if the port lands well, Tarnished Edition could become one of the most important third-party releases on Nintendo’s new hardware.

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition launches for Nintendo Switch 2 on August 28, 2026. Digital pre-orders are available now. At least it will arrive before the movie’s 2028 release.