Capcom confirms Dragon Dogma ships this May, includes early access to Resident Evil 6 demo

Capcom have today confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma, its highly anticipated open world action title, will be released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in North America on May 22nd, 2012 and across Europe on May 25th, 2012. Purchasers of Dragon’s Dogma will also have the opportunity to be the first to experience a playable demo of Resident Evil 6, ahead of its release on November. 20th, 2012.

Retail versions of Dragon’s Dogma will contain a redeemable token that will allow owners to download the Resident Evil 6 demo. Purchasers of the Xbox 360 version of Dragon’s Dogma will be able to redeem this token and download the Resident Evil 6 demo from the the Xbox LIVE Marketplace 60 days earlier than any other platform starting on July 3rd. While the demo for owners of the PlayStation 3 system version of Dragon’s Dogma will go live on the PlayStation Store on September 4th in North America and Japan and September 5th in Europe.

Dragon’s Dogma introduces an innovative team system to the genre. Known as Pawns, these three AI partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability they have developed based on traits learned over time from the player and their actions. By utilizing Xbox LIVE or the PlayStation Network, players will journey to the Rift where they can share their own Pawns with friends and be rewarded with treasure, knowledge of the world and strategies for taking down enemies. Conversely, players can borrow friends’ Pawns with the specific skills or experience required to tackle a particular quest. In addition, Dragon’s Dogma will ship with thousands of ready-made Pawns for players to pick their allies offline.