An open-world role-playing game is more popular on Steam right now than it has been in 8 years

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Dragon’s Dogma has multiplied its player numbers on Steam in the last few days. This is mainly due to two causesAndrew Tate: A streamer ensures his imprisonment

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been able to gather a huge fan base behind them in recent years via their podcast. The two are currently in Romania, where they are awaiting trial for human trafficking and exploitation of young questions. At the end of the trial, they are to be extradited to England. There, four women are also accusing them of human trafficking and rape. But now a controversial streamer has led to their arrest.

In February 2023, streamer Adin Ross was permanently banned from Twitch for streaming sexual content on the competing platform Kick. This was the eighth offense for the content creator, who had attracted attention in the past for gambling and spreading hate messages (Kotaku reported). Since then, Ross has moved entirely to Kick.
Ross’ acquaintances also include podcaster Andrew Tate. The latter is said to have told him in a message that he was planning to flee Romania. Before that, he wants to create new content with Ross for another week

It cannot be confirmed whether the streamer was telling the truth or just trying to generate attention. According to Rolling Stone, however, the stream is said to have caused enough suspicion among the British accusers’ lawyers, who then informed the British police. They in turn contacted the Romanian police, which led to the detention of Andrew Tate and his brother for 24 hours late on Monday evening.
The Tates’ defense denies that the brothers wanted to leave the country. Ross Adin is said to have merely misrepresented the message in question.

Romanian authorities against Andrew Tate

As reported by Der Spiegel, the Romanian authorities have so far been able to identify four of Andrew Tate’s victims. Three of them want to appear as plaintiffs in the proceedings against the brothers. They accuse the Tates of forcing them to perform sex scenes in a villa in Voluntari under the threat of gun violence, which were then disseminated on relevant websites.

Since then, the Romanian public prosecutor has confiscated a large part of the assets of the two Tate brothers. These include 15 properties, 15 luxury cars, 14 luxury watches and various other valuables such as precious metals, shares and crypto coins.

The Romanian authorities will probably announce what happens next for Andrew and Tristan Tate in the near future.

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Over eight years have passed since the release of the PC version of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen the role-playing game was first released for consoles four years earlier. For a few days now the number of players of the title has risen abruptly, on Sunday there were even over 10,000 active players

But what is the reason for this sudden popularity?

Preparing for the successor

The fact that so many fans are returning to the rather old game at the same time is probably due in no small part to the upcoming release of its successor 

Dragon’s Dogma 2 will be released on March 22, 2024 for PC and consoles.

In addition to significantly more elaborate graphics, the new role-playing game naturally also has a number of new features 

In addition to the anticipation of the predecessor, a big Steam discount is also likely to help make Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen so popular. The role-playing game is now 84 percent cheaper and costs a little less than 5 euros.

If you don’t have time to play the extensive campaign of the role-playing game before the sequel is released, you can start with a small part of Dragon’s Dogma 2 now. The developers have already made the character editor available free of charge. You can build a character here and use it in the game when it is released

Even without the rest of the role-playing game, players already have a lot of fun with the editor. As it offers an exceptionally wide range of options, it can be used to recreate famous heroes as well as terrifying monsters:

If you’ve already played through Dark Arisen but don’t fancy a second playthrough, we can help you out. In his video, Fritz shows you 17 game campaigns that will keep you busy and have a lot of fun.

But if you’d rather wait patiently for Dragon’s Dogma 2, then read our news on why you should think carefully about important decisions in the game.