Dragon's Dogma's hard mode and speedrun mode will be released on 4th December, Capcom has announced.

That's via a free title update for the openworld role-playing action game.

The update is called A Trial for Adventures - Challenge Pack. As well as the two modes mentioned above, it includes new equipment you unlock for completing them. There are four new outfits in total.

A major expansion, called Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, is due out next year. Details on this are scarce, but we do know you'll be able to carry over save data from the original game.