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Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen release times — (Image credit: Capcom)

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🔥 The Dark Arisen expansion releases on October 8 or 9 depending on your timezone.

🔥 There is no preload currently available.

🔥 The DLC size is about 25GB.

The Dark Arisen expansion for Dragon's Dogma 2 releases this week, over two years on from when the base game launched back in 2024.

The DLC arrives on October 8 in the US, but October 9 for the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. Here's exactly when you can play:

West Coast US: 5 pm PDT (October 8)
East Coast US: 8 pm EDT (October 8)
UK: 1 am BST (October 9)
Europe: 2 am CEST (October 9)
Australia: 11 am AEST (October 9)
New Zealand: 1 pm NZDT (October 9)

You can see the rest of the release times in the image above. If you're looking for PlayStation instead, then the game releases at midnight local time on October 9 everywhere except PST, where it releases at 9 pm on October 8. The size of the DLC is 25 GB and you can view its current requirements on the Steam page.

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