{"id":571388,"date":"2026-07-28T02:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571388\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:35:20","slug":"dragonkin-the-banished-expands-with-the-free-dracomundus-purgatory-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571388\/","title":{"rendered":"DRAGONKIN: THE BANISHED EXPANDS WITH THE FREE &#8220;DRACOMUNDUS PURGATORY&#8221; UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Lesquin, July 27, 2026 \u2013 NACON is pleased to announce the availability of Dracomundus Purgatory, a major free update for Dragonkin: The Banished. Designed for both newcomers and hardcore players, this Hack&#8217;N&#8217;Slash has already gathered many fans of the genre since its release in March 2026 and now offers them new ways to play, progress, and defeat the draconic forces, solo or with others.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Watch the gameplay trailer for Dracomundus Purgatory:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/B0zSTCXa7r4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESRB<\/a> | <a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ExLRqv305SA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PEGI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPlay without limits thanks to cross-play and city transfer<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe heart of Dragonkin: The Banished lies in its cooperative experience and group progression. This new update promises an even more accessible and community-focused adventure:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\tFull Cross-play: The borders are coming down! Join your friends and progress hand-in-hand to free the world, regardless of your preferred gaming platform. Enjoy simplified loot sharing and shared progression.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCity Transfer: Players can now transfer their online city to offline mode at any time, and vice versa. Whether you&#8217;re on the go or connected with your allies, your progress never stops.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTake on the Dracomundus Purgatory challenge<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDracomundus Purgatory becomes accessible through a portal at the end of an endgame hunt and offers dragon hunters a test of strength and speed:&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\tA race against time: Fight your way through three islands (selected from a pool of over fifty islands) and defeat all enemies before time runs out.&#13;<br \/>\n\tDestroy the Draconic Altars: Gain precious bonus seconds by destroying the altars scattered along your path to keep the timer going.&#13;<br \/>\n\tFace the Champion of Purgatory: Survive until the last island to face the terrible Champion of Purgatory in an epic boss fight, and maybe leave with a Voracious weapon.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nForge your power with voracious weapons<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nA new challenge means exceptional new loot. The update introduces a brand-new category of equipment: Voracious Weapons.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\tUnique passive traits: Wield devastating weapons with passive bonuses that will transform your playstyle.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSacrifice and reinforcement: Choose to sacrifice your weapons to transfer their power and increase the level of your voracious weapons.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCustom forge: Shape the weapon of your dreams by precisely choosing the affixes to apply during reinforcement. Create a unique piece of equipment, perfectly adapted to your build and your Ancestral Grid.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAbout NACON<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 16 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 40 years of expertise at the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON&#8217;s position in the market and enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages.<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate.nacongaming.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate.nacongaming.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/corporate.nacongaming.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0About Eko Software:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFounded in 1999, Eko Software develops video games for consoles and PC. The company creates its own intellectual property and currently distributes its games throughout the world. Eko Software also develops high-quality video games based on franchises that clients license to the studio. Eko Software has joined the NACON family and currently develops games, technologies and proprietary tools for consoles (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4\u2122, PS5\u2122) and PC. 2022 EKO Software. All rights reserved.<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ekosystem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ekosystem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.ekosystem.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">###<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>PRESS CONTACT<\/p>\n<p>NACON<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMarjorie ROY<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespress.com\/mailto:mroy@nacon.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">mroy@nacon.fr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renaissance PR (NA, UK, ANZ)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJessica Timms and Lisa Mior<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespress.com\/mailto:nacon@renaissancepr.biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nacon@renaissancepr.biz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Lesquin, July 27, 2026 \u2013 NACON is pleased to announce the availability of Dracomundus Purgatory, a major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-571388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}