(*3*)The announcement arrived alongside the Dragon Ball Video games Battle Hour 2026 occasion in Los Angeles right now and comes with a primary official trailer for the anime action-RPG follow-up. It’s information that got here as a shock to followers and arrived as official affirmation {that a} follow-up is lastly on the way in which after Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 launched in 2016, virtually 10 years in the past.
(*3*)Doubling the shock is the truth that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 was technically already revealed by Bandai Namco earlier this yr as what was beforehand known as Age 1000. That title now serves because the title of the brand new world by which the sport is ready, with the trailer displaying off a few of what it has to supply.
(*3*)”As revealed within the announcement trailer for DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3, gamers will get to discover and uncover thrilling new tales in West Metropolis, the colourful new world set in AGE 1000,” an official description mentioned. “Guided into the ranks of the Nice Saiyan Squad, you’ll struggle alongside allies as occasions there start to take form.
(*3*)”The sport combines an epic story-driven RPG expertise that can take DRAGON BALL followers on an unforgettable, action-packed journey into this new universe and its forged of characters.”
(*3*)Bandai Namco says there will likely be extra to share about Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 “within the months to come back.” Whereas we wait to see the way it will develop on the work of the late Akira Toriyama, you may take a look at our 7.5/10 evaluation of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. On the time, we known as it “an bold, if rough-edged expertise, with deceptively deep RPG and brawling components.”
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