{"id":12402,"date":"2022-05-10T19:23:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12402"},"modified":"2022-05-10T19:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:45:40","slug":"20220510-12402","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220510-12402\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Luminaria to end service in July, just 8 months after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220510-201865\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-10 18:06<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Bandai Namco Entertainment has <a href=\"https:\/\/luminaria-en.tales-ch.jp\/#notice-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that they are ending service for <em><strong>Tales of Luminaria<\/strong><\/em> on July 19, 2022 (PDT). <em>Tales of Luminaria <\/em>is an RPG that launched 6 months ago in November 2021 for iOS and Android, with Colopl handling the game\u2019s development. It features 21 playable characters with 8 episodes scheduled for each. An anime adaptation premiered in January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeekly episode distribution will end with this announcement. We apologize for the sudden notice, as you may have been expecting a new announcement of the next episode. We unfortunately will not be able to fully depict the fate of the 21 heroes and must end the episodes in the middle of the story,\u201d explains the <em>Tales of Luminaria<\/em> team.<br><br><strong>[Update 2022\/05\/10 19:43 JST]<\/strong><br>Fixed the headline as it previously had the wrong month written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010Notice of Service Termination\u3011<br>We regret to inform you that &quot;Tales of Luminaria&quot; will end its service on July 19, 2022 PDT.<br><br>For more information, please visit the official website or check the in-game announcement.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1XVAw4zTnQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/1XVAw4zTnQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tales of Luminaria (@to_luminaria_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/to_luminaria_en\/status\/1523936431458361344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They continue by saying, \u201cEven though we could not complete all the storylines for each character, we have been considering whether there is any way to bring closure to their story, even if only slightly. With that thought, we have prepared a special \u2018Episode Final,\u2019 which takes place right before the anime <em>Tales of Luminaria: The Fateful Crossroad<\/em>. This episode focuses on why Hugo eventually sided with the Empire.\u201d The Episode Final is scheduled to come out at the end of May, along with tickets that can be exchanged for \u26055 costumes and weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the game itself is coming to an end, they are considering \u201carchiving the costumes, designs, illustrations, etc. of the characters released during the service out of application as a \u2018digital archive,\u2019 so that players can continue to experience and reminisce about Luminaria\u2019s universe and its characters even after the service ends.\u201d They say that they\u2019re working on a soundtrack as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/4DMf6k98c04\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that they are ending service for Tales of Luminaria on July 19 (PDT). 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