Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Gets Official Release Date and Brand-New Gameplay Trailer

After months of silence and speculation, FromSoftware has finally lifted the veil on Elden Ring’s highly anticipated DLC, *Shadow of the Erdtree*. In a surprise announcement this morning, the developer revealed both an official release date and a new gameplay trailer that delves deeper into the mysteries lurking beyond the Lands Between.

*Shadow of the Erdtree* is set to launch on June 21, 2024, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The announcement was accompanied by a breathtaking 3-minute trailer that introduces a new, ominous region teeming with grotesque enemies, ancient ruins, and towering, twisted landscapes. If the base game’s scenic brutality was a spectacle, the DLC seems to crank that intensity up a notch.

While story details remain shrouded in typical FromSoftware ambiguity, the trailer offers a few tantalizing hints. A desolate field of golden thorns and a massive, fallen Erdtree suggest catastrophic consequences to the lore we thought we knew. A new armored figure—possibly Miquella—narrates cryptic lines about sacrifice and rebirth, hinting at a narrative thread that may expand upon Elden Ring’s most mysterious characters left unresolved in the main game.

Gameplay glimpses confirm the introduction of new weapons, magic spells, and boss fights that look every bit as punishing—and epic—as fans have come to expect. The trailer showcases players battling spectral knights, gargantuan beasts spewing magma, and a sword-wielding figure riding a ghostly steed. New traversal mechanics are briefly teased, hinting at vertical exploration beyond what was possible in the base game.

Fans had grown restless after over a year without an official update since the DLC was first teased in early 2023. Today’s reveal instantly reignited the Elden Ring community, with speculation exploding across Reddit and Twitter within minutes of the announcement.

With less than four months to go, *Shadow of the Erdtree* appears poised to build upon the phenomenal foundation of Elden Ring, diving deeper into the game’s haunting lore and soul-crushing combat. If this is FromSoftware at its most ambitious, we may be in for another Game of the Year-caliber ride.