{"id":449812,"date":"2025-11-09T08:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/george-rr-martin-elden-ring"},"modified":"2025-11-09T08:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:21:47","slug":"george-rr-martin-reveals-how-from-software-got-him-to-work-on-elden-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/george-rr-martin-reveals-how-from-software-got-him-to-work-on-elden-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"George RR Martin reveals how From Software got him to work on Elden Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/george-rr-martin-reveals-how-from-software-got-him-to-work-on-elden-ring.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Elden Ring<\/strong> only weeks away, legendary author George R.R Martin took to his <a href=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2021\/12\/18\/long-long-ago\/\">blog<\/a> to reveal what led him to work on his first video game. Admitting that video games &ldquo;aren&rsquo;t really my thing&rdquo; Martin goes onto say that despite that, what Hidetaka Miyazaki approached him with was simply &ldquo;too exciting to refuse&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miyazaki and his team from FromSoftware were doing ground-breaking stuff with gorgeous art, and what they wanted from me was just a bit of worldbuilding: a deep, dark, resonant world to serve as a foundation for the game they planned to create,&#8221; Martin wrote &#8220;And as it happens, I love creating worlds and writing imaginary history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite his admission that he&rsquo;s not really a gamer, Martin expresses fondness for a few select classics: Railroad Tycoon, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Master of Orion. 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Admitting that video games &ldquo;aren&rsquo;t really my thing&rdquo; Martin goes onto say that despite that, what Hidetaka Miyazaki approached him with was simply &ldquo;too exciting to refuse&rdquo;. &#8220;Miyazaki and his team from FromSoftware were doing ground-breaking stuff with gorgeous art, and what they wanted from me was just a bit of worldbuilding: a deep, dark, resonant world to serve as a foundation for the game they planned to create,&#8221; Martin wrote &#8220;And as it happens, I love creating worlds and writing imaginary history.&#8221; Despite his admission that he&rsquo;s not really a gamer, Martin expresses fondness for a few&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/george-rr-martin-reveals-how-from-software-got-him-to-work-on-elden-ring\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":449813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[423,706,964,468,6434,59,44,45,60,4616],"class_list":["post-449812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-action-rpg","tag-bandai-namco","tag-elden-ring","tag-from-software","tag-george-rr-martin","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>George RR Martin reveals how From Software got him to work on Elden Ring | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With Elden Ring only weeks away, legendary author George R.R Martin took to his blog to reveal what led him to work on his first video game. 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