Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 anniversary update launches October 27

Bandai Namco Entertainment is marking Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’s 10th anniversary with a free update launching on October 27, followed by a Final Festival on October 30.¹ The announcement gives players two dates to watch rather than one single anniversary event, with the update arriving first and the festival following a few days later.

The update and Final Festival are planned for PS5, PS4, Xbox, PC and Nintendo Switch, according to the announcement reported by RPG Site.¹ That broad platform list matters because Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’s anniversary celebration is not being framed as a PC-only or current-generation-only promotion. Players on the game’s older console versions are included in the same schedule.

The anniversary material is built around the game’s long-running time-patrol fantasy: players create their own fighter, visit locations from the wider Dragon Ball universe and take part in battles designed to protect history. The official Steam listing describes the game as an action RPG with character customisation, online multiplayer, Raid Battles and years of additional content.² Those systems give the anniversary update a familiar foundation rather than asking players to learn an unrelated mode from scratch.

RPG Site also points readers towards an announcement and trailer from Bandai Namco Entertainment, with the publisher promising an especially large Festival of Universes and calling the update free.¹ The available wording does not yet spell out every reward, mission or character arriving with the update, so it is safer to treat the October dates as the confirmed news and wait for a fuller breakdown before assuming specific content.

What to expect

The immediate milestone is the October 27 update. The Final Festival follows on October 30, and both are listed for the same five platform families.¹ Bandai Namco’s announcement positions the festival as the centrepiece of the 10th-anniversary celebration, while the update provides the game-side launch point for the event.

The Steam page also confirms that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 remains an online-focused game with extensive downloadable content and recurring in-game events.² That context helps explain why an anniversary festival can sit alongside the existing game instead of replacing it: the celebration is another event in a game already built around returning players, multiplayer battles and new content drops.

Our opinion

The two-date rollout is a sensible way to celebrate a game that has spent a decade growing through updates and downloadable content. The October 27 launch gives players a clear reason to return first, while October 30 leaves room for the Final Festival to feel like a separate occasion rather than a footnote in patch notes. The announcement is still light on concrete details, but the platform reach and free-update framing make this a meaningful anniversary beat for the game’s existing community.

For now, the useful takeaway is simple: Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 players should mark October 27 for the free 10th Anniversary Update and October 30 for the Final Festival. More specific rewards and activities will need to come from Bandai Namco’s fuller event information.