Bandai Namco Responds to Dark Souls 3 Early Access Error, Clarifies Ashes of Ariandel Release Times
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Bandai Namco Responds to Dark Souls 3 Early Access Error, Clarifies Ashes of Ariandel Release Times

In a response to Gamespot’s request for comment regarding Dark Souls 3Ashes of Ariandel‘s early release on Xbox One, Bandai Namco has provided the following statement:

“Due to a logistical error, the Dark Souls III Ashes of Ariandel DLC was made available for download for a short period of time for Xbox One players. We have since corrected this scheduling error and the Dark Souls III Ashes of Ariandel DLC will now be available on October 24, 2016 at 3 PM PDT for Steam players and October 24, 2016 at 9 PM PDT for console players. We regret any confusion this may have caused to players and Dark Souls III fans; we look forward to seeing everyone within the world of Ariandel.”

Womp, womp. So there you have it, the scheduling error has been rectified and the content will now release for everyone when it was initially planned, corresponding to midnight EST for consoles and a bit earlier on Steam, which is customary for game releases. If you managed to get in early, consider yourself lucky and stop by the Dark Souls 3 Wiki for help along the way and to share what you’ve learned!


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4 responses to “Bandai Namco Responds to Dark Souls 3 Early Access Error, Clarifies Ashes of Ariandel Release Times”


  1. So , uh…funny thing I did in “preparing” for this DLC…

    I always run through the DLCs with my “Platinum Character” (the one that has everything or near to it in the game). He’s currently sitting ready to enter “Journey 4” which I wasn’t reeeeeaaaaally planning to do.

    But in my haste to get the last trophy I…this is the funny part…forgot to give Ludleth the Transposing Kiln. So assuming the DLC, I dunno, has boss souls or sumthin’… I can’t use them without going into NG+++

    Now, I realized this a couple nights ago and WOULD have started my new journey…except I had also planned on staying in NG++ and figured I could get enough souls doing the DLC to buy upgrade materials. So tonight let’s see how far I get with my final stages of Soul farming and then running like hell through the game to try to get to the DLC access point.

    Whoops!

  2. So Xbox gets it early, then to correct this they put it back to the normal time, but by doing this, PC hets it early, therefore I would say ps4 users are getting screwed over, but we got bloodborne so it’s cool.

  3. Olavrell, you look pretty sick. Is that early symptoms of the flu I’m seeing? Might want to exercise precaution and take the two or three days off.

    In my PSN community, this early access had been all the rage, fueled mostly by envy. We pretty much assumed it was some type of provision error of sorts. Thanks for the clarification Emergence!

  4. Hmm, so the dlc will be out on Monday or Tuesday for me then, that’s good. Although it’s going to suck going to work on Tuesday morning, knowing the dlc has just been made available. hehe.

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