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Since its announcement last year, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen has had little in the way of announcements for it. Fortunately, today Capcom have chosen to remove the curtain and make several announcements in regards to the release date, distribution and content of the expansion. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is headed to both North America and PAL regions as both physical and digital installments from the 23rd and 26 of April respectively (Region-wise).
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is set to once again follow the adventures of your Arisen and Main Pawn, as they travel through the new areas presented in this chapter. Just off the Gransys mainland is the cursed Bitterblack Isle and it is here that gamers will discover an underground realm, complete with new terrifying foes to face and incredible treasure to find as they embark on an all new quest. Owners of the original Dragon’s Dogma will be able to export their existing characters and all other saved data, to continue their journey as the Arisen and face this new threat that has emerged from the cavernous depths. Players will be able to take their characters to new heights, with brand new high-level skills and augments as well as all new weapons and armour sets. For those that missed Dragon’s Dogma the first time around, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen provides the opportunity to start their journey from the very beginning before tackling the all new content.
Furthermore, owners of the original Dragon’s Dogma will receive the following for free on purchasing Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen: 100,000 Rift Crystals, unlimited Ferrystones and the Gransys Armour Pack consisting of six brand new costumes. In addition to this, returning gamers will be introduced to for the first time several new requested gameplay mechanics that will be changed and retrofitted in this new installment – a more intuitive menu system and easier travel (Although they have not stipulated if this will involve map travel).
The following is a list of many of the new goodies included in this release:
- A massive new underground realm to explore featuring over 25 terrifying new enemies.
. - More skills/equipment/augments:
- Level 3 Skills
- DD:DA provides each character class with a new tier of skills, giving players new devastating abilities and skills to master.
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- DD:DA provides each character class with a new tier of skills, giving players new devastating abilities and skills to master.
- Level 3 Skills
- Over 100 Pieces of New Equipment – All new high level weapons and armor sets for players venturing into the underground caverns..
. - 14 new character/pawn augments.
. - New tiers of equipment enhancement.
. - and more including increased character customization options, item appraisal and the option to select Japanese voice overs.
In PAL regions, the Playstation 3 physical and digital editions are set to be released on the 26th April 2013 at €29.99/£19.99. On the XBox360, only a disc edition is planned for release in April, with a digital version to follow as a Games on Demand title in the Summer.
