Elden Ring finally stepped out of the shadows with a proper trailer and several chunky interviews during E3 week, but one person we hadn’t heard from on the subject was, of course, George R.R. Martin. The Game of Thrones author has been involved in some of the writing for Elden Ring, and now we’ve finally heard a little more about his contributions from the man himself.
Martin recently visited Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism (where he studied in the ’70s) to receive an honorary doctorate, and during the visit spoke to local news station WWTW about his career… including Elden Ring. He didn’t exactly provide any shocking revelations, but confirmed he’d mainly been involved in the early stages of development and creating the game’s fantasy world.
“The game is called the Elden Ring and it’s a sequel to a video game that came out a few years ago called Dark Souls,” Martin said. “My work on it was actually done years ago. These games, they’re like movies, they take a long time to develop.
