Bandai Namco just dropped the bomb at Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is officially locked in for a 2027 release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. After nearly a decade of Xenoverse 2 carrying the custom CaC torch with endless DLC, the sequel is finally real. This one's built by Dimps, set in a fresh Age 1000 timeline roughly 250 years after Dragon Ball Super, and it's tagged as the late Akira Toriyama's final major contribution to a Dragon Ball game—heavy involvement in story, characters, and new worlds according to panel talk.
The announcement trailer has the community split harder than a Kamehameha clash. Reddit threads in r/dbz and r/dbxv are flooded with hype for the evolved character creator and potential new races, but plenty are calling the visuals safe and the wait brutal. X is no different—breakdown videos everywhere, some fans straight-up memeing about it being another "last Toriyama work," while others are already theory-crafting roster additions and demanding certain characters make the cut. After XV2's marathon support, expectations are sky-high for what this entry brings to the online brawler formula.
2027 is a long time to hold that hype, but if the custom fighter chaos returns upgraded, this could be the one that brings the squad back together. The real test hits when they start dropping actual gameplay. Until then, the bracket's wide open.
