Elden Ring followers have grown ravenous for a Shadow of the Erdtree growth announcement after developer FromSoftware made a change to the sport’s backend on Steam.
X/Twitter person and Elden Ring YouTuber Ziostorm seen the change on SteamDB’s web page for Elden Ring, sharing a picture of a brand new software added to the Downloadable Content material part of Elden Ring’s Steam web page for the primary time since launch.
“I am not saying it is 100% Shadow of the Erdtree however there is a fairly good likelihood it’s,” they stated, and followers are equally hopeful elsewhere on-line. “Announcement have to be imminent,” JoRads stated on Reddit. “Undoubtedly. It is a matter of days now, and even much less,” Hector_Savage_ replied.
A brand new Elden Ring DLC package deal has simply been added to Elden Ring throughout the recordsdata for the primary time since launch.-I’m not saying it’s 100% Shadow of the Erdtree however… There’s a reasonably good likelihood it’s. pic.twitter.com/1j6HCVfGQo
— Ziostorm (@Ziostorm1) January 15, 2024
This replace additionally provides gasoline to the fireplace of a earlier hearsay, as a leaked collaboration between Elden Ring writer Bandai Namco and accent creator Thrustmaster additionally prompt a February launch of Shadow of the Erdtree.
That being stated, it isn’t the primary time Elden Ring followers have grown a bit out of hand anticipating an announcement after rising extremely assured a few reveal at The Recreation Awards 2023 — an announcement that clearly by no means sport.
Shadow of the Erdtree was initially introduced in March 2023 as a significant growth coming to Elden Ring. A single piece of idea artwork was launched alongside the announcement however did not give a lot away, simply displaying a personality atop a spectral steed trying in the direction of the horizon that featured a dying Erdtree.
It should probably arrive as the one Elden Ring growth (exterior of a smaller piece of player-versus-player DLC) and be akin to the likes of Bloodborne’s The Outdated Hunters growth or Darkish Souls 3’s The Ringed Metropolis.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.