Bandai Namco has unveiled their official sub-site to promote their appearance at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show. The company’s list of titles that will be on display at the show include Dragon Ball XENOVERSE, which will be playable on the show floor alongside a trailer.

Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2, released earlier this month for the Japanese Nintendo 3DS, will also be featured and available for play in the company’s “Family Area”.

Tokyo Game Show will be held 18 September 2014 to 21 September 2014 at Makuhari Messe convention center. The first two days are relegated to industry and press, while the public is allowed in for the final two days.

Dragon Ball XENOVERSE — currently in development by Dimps for Bandai Namco — will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, though no release date has been set. A network test will be conducted in two phases on the PlayStation 3, with the first coming in September for Japanese players and the second phase coming in October to global players.

Thanks to Super Saiyan Prime for the heads-up!

The previously-announced network test for the upcoming video game Dragon Ball XENOVERSE has been announced on the game’s official Japanese website.

The Japanese network test will be limited to PlayStation 3 owners. Participation will be assigned via a lottery system — not a first-come, first-serve basis — with registration done via the PlayStation Store. To enter, players must “Search” with the PlayStation Store for ネットワークテスト用応募券 (“Entry Ticket for Network Test”); clicking “Download” on this item enters you into the selection pool. Players who are selected will only be able to play the network test on the account that they registered with and will be notified by e-mail.

Entries to the network test lottery pool will be accepted 21 August 2014 at 9:00 p.m. JST to midnight on 18 September 2014.

Two phases of network test game time are scheduled. The first round of winners will be notified starting 19 September 2014 with the test running over a 27-hour period from 20 September 2014 at 9:00 p.m. JST to 22 September 2014 at 12:00 a.m. JST. The second round of winners will be notified starting 03 October 2014 with the test running over another 27-hour period from 04 October 2014 at 9:00 p.m. JST to 06 October 2014 at 12:00 a.m. JST.

The first round of testing is only for Japan, while the second round will be worldwide. Some functions will be added for the second test. The European branch of Bandai Namco has been referencing an upcoming “Closed Beta”, which will presumably be within this second period.

A network test is a pre-release inspection where individuals selected randomly as testers play the game in advance of the official start of service.

By performing a network load test, we will inspect various technologies of the online system. We await everyone’s participation in order to make Dragon Ball XENOVERSE even better.

Concept: The Dragon Ball XENOVERSE network test will be performed with the following as its objectives. This test will be in order to check the game system and to correct issues with it. Because of this, the game data is still under development, and some issues may arise during play. We request your understanding and acceptance of this fact.

Server Load Inspection: We will conduct simultaneous connections under specific conditions, and inspect gameplay with the game server, under load.

Multiplayer Inspection: We will conduct an inspection of various phenomena that arise with many people participating, such as troubles that arise with players doing multiplayer through different network environments.

Gameplay, System Inspection: We will conduct miscellaneous bug inspections and balance adjustments related to actual gameplay.

Entry Qualifications: Owning a PlayStation 3 connected to the Internet, having a Sony Entertainment Network account, being able to actively participate in the test and report issues/errors, and agreeing with the terms of use for the Dragon Ball XENOVERSE Network Test Version.

Dragon Ball XENOVERSE — currently in development by Dimps for Bandai Namco — will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, though no release date has been set.

The official “Dragon Ball Z – Games” Facebook page updated this morning with the base artwork and screen shots used in the concurrent V-Jump feature on the upcoming video game Dragon Ball XENOVERSE.

Three possible options for character customization, as shown in V-Jump, are detailed:

Some of the customization options and characters mid-battle are also displayed:

The Facebook update also notes the same network test / closed beta referenced in the V-Jump spread:

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, all of the major DRAGON BALL’s species will be available as a basis for the players’ avatars, among them we can already count: Earthling, Majin, Namekian and SAIYAN! After Trunks summons the player’s Avatar, he will have to go through a series of tests! Is Trunks checking if the hero is worthy enough fulfil his quest? Whether the Hero succeeds or not in this deadly test, he will be able to gather with other online players in the futuristic hub: Toki Toki City!

And in case you forgot, we will be holding a Closed Beta Test in the future! More details on this Closed Beta test and the game will be revealed within the next weeks!

Dragon Ball XENOVERSE — currently in development by Dimps for Bandai Namco — will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, though no release date has been set.