IRVINE, Calif. – May 5, 2025 – Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. is heating up springtime in Boston with can’t miss activations at PAX East, including a brand new demo for FromSoftware, Inc.’s hotly anticipated next game, ELDEN RING™ NIGHTREIGN. The demo will feature large in an immersive theater on the show floor, where popular content creators will enlist players to take on the game’s challenging three-player co-op action, and if successful win prizes for everyone the audience. SHADOW LABYRINTH™, the 2D action platformer with a surprising Sci-Fi take on the iconic PAC-MAN™, will also be at the show as part of the panel “A Platform for Adventure: Metroidvania Game Makers Roundtable.” Organized by Bandai Namco, the panel brings together developers and subject matter expert Jeremy Parish as moderator to discuss the resurgence of the genre.
PAX East 2025 takes place May 8 – 11 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is located at the Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. booth (#16055). SHADOW LABYRINTH will be on the panel “A Platform for Adventure: Metroidvania Game Makers Roundtable” taking place at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 10, at the Albatross Theater. For show information, visit: www.bandainamcoent.com/events/pax-east.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone PvE co-op action game set in the same universe as the bestselling action RPG ELDEN RING™. This entirely new experience thrusts players into a harsh and unforgiving world, where they team up in squads of three to explore across a changing map and outlast a three day-and-night cycle to take on terrifying bosses known as Nightlords. PAX East attendees will have a chance to experience this game in a once-in-a-lifetime event, entering an immersive dome theater and participating in demos that will pair members of the audience with popular content creators. Seasoned Souls-like players Distortion2, Oroboro, LilAggy, Larxa, and Parkenharbor will enlist one lucky player for each demo session as they vie for prizes for everyone in attendance, while epic shout casters Jake Lyon and Shyowager amplify the action. ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN theater demos will run every hour at the Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. booth (16055); attendees will need to come to the booth to register for free to receive tickets with showtimes.
SHADOW LABYRINTH is part of the panel “A Platform for Adventure: Metroidvania Game Makers Roundtable.” Join experts who know what makes a great Metroidvania because they’re making them. Developers James Montagna, Director at WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Yars Rising), James Petruzzi, President at Bit Kid, Inc., (Chasm, WOLFHOUND), and Seigo Aizawa, Producer at Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (SHADOW LABYRINTH) join moderator Jeremy Parish, Media Curator at Limited Run Games and prolific author of books on classic games. The group will delve into their inspirations for making Metroidvania games and uncover why this genre is back – and should have never gone away. The panel takes place at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 10, at the Albatross Theater. Attendees will get a SHADOW LABYRINTH ‘dark PAC-MAN’ themed collectible item while supplies last.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is slated for release on May 30 for PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam®. For information on the game, visit the official website at www.nightreign.com.
SHADOW LABYRINTH is coming on July 18, 2025, to Nintendo Switch™ and Switch 2, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X | S, and PC via Steam®. For more information, visit www.shadowlabyrinthgame.com.
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About Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc., part of the Bandai Namco Group, is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive entertainment for major video game consoles, PC, online, and mobile platforms. The company is known for creating many of the industry’s beloved classic franchises such as PAC-MAN®, GALAGA®, TEKKEN®, SOULCALIBUR®, and ACE COMBAT®, and publishing the critically acclaimed DARK SOULS™ series and the blockbuster title ELDEN RING™. Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. is also the premier publisher in the Western hemisphere for anime-based video games including GUNDAM™, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™, DRAGON BALL™, and ONE PIECE®. Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. is headquartered in Irvine, California. More information about the company and its products can be found at http://www.bandainamcoent.com.
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