Bandai Namco has announced that Tales of Arise, the latest entry in the Tales of franchise, will be available via Xbox Game Pass on February 20, 2024. The title will also be made available via the PlayStation Plus game catalog on the same date alongside three other Tales of games. It’s worth noting that this does not include the Beyond the Dawn expansion.
In case you missed them, check out our review of Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn and the expansion’s launch trailer.
Before playing Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn, it’s worth reading through the brief official Prelude stories featuring Rinwell and Law, Kisara and Dohalim, and Alphen and Shionne.
The full Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn soundtrack, comprised of 38 songs, was added to streaming services alongside the main theme song.
Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn is a story set one year after the ending of Tales of Arise. Alphen, Shionne, and the rest of the party meet a new character by the name of Nazamil, a misfortunate young girl who is the daughter of a Renan lord and a Dahnan slave. Players can anticipate over 20 hours of content, with new dungeons, costumes, sidequests, and boss battles.
Regarding carry-over boons, players will be rewarded various bonuses dependent on their achievement progress in the main game. But you will still be able to play Beyond the Dawn even if you haven’t yet beaten Tales of Arise, even though you’ll need the base game to even play this content in the first place. Characters will also start at predetermined levels in this expansion for balancing reasons.
Tales of Arise is available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
