TL;DR: Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Nintendo Switch 2 faces severe performance issues, with framerates dropping to 15-20 FPS, prompting Bandai Namco to ban gameplay capture at Gamescom 2025.

When Elden Ring popped up at Nintendo's Switch 2 reveal, it was a promising sign of third-party games finding their way to the new console. Yet reports from gamescom suggest Elden Ring runs poorly on ...

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition is set to release later this year, bringing FromSoftware's widely-lauded open-world opus to the Nintendo Switch 2. This is an exciting prospect for many, especially those ...

One of the most exciting things about the Switch 2 is that its souped-up power ostensibly means we'll get to play modern games on-the-go, but the improved specs don't guarantee stable ports. Case in ...

We played Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition in handheld mode on Switch 2 and came away very disappointed with the game's performance, especially when in the open areas like Limgrave. Frame rate drops were ...

Fans have been left disappointed by Elden Ring’s performance on the Nintendo Switch 2, as Bandai Namco stops anyone from recording footage in handheld mode. One of the looming questions hanging over ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. When the Nintendo Switch 2 was properly revealed, a perhaps-unsurprising reveal was the fact that Elden Ring would be coming to the platform. The ...

Fans have been left disappointed by Elden Ring’s performance on the Nintendo Switch 2, as Bandai Namco stops anyone from recording footage in handheld mode. One of the looming questions hanging over ...

Gamescom attendees are reportedly extremely unimpressed with the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring, citing severe performance issues that are causing the critically acclaimed title to dip as low ...

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Bandai Namco has released a video showing Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition running on the Nintendo Switch 2, following criticisms of the game’s performance on the system. The first Nintendo Switch 2 ...