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Developer Bandai Namco has released a new announcement trailer forMy Hero Ultra Rumble, confirming that the battle royale game will release in one week, on September 28. Based on the beloved anime and manga seriesMy Hero Academia, the game will launch in its final form after a successful open beta test earlier this year.
The announcement ofMy Hero Ultra Rumbleearly last year caused a lot of excitement among anime lovers and fans of the battle royale genre. Since then, versions of the game have been made available to players through several rounds of closed, and later open, beta tests, which elicited a wide range of engagement and feedback from participants. Reviewers of the various beta versions ofUltra Rumblenoted that the developers behind the game were responsive to this feedback, raising high hopes for the quality of the final release.
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The date of that final release was officially announced today in a launch trailer from developer Bandai Namco, which confirmed thatMy Hero Ultra Rumblewill launch in exactly one week, on September 28. The trailer also confirmed that three newbelovedMy Hero Academiacharacterswould join the game’s playable roster: Eijiro Kirishima, Momo Yaoyorozu, and Ibara Shiozaki. Beyond these revelations, the rest of the trailer showcased the main features of the game as a whole, a team-based battle royale experience in which 8 teams of 3 players face off while controlling various heroes and villains from the anime.
The launch ofUltra Rumblecomes in the midst of thefinal arc of theMy Hero Academiamanga, while fans of the anime are still waiting on news of the show’s seventh and presumably final season. While the game does not feature any story to speak of, certain gameplay elements revealed in the trailer do connect to aspects ofMy Hero’s narrative. Most notably, the launch trailer shows series protagonist Deku using his Blackwhip ability in combat, a power which that character does not gain until fairly late in the anime and manga storylines.
While the ongoing development ofMy Hero Ultra Rumblehas not generated as much buzz within the gaming community as some other recent titles, there has been plenty of lively engagement and discussion among players and reviewers who have participated in the beta tests, and these fans will no doubt be excited to see the game’s full release.Ultra Rumblewill be competing against a wide range ofpopular battle royale titles, but its connection to the extremely popularMy Hero Academiafranchise may give it the edge needed to stand out from the pack.
My Hero Ultra Rumblereleases on September 28 for PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One.
