Elden Ring DLC: Everything Revealed So Far

The latest Elden Ring DLC, titled Shadow of the Erdree, was announced in February 2023. The game was FromSoftware’s take on open world games. It was one of the most celebrated games in the year 2022. The game was a commercial success and received critical acclaim for its open world, gameplay and setting.

While there was some criticism regarding the game’s technical performance, the innovation by FromSoftware put on display in Elden Ring was second to none. The player-versus-player online mode provided by Elden Ring DLC also gained much popularity and acclaim.

Winning multiple Game of the Year awards for the year, it was undoubtedly one of the best games of the year. After Elden Ring success, many Soulslike games came out, but the originality provided by FromSoftware remains unparalleled by far.

The release date for the expansion is unfortunately not announced yet. This is everything we are aware of so far.

Elden Ring DLC: The Past and the Future

In the past, the only Elden Ring DLC released was the free Colosseum update. This update brought with it the multiplayer elements in the game. It was an addition that the players welcomed. The Elden Ring DLC was released in December 2022.

It unlocked three new areas in Limgrave, Caelid and Leyndell. In these areas, fights among players took place per the arena’s specific rules and regulations. This update also brought some cosmetic changes for the players to customise their characters further.

The Elden Ring DLC in development is titled Shadow of the Erdtree and is speculated to be based around the Goddess Miquella. But FromSoftware still holds the element of surprise as there is no plausible intel available currently to back up this speculation.

FromSoftware’s plans regarding Elden Ring regarding expansions and downloadable content in the future remain unknown. But a Soulslike enthusiast can only hope to see more content in the game.

The chances aren’t one hundred per cent because FromSoftware is also allegedly working on a sequel to Elden Ring.

Elden Ring DLC: Shadow of the Erdtree

As mentioned earlier, the expansion was announced in February 2023. To our dismay, only the title and a few concept art images have been revealed by FromSoftware. The concept art depicts a grotesque and grim depiction of the world we will supposedly see in the expansion.

The current state of the DLC, as revealed by FromSoftware in a recent press release, is that it is still in development. Nothing else has been announced officially. Although, Elden Ring added an open-world twist to the traditional FromSoftware formula. It may be helpful to make an educated guess based on when the time lapsed between their and their first expansion’s release date.

This may entirely be a goose chase that the Studio hadn’t delivered something like Elden Ring before 2023. This implies that the development cycle and schedule will also be different as compared to previous games. But this is the least we can do till we get an official announcement.

• Dark Souls: 11 months to Artorias of the Abyss DLC (released as part of the Prepare to Die edition, it took another two months on top of that to become purchasable individually).
• Dark Souls 2: 3 months to Crown of the Sunken King DLC.
• Bloodborne: 8 months to The Old Hunters DLC.
• Dark Souls 3: 7 months to Ashes of Ariandel DLC.
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: 1 year, 7 months to Free Update content.

From the above list, one can see that the average time taken for the first expansion of a game developed by FromSoftware is approximately ten months. The minimum is 3 months, and the maximum is 1 year and 7 months.

It has been almost one year and eight months since the game’s release in February 2022. This means it will be a new high in the studio’s record in terms of the time taken

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