Elden Ring Fans Ravenous For Shadow of the Erdtree Announcement After Backend Steam Update

Elden Ring fans have grown ravenous for a Shadow of the Erdtree expansion announcement after developer FromSoftware made a change to the game’s backend on Steam.

X/Twitter user and Elden Ring YouTuber Ziostorm noticed the change on SteamDB’s page for Elden Ring, sharing an image of a new application added to the Downloadable Content section of Elden Ring’s Steam page for the first time since launch.

“I’m not saying it’s 100% Shadow of the Erdtree but there’s a pretty good chance it is,” they said, and fans are similarly hopeful elsewhere online. “Announcement must be imminent,” JoRads said on Reddit. “Definitely. It’s a matter of days now, or even less,” Hector_Savage_ replied.

A new Elden Ring DLC package has just been added to Elden Ring within the files for the first time since launch.
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I’m not saying it’s 100% Shadow of the Erdtree but… There’s a pretty good chance it is. pic.twitter.com/1j6HCVfGQo

— Ziostorm (@Ziostorm1) January 15, 2024

This update also adds fuel to the fire of a previous rumour, as a leaked collaboration between Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco and accessory creator Thrustmaster also suggested a February release of Shadow of the Erdtree.

That being said, it’s not the first time Elden Ring fans have grown a bit out of hand anticipating an announcement after growing incredibly confident about a reveal at The Game Awards 2023 — an announcement that obviously never game.

Shadow of the Erdtree was initially announced in March 2023 as a major expansion coming to Elden Ring. A single piece of concept art was released alongside the announcement but didn’t give much away, just showing a character atop a spectral steed looking towards the horizon that featured a dying Erdtree.

It will likely arrive as the only Elden Ring expansion (outside of a smaller piece of player-versus-player DLC) and be akin to the likes of Bloodborne’s The Old Hunters expansion or Dark Souls 3’s The Ringed City.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.