We’ve been showering Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC with praise for the very important things it does right from even before it came out, so now it’s time we shower it with even more praise for the smaller things.
Bandai Namco recently changed the logo screen that shows up at the start of their games. If you are to boot up the fully-updated version of Elden Ring right now, you’ll be greeted by the Bandai Namco’s logo against a completely black background.
If you’re just booting the game for the first time to learn what the fuss surrounding Elden Ring and Shadow Of The Erdtree is all about, you might be wondering why I’m gushing about some pretty basic logo. That is because you don’t know the very real struggle of being a fan of FromSoft games who likes to play in the dark.
Look, I’m totally down to praising the sun and all, but the original presentation of the Bandai Namco logo hit us gamers of the dark harder than a flashbang straight out of CS:GO.
The actual logo’s design remains the same — it was no longer the one seen on the meme above — but the switch in background color that gifts us with somewhat of a “Bandai Namco Night Mode” is an extremely welcome change. In a time when brand logos are constantly changing for the worse, it’s nice to see a pleasing aesthetic change that comes close to bringing actual health benefits.
Can this change be because FromSoft just wanted a darker colored background to match the creepier tone of Shadow Of The Erdtree? Maybe, but I’m willing to bet that Miyazaki and co. did it out of the benevolence of wanting to allow our unstrained eyes to enjoy the rest of the game. Either way, this might turn out to be yet another important Souls lore-related mystery that we’ll never know the answer to.
You can now play Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
