Dragon’s Dogma has hit its highest participant rely in 6 years, following sequel information and low cost
Dragon’s Dogma achieved its highest concurrent participant rely in over six years over the weekend.
Based on Steam DB (as noticed by Benji-Gross sales), the sport, which was first launched in January 2016, hit a peak concurrent participant rely of 6,582 on Sunday, a quantity which it has solely ever surpassed throughout the launch month of the sport.
This quantity is just like that of current releases akin to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, which managed 6,599 concurrent gamers on Steam throughout the identical 24-hour interval.
On the time of publishing, Dragon’s Dogma is simply within Steam’s prime 50 trending video games for gross sales and pre-orders, above the likes of Day Z, Hunt: Showdown and Sea of Thieves.
10 Years of Dragon’s Dogma
The re-emergence of Dragon’s Dogma is probably going because of the current announcement of the sport’s long-awaited sequel, and a deeply discounted sale value. The sport is at the moment obtainable for $4.79 / £3.83, an 84% low cost.
Capcom lastly confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma 2 is in improvement final week.
Throughout a reside stream celebrating the sport’s tenth anniversary, director Hideaki Itsuno mentioned: “Everybody within the improvement workforce is difficult at work making a sport that we hope you’ll take pleasure in! Please stay up for it!”
No sport particulars have been revealed throughout the stream. In a follow-up assertion, Capcom mentioned that Dragon’s Dogma 2 “will start the cycle anew,” and confirmed that the sequel is being developed utilizing its RE Engine.
References to Dragon’s Dogma 2 have been included in each a Capcom knowledge breach in November 2020 and an Nvidia Geforce Now leak in September 2021.