If you've picked up the expandalone Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen or are still bashing away at the original Dragon's Dogma, whoa there, Nelly! Hold up a second! A recent patch has introduced a save data corruption bug to both games, Capcom warns, so you'll want to back up your saves somewhere safe until it's fixed.

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Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is now available in North America for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it will be released on April 26th in Europe.

Available both digitally and through retail, Dark Arisen contains the original Dragon's Dogma in its entirety, reworked and rebalanced, plus an entire island of new dungeons, quests, equipment, items, and enemies (including giant bosses). Owners of the original Dragon's Dogma will receive a host of in-game bonuses - including an item allowing infinite fast travel - when they transfer their old save data to Dark Arisen.

Check out the Mystic Knight as he tries to extinguish the life of a group of Pyre Saurian, catches a ride on a passing Strigoi, before ending up as the filling in a Cursed Dragon sandwich.

As a Sorcerer in Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, players will get to cast an array of high level magic spells as they make their way through the underground realm. Check out the latest video to see how the Sorcerer and his party fare against the Poisoned Undead, Banshees and the imposing Gold and Silver Knights.

The latest slice of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen gameplay takes a look at a new category of beast that players must face. Necrophagous beasts are a special breed that are drawn to the scent of decomposing flesh and can appear seemingly from nowhere.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will feature a host of fearsome new enemies. The aptly named Death and his trademark scythe will send the Arisen to his grave with one hit. Be ready to dodge the Eliminator’s mighty hammer, extinguish the Pyre Saurian’s fiery attacks, and beware of Maneaters hidden in chests.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from April 23rd in North America and April 26th across Europe, Capcom has announced.

Available as both a physical disc and a full game digital download, Dark Arisen includes a huge brand new area, missions, enemies and more, plus all of the content from the original game.

For those that missed Dragon’s Dogma the first time around, Dark Arisen provides players with the opportunity to start their journey from the very beginning before tackling the all-new content. 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.

Furthermore, owners of the original Dragon’s Dogma will receive 100,000 Rift Crystals, unlimited Ferrystones and the Gransys Armour Pack consisting of six brand new costumes for free, upon purchasing Dark Arisen.

Here’s a breakdown of the new features in Dark Arisen:

• A massive new underground realm to explore featuring over 25 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.
• 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.
• Increased character customization options.
• Item appraisal.
• Option to select Japanese voice over.

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will be available at retail stores for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and as a digital download from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Market Place for $39.99/£19.99.

Dragon's Dogma will soon be getting a new 'Hard Mode' and 'Speedrun Mode' as part of an upcoming title update, Capcom has announced.

Known as "A Trial for Adventures - Challenge Pack," the update will be available for download for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on December 4th, free of charge. In addition to including the aforementioned two modes, the update will include some new unlockable outfits as rewards for completing those modes.

Speedrun will challenge players to clear the game as quickly as possible while Hard Mode turns up the difficulty with enemies that are tougher to defeat.

Capcom has revealed that it will be making new modes and content available for Dragon's Dogma in the upcoming months.

Available free of charge and scheduled for release before the end of the year, Dragon’s Dogma’s million strong community of players will be able to put their skills to the test with the introduction of Speedrun and Hard modes. Speedrun will challenge players to clear the game as quickly as possible with in-game equipments awarded for those who clock specific times; while Hard Mode turns up the difficulty with enemies that are tougher to defeat, but with the reward of further equipment.

In 2013, Capcom will also release a major expansion pack for Dragon’s Dogma called Dark Arisen, details of which will be revealed in the near future.

For those out there who haven’t experienced the action RPG 'Dragon’s Dogma' yet, Capcom has announced that a brand new demo will be available from next week.

Exclusive to PlayStation 3 owners, the demo will feature the game’s Prologue, access to Dragon’s Dogma’s in-depth character customisation screen before the player embarks on a quest to defeat the mighty Hydra and deliver one of its three heads to the castle. As with the original demo, players will be able to carry their character’s save data into the full main game. The demo will be available from August 15th in Europe and on the North American PlayStation Store on August 21st.

