You may be one of the many people wondering if Fromsoftware’s latest masterpiece, Elden Ring, supports ultrawide monitors. Something that a number of PC games that have been released over the past few years have included. Sadly, the answer here is that Elden Ring DOES NOT include support for ultrawide monitors or the 21:9 ratio.
Instead, when selecting a native resolution for 21:9, such as 3440×1440, the game will be presented in a 16:9 ratio. The game will be displayed in the center of the display, with black bars on the left and right sides of the screen. I know it is a bit of a disappointment. Yet, from the very start, Fromsoftware mentioned that they would not be supporting ultrawide monitors. This was the same for the original Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, and Dark Souls III. Oddly enough, the re-release of Dark Souls, Dark Souls: Remastered, did include ultrawide monitor support.
As for why Fromsoftware opted out of including support for ultrawide monitors, I couldn’t tell you. Yet, I have a suspicion this has something to do wiht the game being a port and that the console versions were the primary development platform. This could also be why Elden Ring does not support Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR technologies, and a capped framerate of 60. Despite all the acclaim and love for ultrawide monitors, they make up less than 10% of the current gaming monitor market. The PC gaming market is still dominated by 16:9 ratio monitors, and there’s little reason to go outside of that. It’s nice to have, and I would have loved to have played Elden Ring in glorious widescreen loving.
There’s still hope, however. The PC gaming modding community has worked its magic on other Fromsoftware games in the past. I suspect we’ll see a few methods or mods that will give us that ultrawide monitor support that we’re longing for.
Speaking of Elden Ring, why not give our review of the game a read. It’s a fantastic game, and fans of previous Fromsoftware games will love it.
Elden Ring releases on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on February 25, 2022.
