Elden Ring's producer says development of its Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is 'going well', compares it to Bloodborne with 'new battles and new characters'

Elden Ring.

FromSoftware recently received a gong for Elden Ring at the Japanese PlayStation Partners awards, as part of which producer Yasuhiro Kitao picked up the trophy and said a select few words to the press. The conference was reported on by the publication Game Watch and, as Kitao was speaking in Japanese, this is a lightly edited machine translation of his remarks.

Kitao begins on familiar turf, saying the studio was surprised by "so many people" picking up the game (publisher Bandai Namco's most recent milestone was an announcement Elden Ring has sold over 20 million copies). Kitao said FromSoftware didn't expect such wild numbers and "there are no words other than gratitude".