Elden Ring DLC Leak Proven To Be A Huge Fake
A recent Elden Ring DLC leak was proven to be fake and fan-created.
The most recent leak regarding the Elden Ring‘s upcoming DLC was proven to be fake by the fandom. FromSoftware previously announced an exciting DLC adventure for the Game of the Year but hasn’t shared any details since, which made the recent DLC leak very exciting for the fandom. Unfortunately, the shared information was proven to be fake, but the quality of the video and the specifics about the upcoming DLC fooled plenty of people.
According to Kotaku, several Reddit users raised some red flags regarding the Elden Ring DLC information leak, which also included a one-minute cinematic. Users identified the origins of the trailer, which is the reimagined version of Elden Ring in Universal Engine 5. Additionally, the quality and quantity of information raised some red flags as well, and the whole leak was soon disproved as fake.
Don’t get us wrong, the previously announced Shadow of the Erdtree is still pretty much a real release developed by FromSoftware, which focuses on the game’s hardest boss.
The Elden Ring DLC was announced in February this year, a whole year after the original game’s release, and the fans were ecstatic about the upcoming content. However, the details about the upcoming DLC were really scarce, and two months after the announcement, FromSoftware hasn’t spoken a word about it. Naturally, Elden Ring enthusiasts scoured the web for every bit of information about the DLC, the speculation mill was fired up, and someone decided to get their own 15 minutes of internet fame by offering what fandom desired.
The information spread like wildfire, but it was soon disproved as fake due to the dubiousness of the information attached to the aforementioned one-minute cinematic. For example, one of the biggest red flags was that the Elden Ring DLC would come with Deluxe, Collector’s, and Premium editions—which is unprecedented for a DLC. Additional information says that the DLC will be accessed through the endgame area of the original Elden Ring.
This information would make sense if we were discussing Elden Ring 2 instead of DLC content.
Among the less believable information is the fact that the DLC is supposed to add four new legacy dungeons (what does that even mean?), some 100 new unique enemy types, and add so much content to the map that the game’s map doubles in size. All of this sounds as if the upcoming DLC is bigger than the main game, which is highly unlikely. Other information included with the fake Elden Ring DLC leak is actually more credible, as it was previously data mined from the previous Patch 1.0.7. This includes six new weapon types and sixteen new NPC quests.
The scope of the purported expansion and the amount and nature of content that was supposedly leaked made it too good to be true—which is almost always the case. Some even commented that the leaked information regarding the upcoming Elden Ring DLC is more akin to someone’s wishlist rather than an actual leak, and ultimately, they weren’t wrong.
