The Dragon's Dogma expansion will premiere on April 23 in North America and April 26 in Europe. The news is accompanied by a new trailer exploring the game's updated story.
Available on disc and as a digital download for PS3, the expansion is priced at £19.99. The Xbox 360 version will initially be available in disc format only, with a Games on Demand version releasing in the summer.
Dark Arisen features the original game, alongside a new underground realm, extra missions, enemies, weapons and skills.
Owners of the original will receive 100,000 Rift Crystals, unlimited Ferrystones and six brand new costumes upon purchasing the expansion.
Dark Arisen also makes tweaks to the gameplay experience, improving the travel and menu system.
The Dark Arisen contents in full:
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Dragon's Dogma's story centres around The Arisen, a hero whose fate is tied to a powerful dragon that terrorises the land.
The game sees players adventure across an expansive open world, fighting huge mythical creatures such as a hydra, a manticore and a griffin.
Players are also accompanied by pawns - companion characters who the player can give commands to and use to coordinate attacks.
The game was created by a team that worked on some of Capcom's biggest titles, including Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 4 and Resident Evil 4.
Its status as a "major franchise" was confirmed after becoming the 55th Capcom game to ship more than one million units
> Read Digital Spy's 'Dragon's Dogma' review
Watch the gameplay trailer for Dragon's Dogma below:
