{"id":28104,"date":"2024-03-05T17:55:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=28104"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T08:55:29","slug":"20240305-28104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240305-28104\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring player count soars following Shadow of the Erdtree release date reveal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last month, FromSoftware announced that the <strong>Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree<\/strong> DLC will be launching on June 21. Since then, Steam has seen the number of concurrent Elden Ring players nearly doubling during peak hours.\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-header.jpg\" alt=\"Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer footage\" class=\"wp-image-28108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-header.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-header-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-header-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement of Shadow of the Erdtree\u2019s release date on February 22 was followed by a trailer reveal, including various new information about the long-awaited expansion. The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is set in the Land of Shadow, where Queen Marika descended. This is a brand-new map physically separate from the Lands Between, which features seamlessly connected fields and dungeons, allowing a high degree of freedom. The expansion will also introduce new bosses, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240222-27597\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weapons and game mechanics<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement of the release date appears to have triggered a sudden spike in Elden Ring\u2019s player base. While the daily peaks of concurrent Elden Ring players were around 70k to 100k during the holiday season, the number had been hovering around 50k before the holiday season and went back to similar ranges from late January. However, after details about theDLC were revealedon February 22, player counts suddenly spiked, reaching a peak of approximately 112k players on March 3 (<a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1245620\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>). The player base has nearly doubled compared to past periods, attesting to the impact of the upcoming Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree \u2013 Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a8k8R0Q2ubY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Several media interviews with Elden Ring\u2019s director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, were published following the announcement. According to Miyazaki, the Land of Shadow, where the DLC takes place, is not connected to the main game&#8217;s field, and can be accessed by teleportation (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/news\/202402\/22335199.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>). The player must defeat Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood from the main storyline, and find the entrance, which is a withered arm hanging from a large broken cocoon located in Mohgwyn Palace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that a specific level of progression in the base game is needed to enter the DLC area could be part of what caused the sudden spike in players. Furthermore, Miyazaki has revealed in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-is-fromsoftwares-largest-expansion-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eurogamer<\/a> that the expansion\u2019s difficulty level is close to that of the base game\u2019s later sections, and that it will even include bosses equal in difficulty to Malenia, Blade of Miquella, which means that some serious warming up is in order.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-002.jpg\" alt=\"Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer footage\" class=\"wp-image-28109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240305-284696-002-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Elden Ring \u201cShadow of the Erdtree\u201d DLC<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/jp.ign.com\/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree\/73569\/interview\/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IGN<\/a>, Miyazaki also suggested that there are a few secrets in Elden Ring that have yet to be discovered by players \u2013 which caused a good number of users to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240226-27693\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rush off to do some treasure hunting<\/a>. This could be yet another factor contributing to Elden Ring\u2019s recent player count rise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it has been two years since its release, Elden Ring has maintained a strong and consistent player base. Now, with the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion approaching, excitement for the title seems to be reigniting rapidly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Elden Ring DLC \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eldenring.jp\/shadowoftheerdtree.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shadow of the Erdtree<\/a>\u201d is scheduled for release on June 21 for the PC (Steam), PS4\/PS5 and Xbox series X|S\/Xbox One.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20240305-284696\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date: <\/em><br><em>2024-03-05 13:59\u00a0JST)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concurrent players of Elden Ring on Steam spike following Shadow of the Erdtree DLC&#8217;s release date announcement and trailer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":28107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-28104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elden-ring"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elden Ring player count soars following Shadow of the Erdtree release date reveal\u00a0 - 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