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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen devs say Western and Japanese players want different things from the game

It seems catering to Dragon's Dogma 2 players is a tougher balancing act than we may realise. Capcom developers currently working on the game's upcoming Dark Arisen expansion have revealed rare insight into the varying preferences of the game's players, and it surprisingly has to do with where they're based.

Eurogamer / Sherif Saed

Dragon's Dogma 2 Frame Rates Massively Improved with Patch 3.2 on PS5, PS5 Pro

Top Dogma. Patch 3.2 for Dragon's Dogma 2 released overnight, and it's made huge changes to the open world RPG. The update reworks fundamental bits and pieces of the game, while also improving the user experience in some pretty significant ways. You could argue that it verges on being a kind of re-release. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Dragon's Dogma 2 gets a big upgrade and Denuvo DRM removed

Capcom released the latest major update for Dragon's Dogma 2 ahead of the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Expansion releasing in October. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen ‘Relic Expedition Gameplay Overview’ trailer

Capcom has released a four-minute gameplay overview trailer for Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen. A …

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Colossal, Game-Changing Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 3.2 Out Now on PS5

Arise, Arisen. As Capcom promised, the biggest ever update for Dragon's Dogma 2 is available to download now on PS5. And when I write 'biggest', I don't just mean that it's packing the most improvements; this thing is 48GB in terms of file size. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLC devs faced “diametrically opposed” feedback from players in the West and Japan

Opinions are most polarized when it comes to mechanics that introduce friction.

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Will Send You On a Chilly Loot Grind | gamescom 2026

Dragon's Dogma 2's Dark Arisen expansion adds a whole new region with clever winter weather effects, an old-but-new loot grind, and... a dragon that vomits zombies. We're so back.

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Dragon's Dogma 2's Game-Changing PS5 Patch Dated, But Slightly Delayed

The big one. Capcom has long promised a major update for Dragon's Dogma 2, dropping ahead of its Dark Arisen expansion on the 9th October. Previously, this patch was scheduled for late August, but the developer's now confirmed that it'll be arriving a little late, on the 1st or 2nd of September depending on your timezone. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Watch Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen running on Nintendo Switch 2

The new expansion will be released in October

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Capcom are reworking Dragon’s Dogma 2's infamous Dragonsplague so you can "enjoy the strategic decisions we originally envisioned" for it

I know full well that pally RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 has its Dark Arisen expansion out this year. Still, two years and one megalo-DLC announcement after release, what I still find most fascinating about it is the Dragonsplague: an insidious affliction that quietly infects your mates (or Pawns, whatever) and heightens their fighting prowess, but if left untreated, can induce a bescaled hissy fit that will kill the entire population of your favourite NPC village. Overtuned, ill-communicated bullshit,

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen director casually announces a Hard Mode is in the works

The Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen reveal has easily been one of the most surprising of the year so far. Aside from everything new coming to the game with the upcoming expansion, Capcom has also been updating the core experience in several key ways.

Eurogamer / Sherif Saed

Dragon's Dogma 2 Dev Confirms Hard Mode Is Finally Coming

Through the fire and flames. Dragon's Dogma 2 will finally be handed a hard difficulty mode, hopefully putting one of the game's most prominent issues to rest. The game has a very uneven difficulty curve as you level up, to the point where the vast majority of enemies that you encounter become incredibly easy to defeat. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen will receive a Hard Mode update, more details shared in new Q&A

Dragon's Dogma 2's new Dark Arisen DLC expansion has new features detailed by the developers

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Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting a Fallout-inspired homesteading mod with fully customisable houses, and its creator has tons of big ideas for it

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is coming later this year, and before that, Capcom is releasing updates to address player complaints. But that doesn't mean modders are waiting for things to quiet down again before working on ambitious user-made expansions.

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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen's new region and dungeons sound great, but I'm more excited to finally high-five my Pawn on command

'Tis one of a servant's many privileges.

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With Dragon's Dogma 2's new infinite fast travel, Dark Arisen's director wants you to know they're "not forcing" you to use it

Dragon's Dogma 2's fast travel system is a pain in the ass, and depending on who you ask and even when you ask it, this is a good, bad, fine, annoying, interesting, frustrating, clever thing. But as part of a recent free update that has arrived in the leadup to the game's Dark Arisen expansion, it is now less of a pain in the ass. And for the expansion's producer Naoto Oyama and director Kenta Kinoshita, it's about giving people more choices.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 performance on Switch 2 is ‘exceeding our expectations’, says producer

The Nintendo port often exceeds 30 frames per second, he says

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Despite adding an eternal fast travel stone, Dragon's Dogma 2 director maintains you don't have to use it: 'It's just you now have a third option'

I somewhat disagree, even if ox carts were a pain in the rear.

