Tag: Dragons Dogma
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Frame Rates Massively Improved with Patch 3.2 on PS5, PS5 Pro
Top Dogma
Patch 3.2 for Dragon's Dogma 2 released overnight, and it's made huge changes to the open world RPG. The update reworks fundamental bits and pieces of the game, while also improving the user experience in some pretty significant ways. You could argue that it verges on being a kind of re-release. But the most surprising improvement of all...
News Colossal, Game-Changing Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 3.2 Out Now on PS5
Arise, Arisen
As Capcom promised, the biggest ever update for Dragon's Dogma 2 is available to download now on PS5. And when I write 'biggest', I don't just mean that it's packing the most improvements; this thing is 48GB in terms of file size. To be fair, update 3.2 basically rewrites the game, ahead of the Dark Arisen expansion which launches on...
News Dragon's Dogma 2's Game-Changing PS5 Patch Dated, But Slightly Delayed
The big one
Capcom has long promised a major update for Dragon's Dogma 2, dropping ahead of its Dark Arisen expansion on the 9th October. Previously, this patch was scheduled for late August, but the developer's now confirmed that it'll be arriving a little late, on the 1st or 2nd of September depending on your timezone. At least we've got a date!...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Dev Confirms Hard Mode Is Finally Coming
Through the fire and flames
Dragon's Dogma 2 will finally be handed a hard difficulty mode, hopefully putting one of the game's most prominent issues to rest. The game has a very uneven difficulty curve as you level up, to the point where the vast majority of enemies that you encounter become incredibly easy to defeat. The combat system itself is...
News Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Directed by the Man Who Transformed the Original Game
New gameplay shows all
As you may already know, Dragon's Dogma creator and Capcom legend Hideaki Itsuno departed the company back in 2024, leading many fans to believe that Dragon's Dogma 2 — which he directed — would never receive the post-launch support that it deserved. But of course, Dr
News Capcom Showcase Confirmed for This Week, Onimusha and Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC in the Spotlight
Plus Monster Hunter Stories 3
Capcom will host a new Capcom Spotlight showcase this week, on the Thursday the 25th June. It begins at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT / 10pm BST / 11pm CEST, and it's supposed to last around half an hour. So, what's on the menu? Well, with its September release creeping closer, it's no shock to learn that Onimusha: Way of the...
News Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen Details Will Be Absolutely Everywhere in August
A DLC blowout is coming
Capcom finally blew the minds of Dragon's Dogma fans last week, when it revealed Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — a full-blooded expansion for the 2024 action RPG. But outside of tiny details that people have been able to pick out of the reveal trailer, we don't have a whole lot to go on. Plus, players have been praying for...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Stripped of All PS5 Microtransactions as DLC Nears
Removed from sale on 25th June
Capcom has announced it's removing all of the microtransactions related to Dragon's Dogma 2 from sale, as it prepares the sequel for its Dark Arisen expansion in October. From 25th June 2026, the Dragon's Dogma 2 premium currency (Rift Crystals) will be taken off the PS Store, along with all the items you could...
Gallery Still Can't Believe the Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Is Real? Here's 38 Dark Arisen Screenshots
Snow joke
This past week has been like Christmas for fans of Dragon's Dogma 2. Not only were minds blown by the reveal of Dark Arisen, a massive expansion that's coming in October, Capcom's laid out a roadmap for two major updates that are set to improve the base experience to a significant degree. The first of those updates is out right now, by...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 3.1 Out Now, Big Improvements Prepare for Dark Arisen DLC
Huge patch notes revealed
Capcom plans to release two major updates for Dragon's Dogma 2 in the very near, and relatively near future. This news comes off the back of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen being announced — a huge expansion that's dropping in October. The first patch releases tomorrow at the time of writing — that's the 10th June...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Is Real, Huge Dark Arisen Expansion Releases on PS5 in October
No, really
Oh my god, it's actually happening. Following on from a rather blatant tease earlier in the year, Capcom has announced Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — a huge expansion for the 2024 action RPG. Much like the original Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, the sequel's equivalent adds a whole new, explorable, seemingly endgame-focused region to...
News Highly Suspicious Dragon's Dogma 2 Update Adds to Heavily Rumoured DLC Hype
Heartbeats
It's all kicking off for fans of Dragon's Dogma 2 lately, as longstanding dreams of a DLC announcement are seemingly becoming more and more of a reality. Just overnight, players picked up on a huge backend update to the game on Steam. Now, generally speaking, Dragon's Dogma fans have learned not to put too much stock into these...
