"Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Launches with New Challenges and Weapons"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by IGN

Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Elden Ring, asserts that reducing the game's difficulty would undermine its core experience, as the sense of achievement from overcoming challenges is essential. The new expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, launching today, June 21, 2024, features some of FromSoftware's toughest bosses yet, maintaining the game's high difficulty level.