{"id":6792,"date":"2021-11-30T14:46:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T06:57:36","slug":"20211130-6792","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211130-6792\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR to end service in Jan. 2022, less than a year after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211130-184038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-30 14:05 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Arc System Works announced that they are sunsetting service for <em><strong>BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR<\/strong><\/em> on January 31, 2022. The game launched in February of this year for iOS\/Android as a free-to-play app. Apparently, the company is ending its service less than a year after launch, before ever releasing it in countries outside of Japan.<\/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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u91cd\u8981\u3011\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u7d42\u4e86\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b<br>\u3044\u3064\u3082\u672c\u30a2\u30d7\u30ea\u3092\u3054\u5229\u7528\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u8aa0\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059<br>\u7a81\u7136\u3053\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u3001\u8aa0\u306b\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093<br>\u672c\u30a2\u30d7\u30ea\u306f2022\u5e7401\u670831\u65e5\u3092\u3082\u3063\u3066\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u7d42\u4e86\u3068\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304f\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f<br>\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u4e0b\u8a18\u3088\u308a\u3054\u89a7\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ORujXERlm3\">https:\/\/t.co\/ORujXERlm3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBDW\u904b\u55b6\u30b5\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8 (@BBDWSUPPORT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBDWSUPPORT\/status\/1465531029498654731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR<\/em> is a F2P mobile game based on Arc System Works\u2019 fighting game series <em>BLAZBLUE<\/em>. It features episodes related to the \u201cGreat Dark War,\u201d which is a major part of the series\u2019 history. The game is being supervised by the series producer Toshimichi Mori and comes with a scenario containing over 2 million characters (in Japanese text, not  playable characters), which is the largest in the series.<br><\/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=\"\u300eBLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR\u300f\u30ed\u30fc\u30f3\u30c1\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\u6620\u50cf\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zm9xnXD1m1M?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><br>Unlike other <em>BLAZBLUE<\/em> titles, <em>BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR<\/em> is not a fighting game and was developed by Linked Brain as a \u201cChain Combo x Novel RPG.\u201d Numerous updates and in-game events took place up until now, but the developers have announced that it has came to a point where it would be difficult to ensure the game\u2019s quality and continue the service any longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toshimichi Mori commented on the announcement saying that various difficulties arose in the continuation of the operation from the very beginning, and despite trying different approaches, they couldn\u2019t achieve the results they were hoping for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Mori expressed his regrets about not being able to finish the scenario, he did say that he intends to deliver it to the users until the end, although he might do so in a different form.<br><\/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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u306e\u5ea6\u306f\u7a81\u7136\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3068\u306a\u308a\u3001\u8aa0\u306b\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>BLAZBLUE\u30d7\u30ed\u30c7\u30e5\u30fc\u30b5\u30fc\u68ee\u3088\u308a\u3001\u304a\u5ba2\u69d8\u3078\u3054\u8aac\u660e\u304c\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u9577\u6587\u3068\u306a\u308b\u305f\u3081\u753b\u50cf\u63b2\u8f09\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u540c\u69d8\u306e\u6587\u9762\u306f\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u5185\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3068\u3057\u3066\u63b2\u8f09\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gs5NK4lF8w\">pic.twitter.com\/gs5NK4lF8w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBDW\u904b\u55b6\u30b5\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8 (@BBDWSUPPORT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBDWSUPPORT\/status\/1465546130867974153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLAZBLUE ALTERNATIVE DARKWAR (BBDW) to end service in Jan. 2022, less than a year after launch. 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