Elden Ring DLC Rumors Explained

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FromSoftware’s Elden Ring has taken the world by storm. The game released to staggeringly positive reviews, and is poised to be FromSoftware’s most successful game yet. It deserves it, too, considering that Elden Ring feels like the culmination of every Soulslike since Demon’s Souls. Sporting an expertly designed open world filled with FromSoftware’s lauded deliberate combat, Elden Ring is the next evolution of Soulslikes and possibly open-world RPGs as a whole. It’s difficult to understate just how impressive the game is, and aside from some technical issues plaguing PC users, the Souls fandom has received it with open arms.

With a couple of weeks having passed, many are still working their way through the game’s surprisingly dense world. However, there are quiet but growing murmurs of what could come next. It has been rumored, thanks to some detailed leaks, that FromSoftware’s next major project will be a return to Armored Core. That will definitely be appreciated after nothing but Soulslikes, Sekiro, and smaller projects from the company for a decade. However, there are rumblings of post-launch content inbound for Elden Ring as well, and considering the history of most of the Souls games before it, DLC seems very likely.

Elden Ring Needs a Spectator Mode

The rumors of Elden Ring DLC are not unsubstantiated, and some evidence pointing to it has been found already. YouTuber and Souls content creator Lance McDonald has become a recognized name in the community thanks to his creation of the 60fps Bloodborne patch. He has also done a lot of work examining the code and assets of Bloodborne and other games, which has left him uniquely prepared to explore FromSoftware’s latest title. In a currently unlisted YouTube video on his