Archive EntryPreservation Record
ELDEN RING
Shelf markLIB-0010
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2022Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- ELDEN RING
- Release
- February 24, 2022
- Developer
- FromSoftware, Inc.
- Publisher
- FromSoftware, Inc. · Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · RPG · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · no physical counterpart on the shelf
- Condition Report
- The archive’s copy exists only as a Steam license. Condition concerns are those of the account and client, not of a disc or case.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 3, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 3, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 1245620
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-1245620- Provenance reconciled
- August 3, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 132 hours
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Archive Steam client on Windows PC
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam
- Playback Compatibility
- The retained path of access is the Steam license attached to the archive account.
- Preservation Concerns
- Storefront and account dependency remain the central preservation risks. No separate offline media was acquired with this filing.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated February 24, 2022. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Held on the archive Steam account; access lasts only as long as that custody and Steam’s service for the title.
Connections
- Series
- ELDEN RING
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0010.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.