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Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen

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90 9 October 2026

Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen is an adventure developed by Capcom Development Division 1, released 9 October 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen is

Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen is an adventure game developed by Capcom Development Division 1 and released in 2026. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RE Engine.

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dragon's Dogma series

Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen is the seventh of 7 entries we hold in the Dragon's Dogma series. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 90 is 6 points above the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Dragon's Dogma II at 91.

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How it was received

Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 79, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen launched on 9 October 2026, within three weeks of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.

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When did Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen come out?
Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen was released on 9 October 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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