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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Game Adds Pikkon as DLC
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe announced on Twitter on Monday that Pikkon, the "Strongest Warrior of the Western Galaxy," will join Bandai Namco Entertainment's Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game as a DLC character in spring 2021.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe also revealed on Monday that the game has reached 7 million units shipped worldwide (including digital versions). Online events are available in the game every day from December 21 through January 12.
Bandai Namco Entertainment released Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in North America and Europe in October 2016, and for PS4 in Japan in November 2016. The company then released the game for Nintendo Switch in Japan and the West in September 2017. The game launched for Google's Stadia gaming platform in December 2019.
The game's third DLC "Extra Pack" launched in August 2018, and the fourth DLC "Extra Pack" featuring the characters "Super Saiyan Full Power Broly" and SSGSS Gogeta launched in December 2018. The game added the DLC characters Ribrianne and Super Saiyan God Vegeta as part of "Ultra Pack 1" in June 2019.
The first Dragon Ball Xenoverse game shipped for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 in Japan, Europe, and North America in February 2015. The game also debuted on PC via Steam in the same month. The game series has shipped more than 10 million copies worldwide.
Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe's Twitter account, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game's European website
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