Developer FromSoftware recently took to Twitter to confirm that an expansion to the Game of the Year-winning title Elden Ring is in development, prompting an outpour of support from a surprised player base. Prominent among fans of FromSoftware games is YouTuber Let Me Solo Her, who didn’t waste any time spreading the news and confirming their excitement for the upcoming DLC release.
While the Dark Souls trilogy features a suite of well-received downloadable content packs, it’s been several years since FromSoftware actually produced any premium post-launch content. Despite winning Game of the Year in 2019, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice never received any substantial story expansions, instead earning a free update that introduced new skins and a selection of revised boss encounters. In fact, the last notable DLC release developed by FromSoftware was Dark Souls 3’s The Ringed City, which debuted just shy of six years ago.
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With that in mind, anticipation for Elden Ring’s first DLC is through the roof. Let Me Solo Her only had a two-word response to the announcement, but “so hyped” likely surmises the sentiments of all FromSoftwarefans at the moment. Titled Shadow of the Erdtree, there’s not much to go on regarding potential DLC story elements, though it does appear to take place after the game’s climactic finale.
Of course, simple chronology means little in the worlds constructed by FromSoftware; Dark Souls’ Artorias of the Abyss DLC took place long before the events of the main game and was accessed by way of time travel. Similarly,Dark Souls 3’s Ashes of Ariandel DLC was set inside a painting, a scenario that allowed the developers to escape the
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