A batch of new backend updates spotted on the Steam database has Elden Ring players riled up about the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, and more so than with previous updates like this, I think they're actually onto something. There is legitimate evidence to suggest FromSoftware is entering the final stretch of a significant Elden Ring update, understandably believed to be the long-awaited DLC.
So, what happened this time? Well, in the past 12 hours or so, an entry with the "[DLC]" tag was added to multiple categories in Elden Ring's SteamDB history. A depot, per Steam's documentation, is a group of files delivered to users as one item. Adding a depot like this doesn't instantly release it on Steam; as I understand it, it just sorts it into a specific category for developers to view and work with. Rather, as developers work on stuff, it gets sorted like this for Steam.
