Capcom Pulls Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransactions Ahead of Dark Arisen Expansion Release

Capcom has announced plans to propulsion Dragon’s Dogma 2 microtransactions from merchantability up of the merchandise of the Dark Arisen expansion.

The institution volition discontinue the Deluxe Edition of the enactment RPG arsenic good arsenic “certain DLC items” connected June 24. This comes alongside a imperishable discount for the integer mentation of the basal game.

In a station connected societal media, Capcom listed the microtransactions it was pulling from sale, including the quality exertion and the warp determination marker.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 was criticized astatine motorboat backmost successful 2024 for its microtransactions, with implicit 21 disposable connected motorboat day. These ranged successful terms from $0.99 to $4.99, and included an Explorer’s Camping Kit for $2.99, a $0.99 gaol cardinal that lets you flight from gaol but breaks aft a azygous use, a Portcrystal warp determination marker that costs $2.99, and $0.99 Wakestones that reconstruct the dormant to life.

While these microtransaction items were easy obtainable in-game done simply playing, and galore ne'er felt the request to walk wealth connected them, they sparked contention not conscionable for the sheer fig disposable day-one, but due to the fact that they made parts of the crippled deliberately designed to situation players successful definite ways either easier, little frustrating, oregon quicker. Modders ended up making these items disposable successful unlimited numbers successful response.

Capcom has already released a large rubric update for Dragon’s Dogma 2, and plans different for the extremity of August that volition amended the frame-rate, adhd further prevention slots, and marque a fig of quality-of-life improvements. Dark Arisen itself launches connected October 9 2026.

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