A new change to the Elden Ring SteamDB depot might suggest that a release of the highly-anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is closer at hand.
Some weeks ago we already reported on a change to the game’s DLC section at SteamDB, and going by past DLC releases from FromSoftware, the expansion could very well release in the coming months – possibly as soon as later this month.
As now spotted on Reddit and social media, there has been another change to the Elden Ring depot on SteamDB with the DLC section now being in “dev-debug” stage. This suggests that the development team is debugging the created content, looking for glitches, and performance issues, and spotting bugs. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that a release of the expansion is imminent, it does suggest that we’re at least one step closer to the release of the DLC.
Shadow of the Erdtree is the first expansion for 2022’s Elden Ring. The expansion was officially announced last year – one year after the release of the game. Rumors suggest that the expansion is FromSoftware’s largest to date, although FromSoftware hasn’t shared additional details. Here’s what we wrote about Elden Ring in our launch review two years ago:
“Saying how From Software managed to apply its unique design philosophies into an open-world game, while true, would not paint the entire picture, as the team did step up its game considerably in Elden Ring as well. With the ability to jump and ride the already mentioned spectral steed Torrent, the world design had to change to accommodate these mechanics, and From Software proved to be ready for this. All locations have excellent vertical design and feature some light platforming that doesn’t feel out of place. On the contrary, it aligns with the developer’s philosophy of letting players take risks and reward them. These platforming sequences are not on the same level as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, but it’s clear how the game helped shape Elden Ring’s prominent verticality.”
