Elden Ring DLC might not release this month after all, as devs confirm there’s still no update “at this time”

rockpapershotgun.com:

The owners of Elden Ring developers FromSoftware have dampened hopes that long-awaited DLC Shadow of the Erdtree might release in time for the soulslike’s second anniversary this month - despite recent rumours and behind-the-scenes Steam updates indicating otherwise.

All we’ve seen officially of Shadow of the Erdtree is a single teaser image released close to a year ago, a few days after Elden Ring’s first anniversary on February 25th. The announcement confirmed a name, the fact that DLC was in development and… that was about it. Still, the image of what appeared to be Miquella and Torrent riding through a field full of ruins toward the Erdtree was enough to set plenty of theories flying about how an expansion focused on the brother of Malenia, key to much of Elden Ring’s lore, might tie into the game.

FromSoft themselves have said little since about the expansion, aside from popping up occasionally to assure us that, yes, they’re still working on it. In the absence of any official word, committed fans have since unearthed signs that Shadow of the Erdtree’s release date might land sometime this month - around the time of Elden Ring’s second anniversary.

Those signs included the accidental retailer leak of materials for Elden Ring-themed controllers last year, which pointed at their launch in February around the first DLC, as well as passing reference to a potential second “major key beat or new game expansion” apparently due to follow in 2025. While the product sheet swiftly vanished, the rumours and hopes persisted.

An impending release was given additional hope by a backend update to Elden Ring’s Steam release spotted last month, which amended its DLC section with mysterious title “SteamDB Unknown App 2778580” - the first new “DLC” to appear for the PC version since a digital artbook, OST, gesture and guide were added largely around the time of its original release.

So, all signs - unconfirmed as they might be - pointed at Shadow of the Erdtree arriving in