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Besides immersing you within the unprecedented lushness of Dragon's Dogma, picking up the game when it's released in May will grant early access to the Resident Evil 6 demo. Xbox 360 owners will get first-look at the demo in July, while PS3 owners will have to hold onto their codes until September.

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