Capcom's finally yanking the plug on Dragon's Dogma 2's launch MTX trash heap right before the Dark Arisen expansion drops. Character editor, wakestones, warp markers, and the rest of those pay-to-skip garbage items vanish from the store on June 24, two years after the 2024 launch backlash that had Steam reviews tanking and modders handing out infinite copies for free. They're also axing the Deluxe Edition and slapping a permanent discount on the base game across PS, Xbox, and Steam to clear the decks for the October 9 expansion that adds new areas, dungeons, and whatever else they're finally giving players for actual money.

This isn't some noble redemption arc. It's Capcom spotting the Dark Arisen cash cow on the horizon and deciding the day-one MTX stink was bad for business. The items were always earnable in-game, sure, but that never stopped the outrage over a single-player RPG selling convenience on day one like it was Fortnite. Modders undercut the whole scam immediately, and now the suits are quietly burying the evidence.

Rocco here: piss on the grave, light the pyre, and pass the marshmallows. Capcom learned nothing from Dragon's Dogma 1's own MTX cycle—they just waited until the expansion hype cycle to do the bare minimum cleanup. Get ready for the next game to launch with twice as many.