The soccer coaching simulation game launches in Japan in December 2022
Rudel Inc. announced on Friday that it will release the smartphone game Blue Lock Project: World Champion in English on April 23. The game is free for users to play with in-app purchases. optional application.
©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, KODANSHA/BLUELOCK Production Committee
Game description company:
This is a new type of football training simulation game in which players train strikers, build the strongest team and compete in fierce matches with rivals.
Rudel Inc. said the game will begin service in English “worldwide (excluding some regions)” but did not give an exact list of countries where it will not be available. The company notes that the game may be delayed in the AppStore in France.
Rudel Inc. also said they will add more languages in the future.
The smartphone game initially launched in Japan in December 2022.
Sensor Tower reported last month that the game had earned more than the equivalent of $100 million as of January and was the No. 1 mobile sports game in Japan in terms of downloads from January 2023 to January 2024.
The game is based on the Blue Lock manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura. Kaneshiro and Nomura launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. Publisher Kodansha USA is releasing the manga in English digitally and is also releasing it in print.
The BLUELOCK TV anime premiered in Japan in October 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired and also streamed the English dub. The anime series is getting a second season and an anime movie. The film is based on the spin-off manga BLUELOCK-Episode Nagi-and opened in Japan on Friday.
Source: Press release