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Episode Notes
Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced during the "Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026" event in Los Angeles on Sunday that the previously teased "Age 1000" game project is actually Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, the third game in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse game series. The game will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in 2027. The event previewed the character designs for a female version of the player character and a new character Brett. The company announced the joint project with Toei Animation in January.
The game includes a "never before seen original character, designed by Akira Toriyama." Akio Iyoku stated Toriyama was involved in the world building, characters, and other aspects of the game. The game has been in development for about 6-7 years. Bandai Namco released Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in North America and Europe in October 2016, and for PS4 in Japan in November 2016. The company then released the game for Nintendo Switch in Japan and the West in September 2017. The game launched for Google's now defunct Stadia gaming platform in December 2019. The company released the game on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in May 2024.
The game got a PS5 release in Japan in the same month.
Reader Version
The Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 game has officially been announced by Bandai Namco Entertainment America during the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 event in Los Angeles. This title, previously teased as the "Age 1000" project, is confirmed to be the third installment in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse series. Scheduled for release in 2027, the game will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The event also revealed new character designs, including a female version of the player character and a new character named Brett.
Bandai Namco has been collaborating with Toei Animation on this project since January, and the game features a never before seen original character designed by Akira Toriyama himself. Akio Iyoku, a representative involved with the game, mentioned that Toriyama contributed to the world building, character creation, and other aspects of the game. The development has spanned approximately six to seven years, indicating a significant investment of time and resources. Reflecting on the series’ history, the previous game, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, was released in 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, with subsequent releases on Nintendo Switch and other platforms.
The original Dragon Ball Xenoverse launched in 2015 across multiple consoles and PC. The series is known for offering players more freedom to explore and interact within the Dragon Ball universe compared to earlier games that focused mainly on storytelling. Although the host admits to not being a longtime fan of the Xenoverse series, they express excitement about the new game, especially after watching the trailer, which they describe as “freaking awesome.” The host is considering pre ordering the game and is interested in incorporating it into their podcast and YouTube content, inviting listeners to share their thoughts and preferences in the comments.
Looking ahead, the host plans to focus on social media platforms such as Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok to engage with their audience and promote content. They suggest that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 could become a central game for their upcoming streams and videos, depending on audience interest. The host encourages fans to participate in a poll and comment to help decide if the game should be featured prominently. In closing, the host is enthusiastic about the year ahead and the new content coming their way, urging listeners to take care of themselves with good sleep and hydration.
They sign off with a positive note, looking forward to the release of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 and the potential for new gaming experiences to share with their community.
Automatic Transcript
36, alright. Listen to this. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 game has been announced. I have not been a Xenoverse fan at all because I've never had the game before, but it looks like this is a big game like news within the realm. So, you know, I like to do games too really obviously nowadays, but I'm back on my shit. So we're grinding. Let's get this on, man. Anyways, thanks for following. If you're new, stay tuned more to come in terms of anime and gaming content. So yeah, we're back on the train, man. Choo choo. Alright, so that's it.
Bandai Namco Entertainment America announced during the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 event in Los Angeles on Sunday that the previously teased titled Age 1000 Game Project is actually Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, the third game in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse game series. The game will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC via Steam in 2027. The event previewed the character designs for a female version of the player character and a new character, Brett. The company announced the joint project with Toei Animation in January. The game includes a never before seen original character designed by himself, Akira Toriyama.
Titled Akio Ioku stated Toriyama was involved in the world building characters and other aspects of the game. The game has been in development for about six to seven years, which is a bloody long time. Bandai Namco released Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in North America and Europe in October 2016. So it's been about 10 years altogether. And for PS4 in Japan in November 2016. The company then released the game for Nintendo Switch in Japan and the West in September 2017. The game launched for Google's now defunct Stadia gaming platform in December 2019. The company released the game on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XS in May 2024. The game got PS5 released in Japan in the same month.
The first Dragon Ball Xenoverse game shipped for PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360 in Japan, Europe and North America in February 2015. The game also debuted on PC via Steam in the same month. Okay. This is great news for the gaming community. Maybe not for me personally because I don't have history of it. But I do know that when people say that they want a Dragon Ball game, they want the game where you can run around, move around, do different things and just have a lot more to do than other previously games like the previous games that were just like storytelling like Dragon Ball Kai or whatever. Do you know what I'm saying? But anyways, let's watch the trailer. Okay. I'm gonna just be honest.
That looks freaking awesome. I'm not gonna take anything away from it. It looks freaking awesome. And I think I may just have to pre order it. Okay. I'm gonna put a poll up and just let me know in the comment section as well what you guys think about this game. If you guys want me to play this game because I will play this game on the podcast because I feel like I need a game as well to play on a podcast just to put it out there. I might even make it for a YouTube channel. I don't know.
I want to keep this year concentrated on social media where I'm going to be active on which goes for my Spotify, which is the podcast, which goes for my YouTube channel, which I'll be posting on and which goes for my TikTok, which was where I'll be promoting and making TikTok content. So those three platforms where I want to be. If you guys want this game to be one of the main games on this Spotify YouTube channel that I will be making and playing on, let me know. Comment section is the best place. Okay, let's get into this year. Well, the rest of the year with a very big jump in our step. Okay, I've got a lot more content coming up for you guys. This is coming in 2027.
So I will pre order it if you know you guys really want me to play this game so that we can just get into this game. And then when it's live on the day, I'll be streaming it and on YouTube and playing it. Okay, let's get let's get let's just let's do this man. Take care of yourself guys. I'm out drink a lot of water. Sleep eight hours a day. Peace.