Rumour Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork
North facing
Are we seriously still writing about Dragon's Dogma 2 and its mythical DLC here in March 2026? You better believe it! Although it's never been officially acknowledged by Capcom, a potential expansion for the 2024 open world RPG has long stood at the heart of many rumours. And now, on the game's second anniversary, some fans are...
News New Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch Is Just Trolling Us at This Point
Dragon it out
A new update for Dragon's Dogma 2 is available to download right now on PS5, but after an eternity of silence from Capcom — outside of the game's first anniversary, which was a complete non-event anyway — this certainly isn't the kind of patch that sparks immediate hope for the title's future. Weighing in at a meagre 454MB, the...
News Capcom Celebrates Dragon's Dogma 2's 1st Anniversary, But There's Still No Sign of an Expansion
End the cycle
Dragon's Dogma 2 launched one year ago today, on the 22nd March 2024. And while Capcom has acknowledged the one-year anniversary, there's still no sign of an expansion. In truth, it's been a fairly frustrating 12 months for fans of the open world RPG. While its core gameplay is, in our humble opinion, something really special, the...
Rumour Dragon's Dogma 2 Datamine Reveals Potential Multiplayer Plans
By the light of the moon
A new Dragon's Dogma 2 datamine has supposedly unearthed some interesting details regarding potential plans for the open world RPG. While these tidbits don't necessarily mean that significant updates are incoming, they do suggest that the developer was at least considering one or two eyebrow-raising additions. The headline...
Hands On $700 Later and Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Pro Performance Is Still Far from Perfect
The cycle continues
Touted as a game that could greatly benefit from the PS5 Pro's arrival, Dragon's Dogma 2 takes advantage of Sony's new system through several graphics settings that were recently added via an update. Those familiar with Capcom's open world RPG will know that the title has struggled to attain smooth technical performance since...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Set to Run Significantly Better on PS5 Pro, Early Footage Reveals
Arise, Arisen
As we've written about previously, Capcom's managed to improve Dragon's Dogma 2 a lot since its initial launch back in March — but it's looking like PS5 Pro will be the place to play if you want an especially smooth adventure. Footage of the open world RPG running on Sony's new system has started popping up on YouTube and social...
News New Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch Prepares for PS5 Pro with PSSR, Balanced Settings
Big Dogma
Capcom's dropped a new update for Dragon's Dogma 2. While it does fix a handful of weird issues in the here and now, its main purposes is to prepare the game for PS5 Pro, which obviously launches next week. As the patch notes detail, two new options are being added to the graphics menu. PS5 Pro users will be able to toggle PlayStation...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Performance Quietly Improved By Latest Patch, Players Say
Much closer to 60fps
Capcom is still making fairly significant improvements to Dragon's Dogma 2's technical performance on PS5, if some players are to be believed. The game's latest update dropped overnight, and while the official patch notes don't mention actual performance enhancements, fans think that the open world RPG is running better than...
News Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 2.01 Out Now on PS5, Boosts Performance, Balances Vocations
Casual Mode also added
As promised by Capcom, a fairly significant update for Dragon's Dogma 2 has landed. Patch 2.01 is available to download now on PS5, weighing in at a reasonable 909MB. Just like the developer said, the goal here is to reduce CPU demand — the main cause of frame rate fluctuations, especially when running about in the game's...
News Capcom Finally Breaks Silence on Dragon's Dogma 2, Confirms New Update Is Incoming
Big Dogma
It's been quite some time since Capcom last piped up about Dragon's Dogma 2. The game's most recent update dropped several months ago, near the beginning of July, and the developer's maintained radio silence ever since. However, with Tokyo Game Show looming — and Dragon's Dogma 2 being named as a title that'll be 'PS5 Pro Enhanced' —...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Hopes Reignited By Suspicious Steam Updates
Through fire and flames
Capcom's been very, very quiet on all things Dragon's Dogma 2 for a few months now. With the game shifting as many copies as it did — and with the publisher bigging the property up just after launch — there was a widespread belief that the RPG would receive meaningful updates, followed by some kind of expansion down the...
News Legendary Devil May Cry, Dragon's Dogma Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years
"Please stay tuned for my next creation!"
