Bandai Namco has announced that work is commencing this year on a new Dragon Ball Z Action-RPG title.
The game was revealed via an admittedly vague tweet from Bandai Namco in which the company revealed they are working on a project called Dragon Ball Game Project Z. We highly doubt that’s the final name of the game, but it’s not impossible that Project Z could be worked into the final title considering that Dragon Ball FighterZ performed well and had a very simple moniker.
The studio has promised to reveal more information about the game next month at the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals. In fact, the same tweet reveals that the “Warrior from Universe 11” is joining the fighting game’s roster. We assume that we’ll also be hearing more about that during the World Tour Finals event.
As for the Dragon Ball Action-RPG, the tweet doesn’t make it clear whether or not the development of the title will begin this year or whether we can expect to see the game sometime during 2019. Both options are possible, of course.
While the success of FighterZ may give many fans hope regarding the possible success of this upcoming title, it might be important to consider the fact that game was made by a developer that is well-known for their experience with the fighting game genre. We don’t yet know who is going to be developing this upcoming Action-RPG, but our excitement for it may depend heavily on who is actually handling the development.
We’re also curious to see whether this is an Ultimate Alliance-style game that allows you to assemble a group of famous characters, or if walks down the Dark Souls path of the genre.
As we hear more, we’ll let you know.