Rumors of the demise of Marvel's Blade from Arkane Studios are, apparently, greatly exaggerated. A development lead's cryptic tweet suggests all is still well at the company, and the team just needs a bit more time to show off what they've been up to.

The vampire hunter's new release was nowhere to be found at Summer Game Fest 2026, prompting concerns about whether it's still happening. It's actually been years since we heard anything of substance about the daywalker's latest digital venture, a trailer at The Game Awards 2023 being the last proper showing.

Spotted by PC Gamer, in response to a fan's worries on Twitter, Jean-Luc Monnet, lead concept artist and art director assistant provides a small note of reassurance. He doesn't say anything, he just posts a GIF of Walter White from Breaking Bad saying, "Let us cook."

In other words: give us time to put this thing together, and when we're ready, you'll get to see what we've been working on. Really, I suspect it's confirmation the devs are quietly working away on the project.

We're in a precarious time for the industry, as layoffs routinely hit publishers and studios big and small. Arkane Austin was closed in 2024, and it's been a while since one of the outfit's games really shook the industry. Anxiety accompanies teams for which we haven't seen many obvious signs of life, and a couple of years without an update can feel like a death knell now.

Not so much for Arkane, thank the dark lord, and we can only wait and see what bloody concoction the studio has involving Blade. Alas, it's not the only place where he's encountering problems: his headlining movie into the MCU's been in production hell for seven years now.

If Arkane can at least beat Marvel Studios to our screens, then that'll be victory enough. Just keep one eye on the shadows.

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Capcom has confirmed that not only is Dragon's Dogma 2 coming to Switch 2, but it'll be arriving alongside the long-awaited DLC expansion.

After many of us had lost hope that Dragon's Dogma 2 would get a Dark Arisen-like expansion for 2024's most underrated game, following the base game being series creator Hideaki Itsuno's last project at Capcom before leaving in 2024, some anniversary artwork earlier this year inspired a little bit of hope.

And in a Nintendo Direct of all places, Capcom has finally announced that Dragon's Dogma 2 Dark Arisen will be released on October 9, 2026. The footage showed off a new region to explore named Norgan, a snowy region not seen in the original game.

Capcom released another trailer for the expansion on its YouTube channel, showing some of the new beasts we'll be scrapping against in the land of Norgan, most notably a new ice dragon enemy and another that summons armies of the dead to attack you. This trailer also confirmed that the expansion will release as a separate DLC on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on the same day that the Nintendo Switch 2 edition releases.

A Switch 2 version of the game is set to release on the same day, Capcom confirmed, alongside the announcement that Onimusha: Way of the Sword will also be arriving on the console. And considering how much Dragon's Dogma 2 struggled performance wise on the base PS5, I'm concerned about the Switch 2 version, but optimistic Capcom has managed to update it to make it work.

The original Dragon's Dogma's Dark Arisen expansion took that game from a solid RPG to one of the best there ever was, so for a game as already as good as Dragon's Dogma 2, I'm already feral. And unfortunately for the 500 other games coming out in September and October, this is going to be my go-to.

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