Let me preface by saying this isn’t confirmed. Wait—don’t go away. Of course it isn’t confirmed. Bandai Namco is unlikely to come right out and say it ahead of schedule. Except, well, here’s the thing. They basically already have.
Uploaded straight to one of the company’s regional social media channels, and picked up by such gaming stalwarts as Wario64, BN has accidentally leaked its own big April reveal. Age 1000 = Xenoverse 2. Dragon Ball mystery closed.
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So. Here’s what happened. Bandai Namco Entertainment Southeast Asia’s YouTube channel straight up added this to its playlist. I’ll post the Wario64 tweet in a sec. But… um. Wow. Needless to say, the social media worker in charge of the mistake pretty quickly deleted it. But there’s no getting around it. There aren’t any other ways to interpret this, unless the banner is extremely misleading. Even if that’s somehow the case, this is as official as unofficial can conceivably get: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is coming at long last.
“Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is the Age 1000 game announcement.” Wario said the thing. And, y’know, Wario64 often knows his stuff through outside sources, too; at least, that’s my read. Again, let’s play the other side here and say that’s not the case. OK. But what in tarnation can we say about Bandai Namco’s screw-up except that Xenoverse 3 is coming? It gives me great personal joy (and far more so for my boss, who is on vacation, but literally ran into my work server to express his glee) that the fighting franchise is finally moving forward.
Not much else to say on this one. Yet. Either Bandai Namco moves up the announcement, which feels unlikely, or we still wait until April 18-19’s scheduled Dragon Ball Battle Hour 2026 for more. It’s one more thing that makes the recent bevy of Dragon Ball news all the more hype; I cannot friggin’ wait ‘til Dragon Ball Super returns. Super is, in fact, my favorite of the shows. I said what I said.
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