Dragon's Dogma 2 Expected To Run At A Minimum Of 30fps On Switch 2

"it's exceeding our expectations". Dragon's Dogma 2 garnered a fair bit of criticism following its release in 2024 thanks to some pretty dire performance issues. Frame rate would often tank during gameplay on PS5, and while post-launch patches certainly improved things, it was far from perfect. So it was a pretty big surprise, then, to learn of Capcom's plans to port Dragon's Dogma 2 to the Switch 2. Launching on 9th October 2026, its arrival on the objectively weaker Nintendo console naturally

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"It's already exceeding our expectations on Switch 2" - Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen already running at '30fps and higher' on Nintendo handheld

Later this year, we're going to see Capcom's incredible and immersive RPG, Dragon's Dogma 2, arrive on the Switch 2, alongside a massive new expansion called Dark Arisen. Given the game was subject to plenty of criticism for how it ran on both console and PC at launch back in 2024, the fact it can run on Nintendo's hardware at all feels like nothing short of a miracle. But it's not the first Capcom game to turn heads when arriving on Switch 2: Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem both run flawless

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 producer says its Dark Arisen DLC will be more than 25 hours long

Naoto Oyama says players taking on both the base game and DLC "will get a substantial experience"

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"I have what it takes to continue this series' legacy" Hideaki Itsuno may have left Capcom, but Dragon's Dogma 2's new director reckons the RPG is still in good hands

In August 2024, Dragon's Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno left Capcom after "30 years and five months" at the Japanese publisher. The legendary developer, responsible for creating Dragon's Dogma and championing the Devil May Cry franchise, is practically synonymous with the former. It's a well-known story that he originally conceived of the game around the time he was working on Devil May Cry in the early 2000s, and had to fight hard for time and budget when preparing the launch of the original D

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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen adds 25+ hours of content after nearly two years in development. We talk to the devs about how the expansion came to be

Interview with Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen director Kento Kinoshita and producer Naoto Oyama.

Dragon's Dogma 2 devs on the big fast travel U-turn, and wanting to "win back the trust" of RPG fans with the Dark Arisen DLC

There have been rumours about a Dragon's Dogma 2 expansion since earlier this year. The fascinating game was well-received by critics, but as the public got to experience it, the conversation sadly turned away from how unique its hardcore systems were, and instead fixated on its terrible technical performance. Now, as producer Naoto Oyama and director Kenta Kinoshita get ready for the launch of the Dark Arisen DLC in October, they reflect on the original launch of the game - and how the arrival

Eurogamer / Dom Peppiatt

Video: Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Expansion New Gameplay Overview

"We plan to add three major elements". Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen was one other game recently revealed for the Switch 2, and during the latest Capcom Spotlight this week, fans have now been given another look at the upcoming expansion content, arriving on 9th October 2026. According to the game's director Kento Kinoshita, this expansion is packed with "enhanced gameplay, uncharted adventures, and enticing value".

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Capcom details Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, including dungeon challenges and new region

Dark Arisen features expanded character customization

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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Directed by the Man Who Transformed the Original Game

New gameplay shows all. As you may already know, Dragon's Dogma creator and Capcom legend Hideaki Itsuno departed the company back in 2024, leading many fans to believe that Dragon's Dogma 2 — which he directed — would never receive the post-launch support that it deserved. But of course, Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen was announced earlier this month, finally handing dedicated players the future that they'd be pining for since the RPG's release over two years ago. Read the full article on pushsq

Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen details new features

Capcom has released new information and screenshots for Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen during today’s … Source

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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Details Will Be Absolutely Everywhere in August

A DLC blowout is coming. Capcom finally blew the minds of Dragon's Dogma fans last week, when it revealed Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — a full-blooded expansion for the 2024 action RPG. But outside of tiny details that people have been able to pick out of the reveal trailer, we don't have a whole lot to go on. Plus, players have been praying for a DLC like this for over two years now — and so the hunger for fresh information is out of control. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Capcom Pulls Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransactions Ahead of Dark Arisen Expansion Release

Capcom has announced plans to pull Dragon’s Dogma 2 microtransactions from sale ahead of the release of the Dark Arisen expansion.

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2 entire years after being raked over the coals for it, Dragon's Dogma 2 is removing a bunch of those silly little microtransactions that weren't even P2W anyway

Was it worth it? No.

