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Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion

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Capcom has confirmed that the Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen expansion will launch on 9 October 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and the Nintendo Switch 2. The DLC, priced at US $29.99 standalone or US $49.99 bundled, adds the frozen Norgan region, twelve “Lost Rites” dungeons, and the Forsaken Dominion, offering over 25 hours of content. New features include a transmog system, relic hunting, and environmental hazards like blizzards. New enemies include Berkan tribesmen, Beorcan warriors, the Norgan Giant, and the ice dragon Fimbl. Following a delay from its original late-August schedule, In preparation for the expansion, Capcom released a major system update (version 3.2) Title Update 3.2 on 2 September. This update serves as preparation for the expansion and introduces introduced several gameplay and technical overhauls. Key changes include overhauls, including increasing vocation weapon-skill slots from four to six to provide greater combat flexibility and six, expanding save slots from one to three, supporting autosaves, interim saves, and “Last Inn Rest” saves. The update also introduces the “Dragonsbaulk Draught” to cure the Dragon Plague and implements implementing a balance overhaul for all vocations alongside improved AI behavior for pawns and enemies. vocations. Technical improvements include included native 60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X, and with PS5 Pro players able to exceed 100 FPS. PC players received expanded graphical settings for PC, such as granular controls for volumetric fog fog, reflections, and ray-traced GI. On Nintendo Switch 2, the expansion reportedly maintains a stable 30 FPS in handheld mode, though some upscaling blurriness was noted at 900p resolution. New gameplay footage has highlighted ray tracing. Following the “Relic Expedition Cycle” within 3.2 release, Capcom issued update 3.210 to address critical save data issues specifically affecting PlayStation 5 players. The previous update had caused incorrect timestamps and errors where the frozen Norgan region. Players can utilize “Load from Last Saved Data” option would load incorrect progress, such as “Load from Last Inn Rest.” Capcom noted that while the Norgandian Settlement to prepare for expeditions into frost-covered wastes to locate relics, which can be appraised patch ensures correct resumption of progress, players who had local saves overwritten by the matron Jiera to unlock equipment and abilities. faulty autosaves without a cloud backup may face unrecoverable data loss.

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  1. 2026-09-07 12:14 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  2. 2026-09-02 22:22 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  3. 2026-09-02 09:47 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  4. 2026-09-02 03:23 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  5. 2026-08-27 20:21 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  6. 2026-08-26 13:14 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  7. 2026-08-26 11:55 UTC Capcom confirms Oct 9 release for Dark Arisen expansion
  8. 2026-08-03 14:46 UTC Capcom sets Oct 9 release, adds 60 FPS update
  9. 2026-08-01 04:22 UTC Capcom sets Oct 9 release, adds 60 FPS update
  10. 2026-07-31 22:19 UTC Capcom confirms Hard Mode, adds new areas
  11. 2026-07-28 09:46 UTC Capcom adds hard mode, transmog to Dark Arisen
  12. 2026-07-28 09:45 UTC Capcom adds hard mode, transmog to Dark Arisen
  13. 2026-07-28 09:44 UTC Capcom adds hard mode, transmog to Dark Arisen
  14. 2026-07-26 21:57 UTC Capcom adds hard mode, transmog to Dark Arisen

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