Additionally, starting from today, August 10th, players will be able to participate in a new competition being held on the Pawn Community website, The Gran Soren Times. Players will be able to submit in-game screenshots taken using the photo sharing feature in Dragon’s Dogma into three different categories: The Fairest Maidens; The Most Dashing Gentlemen, and The Most Unique Myrmidons. Winning entries will receive exclusive avatars for PSN or Xbox Live and 18 very lucky grand prize winners - six each from Europe, North America and Japan - will have their pawns showcased in the “Special Pawn” area of the Rift.

Lastly, to help new players enjoy the world of Dragon’s Dogma a title update delivering an all new ‘Easy Mode’ is now available on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Hideaki Itsuno has discussed plans for Dragon's Dogma 2 and teased a bigger world and new features for the sequel. Speaking to Japanese gaming mag Famitsu, the longtime director of Devil May Cry and creator of Capcom's sleeper hit said the world of Dragon's Dogma was only about two thirds of the original intended size.

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As promised, a Resident Evil 6 demo is now available for owners of Dragon’s Dogma on the Xbox 360. The demo features three different missions taken from the three separate campaigns in the game.

In the demo gamers can play as Leon S. Kennedy alongside Helena Harper and explore the dark confines of the Ivy University campus and the zombies that fill its hallways. Select Chris Redfield’s mission and head to China for an intense encounter against the deadly J’avo with BSAA colleague Piers Nivans on the rooftops of Lanshiang. And finally the third mission shifts the action to the war-torn Eastern European state of Edonia and sees Jake Muller and Sherry Berkin trying to escape the relentless pursuit of the Ustanak, one of the new B.O.W.’s being introduced in Resident Evil 6.

The demo for owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Dragon’s Dogma will go live on the PlayStation Store on September 4th in North America and September 5th in Europe.

Resident Evil 6 will be available globally on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from October 2nd 2012 with a PC version to follow.

We were certainly pleased with Dragon's Dogma in our review, and evidently that opinion was common enough for developer and publisher Capcom to commit to turning its console action-RPG into "a major franchise."

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Throughout the fields and cities of Dragon’s Dogma, you will find all sorts of hidden items. These items, however, are not necessarily effective or of particularly great value on their own. That's where “combination” comes into play. Item combining allows you to put two items together to create new items.

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Capcom has announced it will be ‘re-evaluating’ how much on-disc downloadable content it will be creating in future. The statement is in response after Capcom has been criticised by gamers for including DLC on-disc rather than have players download it post-launch, with mostly Street Fighter x Tekken being the focus of many complaints.

Senior vice president Christian Svensson explained they have been listening to player complaints:

"We would like to assure you that we have been listening to your comments and as such have begun the process of re-evaluating how such additional game content is delivered in the future. As this process has only just commenced in the past month or so, there will be some titles, where development began some time ago and that are scheduled for release in the coming months, for which we are unable to make changes to the way some of their post release content is delivered." 

"One such title is Dragon’s Dogma, where the decision to include some additional (but not all planned additional) game content for the game on disc was made at the beginning of the game’s development cycle as at the time this was determined to be the most efficient way of ensuring certain content was made available. Owners of Dragon’s Dogma will be able to further their gameplay experience with the release of additional quests, weapons and other items in the months following the game going on sale."

"Just wanted people to know in advance the whys, wherefores and where we're going in the future. You are being heard. Thanks."

In a behind the scenes look at the making of Dragon's Dogma, the developers take a look at the incredible level of detail the team put into the game. With hundreds of unique, fully voiced NPCs, and thousands of lines of dialog, the creators spared no detail in crafting this incredible world.

Capcom has today revealed a new event mode for Dragon's Dogma, in which players and their parties of Pawns can compete collectively with other players from around the world in an asynchronous encounter against the Ur-Dragon via Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network.

The effect of each party’s attacks will be combined, but be warned its immense strength means it will take multiple encounters before the Ur-Dragon finally falls. Players that deals the fatal blow will receive the maximum reward, but regardless all players can still obtain both common and rare items dropped by the Ur-Dragon when they inflict damage.

Players without an online connection can also take on the Ur-Dragon alone, but the rewards will be different to those received online. All slayers of the Ur-Dragon will have their names and play times recorded in a hall of fame for others to view and aim to beat.

Say what you like about Capcom's attitude to Street Fighter X Tekken character rosters - when it comes to Dragon's Dogma, we doubt you'll be left wanting more. Assuming, that is, they're being serious about the "300 hour playthrough" thing.

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