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“Jump Force” is now not accessible on on-line shops throughout all platformsThe writer didn’t specify why they pulled the sport from storesOffline modes and P2P multiplayer are nonetheless accessible for gamers who personal the sport
More than three years after its launch, writer Bandai Namco has formally delisted “Jump Force” from all digital shops following their prior announcement in November 2020.
As of Feb. 7, 2022, “Jump Force” will now not be offered on any digital storefront, and virtually the entire recreation’s on-line functionalities will likely be shut down by August, per VGC. “Jump Force” will nonetheless be playable for anybody who owns the sport, and on-line play between mates will nonetheless be potential by means of peer-to-peer connections. Other on-line options like ranked matches, the Rewards Counter, in-game occasions and the clan perform will now not be accessible to gamers.
Physical copies of the sport will nonetheless be accessible for buy, assuming that storefronts nonetheless have them in inventory. However, bodily copies are nonetheless topic to the identical on-line restrictions.
Bandai Namco didn’t specify why they pulled “Jump Force” from on-line shops, however followers have surmised that the sport’s lackluster efficiency regardless of an otherwise-solid launch may have been the trigger.
While the precise gross sales determine stays obscured in a spread between 77,000 and 500,000 copies offered worldwide, “Jump Force’s” document on Steam Charts confirmed that the sport reached a concurrent participant peak of 9,858 again when it launched in February 2019. Unfortunately, the participant inhabitants steadily declined after that.
Yugi as a playable character in Jump Force Photo: Bandai Namco
“Jump Force” is a tag-team preventing recreation that options a big solid of standard shonen anime and manga characters from titles corresponding to “Naruto,” “Bleach,” “One Piece” and “Hunter x Hunter,” amongst many others. The recreation adopted a third-person, over-the-shoulder digital camera perspective, set in giant and open arenas.
Over time, the builders added DLC characters like All Might, Majin Buu, Trafalgar Law and Giorno Giovanna, however they did not seize the eye of latest gamers or retain those that have been already taking part in.
“Jump Force” obtained lukewarm opinions from varied on-line shops. IGN criticized the sport’s story as “half-baked” and described the fight system as “shallow” and “repetitive” however praised the builders’ try at making a balanced preventing system and the sport’s general roster of standard characters. The identical sentiments have been shared by many customers on the sport’s Steam web page.