{"id":5928,"date":"2021-11-10T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:42:03","slug":"20211110-5928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211110-5928\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Force to end sales and a majority of online services in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211110-181948\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-10 15:53 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that they are ending all sales and a majority of online services for<em> <strong>Jump Force<\/strong><\/em> in 2022. &#8220;We will end the sales of full-game, DLC and virtual currency for PlayStation 4\/Xbox One\/PC \u2018JUMP FORCE\u2019 and Nintendo Switch \u2018JUMP FORCE Deluxe Edition\u2019 on 2022\/2\/8 (UTC). In addition, the online service will end up on 2022\/8\/25 (UTC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All single-player functions, online battles, except the Ranked Match, and DLC purchased before the end of the game\u2019s availability will remain accessible.<\/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\">Our sincere thanks goes out to all Jump Force players and fans for their support; but with all good things, they must come to an end. <br><br>Jump Force\u2019s availability through digital purchase in the Americas will end on 2\/7\/2022 at 5 PM PST. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upzmWbqmcP\">pic.twitter.com\/upzmWbqmcP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bandai Namco US (@BandaiNamcoUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BandaiNamcoUS\/status\/1458298377385488391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jump Force<\/em> is a 3D fighting game developed by Spike Chunsoft to celebrate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump. It was released in 2019 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam). The Nintendo Switch version, which includes the base game and 9 DLC characters, was released in 2020 as <em>Jump Force Deluxe Edition<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Characters from famous Jump manga such as <em>One Piece<\/em>, <em>Dragon Ball<\/em>, <em>Naruto<\/em>, <em>Rurouni Kenshin<\/em>, <em>Yu Yu Hakusho<\/em>, <em>Bleach<\/em>, and <em>JoJo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure<\/em> fight each other in 3 on 3 battles. The game was developed in Unreal Engine to create richly detailed characters while maintaining the characteristics of the original manga.<\/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\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jump Force - Characters Trailer | PS4\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGHxgyXy12k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its initial launch in 2019, multiple Character Passes have been released to add numerous characters to the game. Updates continued even in 2021, but 2022 will mark the end of its run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check the full announcement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandainamcoent.com\/news\/jump-force-sunsetting-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f4f6f7\"><strong>Sales End Date<\/strong><br><br>2\/7\/2022 (Mon) 5PM PST<br>*Please note that times may vary.<br><br><strong>Sales End Contents<\/strong><br><br>PlayStation\u00ae4, Xbox One, PC &#8220;JUMP FORCE&#8221;<br>Nintendo Switch\u2122 &#8220;JUMP FORCE DELUXE EDITION&#8221;<br>JUMP FORCE Character Pack 1-14<br>JUMP FORCE Character Pass 1-2<br>JF Medal<br><br><strong>Online Service End Date<\/strong><br><br>8\/24\/2022 (Wed) 6PM &#8211; 10PM PDT<br>*Please note that times may vary.<br><br><strong>Content That Will No Longer Be Available<\/strong><br><br>Logging into the multiplayer lobby<br>Online events<br>Clan functions<br>Viewing the Notice Board<br>Viewing the leaderboards<br>Accepting Rewards from the Reward Counter<br>In-game Store<br>Premium Shop (*Only this function will be available until 8\/1\/2022)<br>Online Ranked Match<br><br><strong>Content Which Will Be Available After the End of Online Service<\/strong><br><br>Offline content<br>Online battles (*Except Ranked Match)<br>DLC (*DLCs purchased before end of sales will still be available to use after online service ends.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jump Force to end sales and a majority of online services in 2022. 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