Thousands of Elden Ring gamers have rushed to beat Mohg, Lord of Blood after developer FromSoftware revealed the optionally available boss have to be defeated earlier than enlargement Shadow of the Erdtree could be accessed.
Steam Achievement data reveals that, when Elden Ring writer Bandai Namco reminded gamers to defeat Mohg on June 12, 2024, solely 37.8% of gamers had overwhelmed it already. Now that the extremely anticipated downloadable content material is offered, on June 21, that quantity has risen to 39.6%.
Whereas an increase of virtually two share factors would not seem to be quite a bit, Elden Ring has bought a colossal 25 million items since its launch in February 2022. Even when only one million of these performed on Steam (the precise quantity is probably going a lot greater), that will imply 18,000 gamers jumped again into Elden Ring to make remaining preparations forward of Shadow of the Erdtree.
FromSoftware video games like Darkish Souls, Bloodborne, and now Elden Ring demand extra from gamers than a bit of cash to entry their DLC. Mohg is only one of the bosses gamers should beat to entry Shadow of the Erdtree, although the different one is a component of the major story so anybody who’s accomplished Elden Ring can have already ticked that field.
Many would assume this to be a difficulty for FromSoftware and Bandai Namco, given the recreation itself is basically stopping greater than half its participant base from accessing the DLC and subsequently wanting to spend extra money. However Bandai Namco Europe’s chief advertising and gross sales officer Anthony Macare instructed GI.biz that Elden Ring has bought so many copies that it principally would not matter.
“That statistic does current a singular problem,” he stated. “Nonetheless, with over 25 million items bought, even a fraction of our participant base constitutes a considerable viewers. Our advertising efforts have been tailor-made to interact this important section successfully.”
Those that’ve not but jumped into the DLC can guarantee they’ve met all the necessities to entry it, and ensure to take a look at our Elden Ring interactive map to make sure you’re not lacking any necessary collectibles both.
In our 10/10 evaluation of the enlargement, IGN stated: “Like the base recreation did earlier than it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree raises the bar for single participant expansions,” we stated. “It takes all the pieces that made the base recreation such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a comparatively compact 20-25 hour marketing campaign, and offers incredible new challenges for closely invested followers to chew on.”
These trying to discover each inch of that may IGN’s intensive information, which covers Shadow of the Erdtree’s new weapons, its varied quest traces, and the way to defeat these pesky new bosses.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.