"Jump Force" is a fighting game with a rather eventful history. Here is a detailed account of what happened to it:
Release and Basic Information
Release Time: The game was released on February 14, 2019, in Japan for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on February 15, 2019, worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Nintendo Switch version was released worldwide on August 28, 2020.
Gameplay: It is a 1-v-1 fighting game where players control a team of three characters selected from various manga series in Weekly Shonen Jump. Players can switch between characters during battles, moving in a 3D space to perform combos and special moves to deplete the opponent's health bar.
Sales and Reception
Sales: In Japan, about 76,894 physical copies of the PS4 version were sold in the first week, and 190,214 copies were sold by March 17, 2019. In North America, it ranked second on the NPD monthly sales chart in February 2019 and was the fourth best-selling game in 2019. In the UK, it debuted at number four on the weekly charts, with the PS4 version accounting for 74% of launch sales.
Reviews: The game received "mixed or average reviews" according to Metacritic. Some critics thought its fighting system was "boring" and it lacked the charm of the original manga.
Subsequent Development
DLC Launches: Many DLC characters were added after the game's release, such as Giorno Giovanna on April 13, 2021.
Delisting and Service Shutdown: On November 10, 2021, Bandai Namco announced the discontinuation of the game. It was delisted from digital stores on February 8, 2022. Its online servers were shut down on August 24, 2022, making online features like multiplayer lobbies inaccessible, but players could still access offline single-player content and some online battling, as well as DLC purchased before the shutdown.
