Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree trailer reaction – everything we learned

Nicely, Bandai Namco has simply dropped the primary trailer for Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree with three minutes of gameplay footage, after saying final evening that at this time was to be the day we lastly discovered extra. Whereas we could have informed by leakers that the game may be coming out this week, what we in actual fact acquired was a quick have a look at a few of the new stuff we are able to count on once we lastly return to the Lands Between. However what did we discover out, are we excited or dissatisfied, and extra extra importantly, when can we play Shadow of the Erdtree?

Shadow of the Erdtree Trailer – what we discovered

Beginning off with foreboding music and a subtitled voiceover it’s exhausting to not be impressed with what now we have seen. Billed as a gameplay reveal trailer it’s honest to say we didn’t really see any out-and-out gameplay till later within the three-minute reveal, however once we did it seemed stunning. The lighting and fireplace results have been particularly spectacular, and whereas it was solely actually snippets of fights and kill photographs, it’s going to make for some very fairly screenshots and movies.

We additionally acquired to see the brand new boss on the town, and we gained’t spoil it for you, you’ll be able to see it within the vid for your self however it’s each extraordinarily Elden Ring and nightmare-inducing.

Round three-quarters of one million have been tuned in once we seemed and the video now has already been watched 1000’s of instances inside minutes.

The video concluded with an advert saying if you happen to pre-order Shadow of the Erdtree you get a  Bonus Gesture: Ring of Miquella in addition to a second slide displaying the Collector’s Version with a 40-page hardcover artbook, a statue, and soundtrack all packaged in a stunning field. We might be updating this web page shortly with costs and additional data.

Shadow of the Erdtree launch date

So we lastly have a sign of when the DLC that now we have been ready for for 2 years will drop. The trailer ended with the date twenty first June this yr with pre-orders accessible now.

Paul McNally

Gaming Editor

Paul McNally has been round consoles and computer systems since his dad and mom purchased him a Mattel Intellivision in 1980. He has been a outstanding video games journalist for the reason that Nineties, spending over a decade as editor of widespread print-based video video games and laptop magazines, together with a market-leading PlayStation title revealed by IDG Media.

Having hung out as Head of Communications at an expert sports activities membership and dealing for high-profile charities such because the Nationwide Literacy Belief, he returned as Managing Editor in command of giant US-based know-how web sites in 2020.

Paul has written high-end gaming content material for GamePro, Official Australian PlayStation Journal, PlayStation Professional, Amiga Motion, Mega Motion, ST Motion, GQ, Loaded, and the The Mirror. He has additionally hosted panels at retro-gaming conventions and might repeatedly be discovered guesting on gaming podcasts and Twitch reveals. He’s obsessive about 3D printing and has labored with a number of main manufacturers up to now to create content material

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