Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Showed a single expansion could match a full game's scale and difficulty conversation.

Released 2024 Developer FromSoftware Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment Platform PlayStation 5 Genre Action RPG Era Live service & the long tail

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Retail Expansion Pack ~~1990~~Downloadable Content ~~2006~~Asynchronous Invasion & Messages ~~2009~~Stamina Action Economy ~~2009~~Bonfire Checkpoint & Currency Risk ~~2011~~

The Elden Ring series in this dataset

2022

Elden Ring ~~2022~~

2024

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree ~~this page~~

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