Ring of Elysium’s new game mode arrives later today, and Tencent is sorry for the delay

Ring of Elysium is getting a brand new game mode called From Dusk Till Dawn later today, which adds punishing survival mechanics to the free-to-play battle royale. Unfortunately, Tencent got players excited a bit early when the developer forgot to account for time zones in the update post, leading some fans to wait up all night for an update that wasn’t coming until this evening. First off, From Dusk Till Dawn challenges players to survive the brutal cold of its Ymir snowstorms by foraging for food and keeping warm by fires - in addition to defending themselves from other players. During the Ymir surges, you’ll have to scurry indoors and find a source of heat or freeze to death. The idea is to survive until dawn, which happens about 20 minutes into the game in this new mode. So it’s a new twist on battle royale, and fans were naturally pretty excited. But when Tencent posted the patch notes and information about a delay caused by technical issues, the company forgot to account for time zones, and many players in North America and Europe thought they’d be playing From Dusk Till Dawn much earlier than was planned.