The official X (formerly Twitter) account for game developer BAEL's Blue Lock Blaze Battle game based on Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock soccer manga announced on Wednesday the game will end service on March 31. The game will run "The Final Whistle Campaign" for the remaining month of service, which introduces new characters originally scheduled for future release.
The game launched in March 2024 for iOS, Android, and PC via DMM Games after an initial 2023 release window.
The X/Twitter account for the global edition of Papergames' Koi to Producer: EVOLxLOVE (Mr Love: Queen’s Choice) otome romance game also announced on Friday the game will end service on March 27, ahead of its seventh anniversary on March 20. The other versions of the game, including the Japanese and original Chinese version, did not make a similar announcement.
The company will still release the rewards planned for the anniversary as part of the end of service.
New user registration ended on the same day. April 30 is the final deadline for refund requests. On May 18 the community pages for the game will go offline and all player data will be deleted.
The "super-powered dating simulation game" launched in Chinese on December 20, 2017, in English on March 20, 2019, and in Japanese on July 3, 2019. The game has garnered over 90 million downloads worldwide on iOS and Android devices. The series inspired an anime adaptation in July 2020.
Additionally, the X/Twitter account for Asobimo's Mononogatari: Ikai no Chigiri (Mononogatari: Contract with Another World) game based on Onigunsō's Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari manga announced on Wednesday the game will end service on May 14. Game downloads and in-game purchases also ended on Wednesday. The game will have a number of events and content updates until the end of service.
The game launched for iOS and Android on May 14, 2025 and features turn-based battling with characters from the series.
Thanks to DokoMadeMo for the Blue Lock Blaze Battle tip.
Sources: Blue Lock Blaze Battle's X/Twitter account, Mr. Love: Queen's Choice's X/Twitter account, Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari game's X/Twitter account
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