Dragon Ball FighterZ’s long-awaited rollback netcode and current-gen update has finally been given a release date of February 29 forPS5,Xbox Series, and PC.
As great as Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero looksand as beloved asKakarotandXenoVerse 2are, it’s hard to argue that the current best Dragon Ball Z game is Dragon Ball FighterZ. Not only does it perfectly recreate the look of the anime and manga, but it also has some of the best three-versus-three fighting game mechanics on the market.
Dragon Ball FighterZ being so good hasmade the wait for its promised rollback netcode update an incredibly long one. After nearly two years since the update was originally revealed, Arc System Works has finally confirmed when we’ll be seeing the update go live and it’s a lot closer than you might have thought.
Over on the official Dragon Ball Games Twitter account, it was revealed that FighterZ’s rollback netcode and current-gen update is launching tomorrow, February 29. It seems that rollback netcode will only be available on current-gen consoles like PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, as some of FighterZ’s other playable consoles aren’t mentioned at all.
The current-gen update for Dragon Ball FighterZ will go live “midnight, local time”, so for all of us in the UK we’re just 10-and-a-half hours away from glory.
For those that don’t know what rollback netcode does, it’d take a while to explain it properly, but it’s essentially going to massively improve how online works, whether you’re using wi-fi or a wired connection. It should also bring a lot of players back to the game, as the poor online was one of the few complaints commonly levied against FighterZ.
Considering how long we’ve all been waiting on rollback netcode for Dragon Ball FighterZ, the sudden announcement of the update is quite a big shock, as evidenced by all of the surprised reactions in the comments. We only just found out last week that a current-gen version of the game was coming, and now we’re getting it in just a few hours.
That’s not all that’s coming with the update, however,as it’s also previously been confirmed by V-Jump that the update also acts as a current-gen transitionthat outputs at 4K resolution and improves the quality of character models. It’s not clear if there are any more changes made to this version of FighterZ, but considering it’s releasing in less than 12 hours, it won’t be long until we find out.