Hideaki Itsuno has announced his departure from Capcom, over thirty years after he first joined the company. Itsuno is perhaps best known as the guy who got Devil May Cry back on track. He directed the awesome Devil May Cry 3, and much more recently, the superb Devil May Cry 5. He also brought us Dragon's...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch Clearly Improves PS5 Performance, But It's Still Far from Perfect
Getting warmer
A new Dragon's Dogma 2 update dropped last week, promising performance improvements on PS5. The action RPG has suffered from an unruly frame rate since launch, and although Capcom did start cleaning things up with patch 1.050 just a week after the game's launch, this latest update arrives over three months later — and it still...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Gets a Free Trial for a Limited Time on PS5
Come forth, Arisen
If you've been tempted to try Dragon's Dogma 2 but you're yet to pull the trigger on a full purchase, you may want to give this new trial a shot. Available to download now on PS5, this is a two-hour preview where you can transfer your progress over to the game proper. There is a catch, though, in that the trial is only accessible...
News Huge Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Update Adds Frame Rate Settings, 120FPS Is an Option
Plus an item storage overhaul
Capcom has finally got around to improving the performance of Dragon's Dogma 2 with a significant PS5 patch that can be downloaded now. From a performance standpoint, the most important addition the update brings is the ability to set "graphics settings" to either high or low. On top of that, if you own a 4K TV that...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Speculation Intensifies Thanks to Summer Game Fest Promo
Rock the dragon
Some Dragon's Dogma 2 fans are starting to get their hopes up for a DLC announcement at this week's Summer Game Fest. As always, we'd be somewhat wary of such speculation, but there is decent enough reasoning behind this line of thinking. The event's promotional trailer — put together by host Geoff Keighley himself — heavily...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 1.150 Drops as Players Still Wait for Better PS5 Performance
Not this time
Yet another update has arrived for Dragon's Dogma 2, bringing more positive adjustments to the open world RPG. However, there's still no sign of further improvements to the game's technical performance on PS5, which is already rubbing some players the wrong way. To be fair, patch 1.150 does include a nice boost to storage space, and a...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Tops an Impressive 3 Million Sales
The Arisen has arisen
Two and a bit months after its release, Dragon's Dogma 2 has now sold 3 million copies. Last we heard, the open world RPG had topped 2.5 million in one week or so, which means it's managed an additional 500,000 sales since. Given that the original Dragon's Dogma took years to really take off in a commercial sense, the...
News Capcom Now Considers Dragon's Dogma a 'Key Brand' Following Substantial Sales
Alongside Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Resi
The year is 2024, and we now live in a world where Capcom considers Dragon's Dogma to be one of its "key brands". According to the publisher's latest financial report, the action RPG series currently sits alongside the likes of Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter as a pillar property...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Success Means Capcom Shareholders Get a Bump
That particular bet paid off
Capcom has revealed that, mainly due to Dragon's Dogma 2's success, the company will pay out more money to shareholders than previously anticipated. The combination developer/publisher has revised its full-year earnings and dividend forecasts for the financial year ending 31st March 2024. Across all platforms, Dragon's...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 1.10 Out Now on PS5, Adjusts Dragonsplague, Pawns, and More
No performance updates, though
As promised by Capcom earlier in the month, Dragon's Dogma 2 has a new update on PS5. Patch 1.10, which weighs in at a very manageable 563MB, features adjustments to various aspects of the game, like making dragonsplague easier to spot, and improving pawn behaviour. Those who caught the initial patch announcement...
News Future Dragon's Dogma 2 Update Will Nerf Its Coolest Mechanic
Dragonsplague infection reduced
Capcom has shared a list of patch notes for a Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 update that'll drop at some point later this month, and chief among them is news the game's dragonsplague mechanic will be reduced in frequency and made much more easily noticeable. The patch notes confirm the infection will be spread at a slower rate...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Patch 1.060 Isn't the Update You're Waiting For
Frame imperfect
A fresh Dragon's Dogma 2 patch has been pushed on PS5, but don't get your hopes up for any technical enhancements. Although Capcom previously said that it was planning to improve the game's frame rate via additional updates, it's apparently too soon. Instead, this new patch focuses on busting some bugs. You can download it now,...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Expansion? Some Players Are Convinced It's Coming
Darker Arisen
Based on Capcom's history alone, it's highly likely that Dragon's Dogma 2 will get some kind of expansion — just like the original Dragon's Dogma and Dark Arisen. But if you still need convincing, the game's community is on hand to sway your opinion. As outlined on Reddit, many players are convinced that the game itself points...
News Another Capcom Success as Dragon's Dogma 2 Sells 2.5 Million Copies
Overall series now at over 10 million sales
Dragon's Dogma 2 has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the less than two weeks it has spent on the market, Capcom today confirmed. Bundling in all the versions of the original game, this means the series has in total sold over 10 million units. The Japanese firm shared the news today in a press release...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Dragon's Dogma 2?
