Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s first trailer and release date are here

It’s time to return to the Lands Between. Elden Ring developer released the first trailer for the open-world role-playing game’s expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, on Wednesday — and finally revealed a release date. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree will be released June 21.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree was announced last February, but developer FromSoftware has revealed little about its DLC for 2022’s Game of the Year. “Rise, Tarnished, and let us walk a new path together,” the developer said at the time. “An upcoming expansion for Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, is currently in development. We hope you look forward to new adventures in the Lands Between.”

That location and the major players of Shadow of the Erdtree were teased in a single piece of artwork released alongside the DLC’s original announcement. That artwork included a reference to Miquella of the Haligtree: a demigod, Empyrean, and the twin brother of the fearsome Malenia and a character we don’t really get to see in the original Elden Ring. Miquella is teased in the battle against Mohg, where he is trapped inside an icky egg sac.

Players will track Miquella through the Land of Shadow in the expansion, and come face to face with a formidable new foe: Messmer the Impaler, a powerful boss who appears to have a strong connection to Miquella and Malenia.

Elden Ring is available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Shadow of the Erdtree is coming to those platforms as well.