A new report has discovered that the hype around the release of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree led to a substantial boost in player counts for Bloodborne. Developed by FromSoftware, the much-awaited Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC launched on June 21, and it appears the enormous level of anticipation around the expansion inadvertently uplifted one of the studio’s most well-regarded titles of the past decade.