Dragon Sword Awakening

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Hound13 has withdrawn the official mod guidelines for the PC open-world action RPG 'Dragon Sword: Awakening' after community backlash. · 2026-08-27

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The developer published the guidelines on August 24, ahead of planned Steam Workshop support, which is still dated for a later announcement. · 2026-08-27

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The original rules permitted free skin mods, quality-of-life improvements, and difficulty-increasing mods, while prohibiting mods containing nudity, those that circumvent DLC purchases, and those that lower difficulty. · 2026-08-27

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Distribution of mods outside the Steam Workshop was also not officially allowed. · 2026-08-27

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Opposition emerged in Steam comment sections, with players arguing that restricting difficulty-reducing and R-18 mods was excessive for a single-player and co-op game. · 2026-08-27

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Hound13 apologized for discouraging community creativity and reduced its stance to two minimum principles: avoiding acts that infringe on the rights of game or DLC purchasers, and avoiding use of officially undisclosed content without permission. · 2026-08-27

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The developer cited confirmed mods using methods it cannot control as the reason for drafting guidelines early. · 2026-08-27

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Future policy, including whether to support the Workshop, is under reconsideration. · 2026-08-27

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does not officially support MODs or save file modifications · 2026-08-04

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has already surpassed 20,000 concurrent players · 2026-08-04

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holds a "Very Positive" rating on Steam reviews · 2026-08-04

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using MODs or save editors may cause data corruption, crashes, progression blocks, and failures in applying updates or patches · 2026-08-04

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originally developed as a live-service title but was converted to a buy-to-play release · 2026-08-04

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pre-launch FAQ already stated MOD support would not be provided at launch · 2026-08-04

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recommends players regularly back up save files · 2026-08-04

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The game was originally scheduled to launch at 7:00 AM JST on July 23, 2026 · 2026-07-22

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the developer said the Steam app review process has not been completed · 2026-07-22

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a new release date will be announced once confirmed · 2026-07-22

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The standard edition is priced at 3,480 yen · 2026-07-22

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a launch celebration event offering the 'Abyss Dire Wolf' Familiar DLC for free until August 31 was also announced · 2026-07-22

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surpassed 150,000 wishlist registrations · 2026-06-16

Release

game · second half of 2027 · 2026-08-15

Release

game · 2026-07-23 · Steam · 2026-07-21

Release

game · delayed from July 23, 2026 · Steam · 2026-07-22

Release

game · 2026-06-16 to 2026-06-24 · Steam · 2026-06-16

Release

game · July 2026 · 2026-06-16

Release

game · June 5 to June 24 · Steam · 2026-06-02

Announced

main story and boss additions · 2026-08-15

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