Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree released on June 21, 2024. Bandai Namco’s schedule gave PC players region-specific unlock times, including evening unlocks on June 20 in parts of the Americas and the UK. Console players were scheduled for midnight local time on June 21, with U.S. West and Central time zones unlocking the evening before. The dates below are local to each listed city.
Official PC release times by region
Bandai Namco Europe published this timetable on June 14, 2024. These are the publisher’s listed PC unlock times, not console times.
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| Region or city | PC unlock |
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| Los Angeles (PDT) | 3:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20 |
| Chicago (CDT) | 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20 |
| New York (EDT) | 6:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20 |
| Bogotá (COT) | 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20 |
| Brasília (BRT) | 7:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20 |
| London (BST) | 11:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20 |
| Paris (CEST) | 12:00 a.m. (midnight), Friday, June 21 |
| Moscow (MSK) | 1:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Cairo (EEST) | 1:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Riyadh (AST) | 1:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Dubai (GST) | 2:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Cape Town (SAST) | 12:00 a.m. (midnight), Friday, June 21 |
| Singapore (SGT) | 6:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Tokyo (JST) | 7:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Sydney (AEST) | 8:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
| Wellington (NZST) | 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 21 |
For locations not listed, use the local time zone and date in the official Bandai Namco Europe release schedule rather than treating a nearby city’s time as an exact match.
Console release times
Bandai Namco’s console schedule was midnight local time on June 21. The publisher’s U.S. West and Central entries translate that schedule to 9:00 p.m. PDT and 11:00 p.m. CDT on June 20, respectively; its table also labels those entries as 00:00 EDT. In the other listed console regions, the scheduled unlock is midnight on June 21 local time.
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The Japanese official notice specified that PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 could start at midnight on June 21 in Japan. It said Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam could download the game data from the scheduled play-start time. See the Japanese platform and update-file notice for that clarification.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why some pages show June 20
June 21, 2024 was the announced release date, but a release at the same global moment falls on June 20 in some western time zones. That is why the official PC schedule lists June 20 evening times for cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Bogotá, Brasília, and London. Steam’s store page also displays June 20, consistent with the local-date difference; it does not indicate a separate worldwide launch date. The listing notes that the expansion requires the base game: Steam’s Shadow of the Erdtree page.
Bandai Namco’s announcement named June 21, 2024 as the release date for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC. The expansion has since launched; these times describe its original release schedule.
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