Dragon's Dogma 2 Stripped of All PS5 Microtransactions as DLC Nears

Removed from sale on 25th June. Capcom has announced it's removing all of the microtransactions related to Dragon's Dogma 2 from sale, as it prepares the sequel for its Dark Arisen expansion in October. From 25th June 2026, the Dragon's Dogma 2 premium currency (Rift Crystals) will be taken off the PS Store, along with all the items you could purchase with real money, like Gaol Keys, Portcrystals, and Wakestones. Even the Deluxe Edition of the PS5 title is disappearing, leaving just the base ver

Dragon's Dogma 2 discontinues deluxe edition - and withdraws many of its controversial time-saving microtransactions

Capcom is discontinuing the deluxe edition of Dragon's Dogma 2 on 24th June, as well as pulling many of its more controversial time-saving microtransactions.

Eurogamer / Vikki Blake

Dragon's Dogma 2 hands out an infinite fast travel item after people wouldn't stop moaning about how laborious it was to go anywhere

That's the problem with this generation: iPhones and Eternal Ferrystones.

PC Gamer / Joshua Wolens

The Dragon's Dogma 2 expansion and Switch 2 port provide Capcom with a perfect opportunity to substantially update the game - and work has already begun

The reveal of a Dragon's Dogma 2 port for Nintendo Switch 2 was one of the biggest surprises in yesterday's Nintendo Direct. Moreover, it's the Dark Arisen version that includes a new expansion also coming to other versions of the game. And Capcom is taking the opportunity to do some major work on fantasy role-playing game.

Capcom says Dragon’s Dogma 2’s expansion was built ‘based on wide feedback to the main game’

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is confirmed for all platforms

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Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 3.1 Out Now, Big Improvements Prepare for Dark Arisen DLC

Huge patch notes revealed. Capcom plans to release two major updates for Dragon's Dogma 2 in the very near, and relatively near future. This news comes off the back of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen being announced — a huge expansion that's dropping in October. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Major Dragon's Dogma 2 Patches Incoming to Improve Base Game Ahead of Dark Arisen DLC

First is out tomorrow. Capcom plans to release two major updates for Dragon's Dogma 2 in the very near, and relatively near future. This news comes off the back of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen being announced — a huge expansion that's dropping in October. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Capcom announce Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen DLC, with its release date set for October

The post Capcom announce Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen DLC, with its release date set for October appeared first on GamesHub.

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Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting a frosty Dark Arisen expansion, plus two big updates that fix some of the things you moaned about back in 2024

Dragon's Dogma 2 is getting a Dark Arisen DLC expansion that introduces a chilly new mountainous area, in which there are flaming castles, some awful emaciated dragons, and ice giants who can freeze you solid by yawning. It'll arrive on October 9th after two free "major" updates, the first of which lands tomorrow. The base game is also getting a permanent discount from June 24th. Surely, all of this is incentive enough to finally stop griping about those niggling launch-day microtransactions

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Dragon's Dogma 2 getting Nintendo Switch 2 port and Dark Arisen DLC later this year

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Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Is Real, Huge Dark Arisen Expansion Releases on PS5 in October

No, really. Oh my god, it's actually happening. Following on from a rather blatant tease earlier in the year, Capcom has announced Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — a huge expansion for the 2024 action RPG. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen announced for Nintendo Switch 2, expanding original game with new region

During the June 9 Nintendo Direct, Capcom announced that Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, an expanded edition of the 2024 action RPG, will release for the Nintendo Switch 2 on October 9. Not to be confused with Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen from 2013, this expanded version of the series’ second entry brings the new explorable area Norgan, confirming fans’ longtime theories about an expansion for the game. The new content will be available as DLC on other available platforms.

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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Announced For Nintendo Switch 2

Dragon's Dogma 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 with brand new Dark Arisen content, including the new snowy region of Norgan.

IGN / Matt Purslow

Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC

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As Dragon's Dogma 2 gets a large, mysterious patch on Steam for its second anniversary, we wonder: is this more proof of that rumoured DLC drop?

Dragon's Dogma 2 received a mysterious and rather hefty update on SteamDB, further igniting hopes that Capcom is gearing up to announce some new content for its acclaimed action RPG.

Highly Suspicious Dragon's Dogma 2 Update Adds to Heavily Rumoured DLC Hype

Heartbeats. It's all kicking off for fans of Dragon's Dogma 2 lately, as longstanding dreams of a DLC announcement are seemingly becoming more and more of a reality. Just overnight, players picked up on a huge backend update to the game on Steam. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Dragon's Dogma 2 celebrates second anniversary with "special celebratory artwork" and a custom controller, as fans ponder: are we getting DLC?

Dragon's Dogma 2 was a very special RPG even if some its bones could've used more work and the New Game Plus loop span its wheels without extra end-game content to give it juice. Still, like the original, it gained a dedicated following, so it's not surprising to read two years later folks asking for a Dark Arisen-like DLC. Now, Capcom has celebrated its second anniversary, but we're left with nothing but disappointment once again... or are we?