Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Expansion Launches October 9
The Switch 2 version pairs the base game and the expansion in one purchase, while every other platform sells Dark Arisen as separate DLC, so the platform split changes what buyers actually get for their money.
Key Facts
- Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen launches on October 9 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
- The Nintendo Switch 2 release of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen includes the base game and the Dark Arisen expansion.
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam get Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen as new DLC on October 9.
- CAPCOM announced the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen trailer during the CAPCOM Spotlight livestream on September 16.
- A Dragon's Dogma 2: Character Creator & Storage app will begin distribution on Nintendo Switch 2, and the character creator app on existing hardware will be updated.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Denfaminicogamer.
CAPCOM showed the main trailer for the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen expansion during the CAPCOM Spotlight livestream on Wednesday. Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen launches on October 9 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The Switch 2 release bundles the base game with the Dark Arisen expansion; the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam versions are DLC releases for the same day. The livestream footage also previews character customization and official pawns. A Dragon's Dogma 2: Character Creator & Storage app will begin distribution on Nintendo Switch 2, and the character creator app already available on existing hardware gets an update. CAPCOM describes the title as a single player, narrative driven action-RPG where players choose their Arisen's appearance, vocation, and party. Dragon's Dogma 2 launched for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in March 2024.
The Dragon's Dogma lineage predates the sequel by more than a decade. The original shipped for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in May 2012, and the Dark Arisen expanded version followed for the same two consoles in April 2013. The PC version arrived internationally in January 2016, with the PS4 and Xbox One release landing in the West and Japan in October 2017 alongside a Japanese PC release. A Switch version came in April 2019.
Other branches of the franchise ran on separate tracks. Dragon's Dogma Online launched on PS3, PS4, and PC in Japan in August 2015 and ended service in December 2019. Yumiya Tashiro's Dragon's Dogma Revives manga adaptation of the online game began in January 2017 and ran to two volumes, and the franchise inspired an anime series that appeared on Netflix in September 2020.
The Capcom Spotlight stream that carried the trailer was billed as the TGS 2026 edition, and it went out at 11:00 p.m. on September 16.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.