{"id":31961,"date":"2024-06-05T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T01:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=31961"},"modified":"2024-06-05T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T01:57:13","slug":"elden-ring-dlc-will-finally-change-the-blinding-white-bandai-namco-logo-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/elden-ring-dlc-will-finally-change-the-blinding-white-bandai-namco-logo-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring&#8217;s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will finally change the blinding white Bandai Namco logo screen\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the first wave of <strong>Shadow of the Erdtree<\/strong> previews going public (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/reviews\/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-dlc-hands-on-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">you can check out ours here<\/a>), we\u2019re discovering that the DLC has loads of exciting features in store \u2013 such as the 8 new weapon types (including Hand to Hand Combat and Reverse Hand Swords), 10+ new bosses and DLC-exclusive items. However, the expansion will be bringing one more major change \u2013 there will no longer be a pure white Bandai Namco Entertainment logo screen to scorch players\u2019 eyes when they launch Elden Ring.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Eldenring\/comments\/z450nu\/launching_the_game_at_night\/\">Launching the game at night&#8230;<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/kal_drazidrim\/\">u\/kal_drazidrim<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Eldenring\/\">Eldenring<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As revealed by Souls-like content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IronPineapple_\/status\/1798134891802173573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iron Pineapple,<\/a> Shadow of the Erdtree \u00a0apparently changes the background color of the infamous Bandai Namco Entertainment logo. Showing up right in between the pitch black FromSoftware and Elden Ring logo screens, the Bandai logo had been notoriously \u201cflashbanging\u2019 people ever since the game launched. While this has inspired many memorable memes over the years, it has also been a genuine complaint of many players. Thankfully, it seems FromSoftware has listened to players and done away with the QOL obstruction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-hard-drive wp-block-embed-hard-drive\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AWGjSSgPnN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hard-drive.net\/hd\/video-games\/blinding-white-bandai-namco-logo-closest-thing-to-sunlight-elden-ring-player-has-seen-in-weeks\/\">Blinding White Bandai Namco Logo Closest Thing to Sunlight Elden Ring Player Has Seen in Weeks<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Blinding White Bandai Namco Logo Closest Thing to Sunlight Elden Ring Player Has Seen in Weeks&#8221; &#8212; Hard Drive\" src=\"https:\/\/hard-drive.net\/hd\/video-games\/blinding-white-bandai-namco-logo-closest-thing-to-sunlight-elden-ring-player-has-seen-in-weeks\/embed\/#?secret=aZaOW6jarK#?secret=AWGjSSgPnN\" data-secret=\"AWGjSSgPnN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a side note, while no-one wants to be temporarily blinded by a bright white screen, there are actually <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-developers-avoid-black-loading-screens-for-a-genius-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unexpected reasons why some Japanese developers avoid black loading screens<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.bandainamcoent.eu\/elden-ring\/elden-ring\/shadow-of-the-erdtree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shadow of the Erdtree Elden Ring DLC <\/a>is scheduled to release worldwide on June 21 for the PC, PS5\/PS4 and Xbox Series X|S\/Xbox One\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Ring&#8217;s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will finally do away with the notorious white background Bandai Namco Entertainment logo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":31964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,17],"class_list":["post-31961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elden-ring","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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