Rock the dragon
Dragon's Dogma 2 dropped to impressively high review scores last month, earning Capcom yet another hit with critics — but now that it's been out for a little while, we want to know what you think of this open world RPG. Indeed, player opinion seems to be a bit more divided, although we're well aware that some people have been...
Hands On Dragon's Dogma 2 Update Improves Frame Rate on PS5 at the Cost of Ray Tracing
30fps option feels pointless, though
Dragon's Dogma 2 has been blessed with some notable improvements via its first post-launch update. With patch 1.050, Capcom has implemented several graphics settings on PS5, and we're happy to report that the open world RPG has taken a decent step in the right direction. To start with, let's go over the options...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 1.050 Adds Graphics Options, Gameplay Improvements on PS5
Optional 30fps cap included
The first big update for Dragon's Dogma 2 has landed, with Capcom having promised a slew of improvements earlier in the week. Patch 1.050 is available to download now on PS5, weighing in at 515MB. This one's all about graphics options, really. The game launched with no way to adjust visuals and performance on consoles,...
News Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
A more mixed reception from fans
We really liked Dragon’s Dogma 2 in our review, describing it as the “apex of RPG adventuring”. But it appears the enthusiasm has not quite infected everyone yet, as the title’s community is surprisingly divided right now. Obviously, performance issues and those launch day microtransactions aren’t exact
News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC? Tell Capcom You Want Another Dark Arisen in New Survey
Arise again
Capcom has published a player survey for Dragon's Dogma 2. It asks for opinions on various aspects of the game, including what you like and dislike about it. But the most interesting question comes right at the end, which reads: "Would you be interested in purchasing DLC for Dragon's Dogma 2, if additional contents were to be released?"...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas
A marvel of engineering
Dragon's Dogma 2 continues to be the gift that keeps giving, with players reporting overnight the discovery of how to use the many catapults trebuchets (and ballista) left scattered around Capcom's reactive game world (though some are clearly destroyed). Even more exciting, the power and torque of these beautiful machines of...
News Mysterious, Viral Dragon's Dogma 2 Mechanic Infecting Player's Pawns
Confirmed cases of Dragonsplague detected
Reports of a mysterious affliction infecting the Pawns of Dragon's Dogma 2 players, the AI-assisted NPC companion each player creates, have begun to trickle in. This sinister disease is known as Dragonsplague and affected Pawns will exhibit red glowing eyes, incoherent speech, disobedience, and increased...
News Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
Graphics options, performance boosts, more
Just one weekend removed from the release of Dragon's Dogma 2, Capcom has confirmed that it's working on a slew of improvements, which will be coming to the game via free updates. A lot of this stuff seems to be in direct response to player feedback, and includes overall adjustments, additional options, and...
News Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
"We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience"
Dragon's Dogma 2 is currently the game everyone online seems to be playing. Clips of open world insanity proliferate on social media platforms as players get to grips with Capcom's latest genre-defining romp, which was partly to be expected. What took players by surprise, however, was the swathe of...
News Capcom Simply Must Improve Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Performance, Concludes Digital Foundry
Through fire and flames
Dragon's Dogma 2 is an amazing open world RPG — we've said as much numerous times in our Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 review. But there's also no getting around just how unoptimized the title is on a technical level. As stressed in our aforementioned review, the game's frame rate can be a problem. Most of the time, it's found...
Poll Are You Playing Dragon's Dogma 2?
Take heart
It's finally here. 12 years after the release of the original Dragon's Dogma, Capcom has launched Dragon's Dogma 2. A much larger sequel built with a budget that probably dwarfs its predecessor's, the action RPG has been met with incredibly positive reviews — but it's also taking a beating over poor technical performance and its...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Slated for Adding Sinister PS5 Microtransactions at Launch
Flogging fast travel and more
Dragon’s Dogma 2, by all accounts a sensational RPG, is getting obliterated for adding microtransactions on launch day. These, we must stress, were unavailable to purchase during the review period but were mentioned in a media guide; they’ve since been made available for sale on the release’s launch day. Already...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Plot Mass NPC Murder to Boost the Frame Rate
More frames, but at what cost?
When Capcom told IGN that performance issues with the PC version of Dragon's Dogma 2 were likely due to how much CPU the game's more than 1000 unique NPCs demand, NPCs which can be killed off permanently, they probably should have anticipated what was always going to happen next. The community, wasting no time, has...
