KLab to renew improvement of a JoJo’s Weird Journey cellular recreation
KLab acquired a licence for it in 2020, and has partnered with Wanda Cinemas Video games to make it occur
Japanese cellular video games maker KLab is resuming improvement of a “cellular on-line recreation” based mostly on the anime JoJo’s Weird Journey, working with Wanda Cinemas Video games to make this attainable.
KLab first introduced again in 2020 that it acquired the distribution rights for a cellular recreation based mostly on the IP, however the challenge was halted when “circumstances” arose with its improvement associate.
Now, 4 years later, a brand new associate has been present in Beijing-based Wanda Cinemas Video games; and nonetheless holding the licence rights from 2020, this partnership empowers KLab to finish the cellular JoJo title.
A longstanding IP
With improvement resumed, the JoJo recreation is presently slated to launch all over the place however Japan in 2026, presumably which means an earlier launch in Japan. Additional bulletins are anticipated to observe, such because the precise identify of this long-awaited recreation.
The manga was first serialised in 1987 and entered its ninth half in March 2023, so there’s loads of content material to attract from, together with the anime adaptation too. The most recent season – season 5 – premiered in December 2021 on Netflix, adapting the sixth a part of the manga.
Whether or not the JoJo cellular recreation will divert dramatically or stay devoted to supply materials stays to be seen, however KLab has confirmed it’s being based mostly on the anime somewhat than the manga.
The developer is understood for working with Japanese IP holders and delivering video games to worldwide audiences, from Captain Tsubasa: Dream Workforce to Bleach: Courageous Souls, the latter having reached 90 million downloads worldwide this April.
Driving excessive on the success of Palworld, Pocket Pair has additionally partnered with KLab to create a hybridcasual recreation combining the previous’s “power in planning and growing distinctive video games” and the latter’s “expertise in cellular on-line video games”. Whether or not the cellular recreation is predicated on Palworld or a completely new IP has not but been revealed.
