Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree will release in June 2024
rockpapershotgun.comElden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree will release on 21st June 2024, From Software and Bandai Namco have announced alongside the Elden Ring DLC expansion's first proper reveal trailer, which you can watch below. It's going to be a fine old summer for returning Tarnished and enjoyers of open world RPGs at large.
According to a rumour earlier today, the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC release will accompany two new special editions of Elden Ring, each including the expansion. There's a Game of the Year Edition priced at €79.99, and a Collector's Edition which will cost €259.99. I'll have proper confirmation on that front with release dates and regional price points for the rumoured new editions shortly.
Bamco and FromSoft's release date announcement brings to an end to months of feverish speculation about when Shadow Of The Erdtree would arrive, which has at times rivalled GTA 6 release date chatter in intensity, though I'm not aware that any Erdtree-spotters have tried to glean release information from the phases of the moon. For a time, the Elden Ring DLC was rumoured to be getting a surprise relase in February 2024, based on a grab-bag of retailer listings, sneaky Steam updates and the often-repeated observation that it's the game's second anniversary this month.
Even as Elden Ring players count the days till June, those of us in videobrain gurnalism and especially, the guides-writing trade can breathe a sigh of relief that we won't have to go all Elden Loopy writing up a massive Soulslike expansion overnight.
Perhaps you too are breathing a sigh of relief? I imagine not everybody has yet finished Elden Ring, as venerated as it is. I myself drifted away after the first few bosses because, to be quite frank, I think Elden Ring's "true" open world format - not to be confused with the twisty and secretive open-endedness of Dark Souls or Bloodborne - dilutes all the stuff it inherits from the other From Software games. Still, I will generously concede that Elden Ring is
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