Yostar has announced that the Azur Lane mobile game will be hosting a NieR: Automata collaboration event, at long last. More details about the Azur Lane and NieR: Automata collaboration will be revealed soon, so stay tuned.
Previously, Square Enix released a new video and key art highlighting the iconography of NieR: Automata and its fame 9 years after the game’s release in 2017. The video ends with the statement “NieR: Automata to be continued…” hinting that the story of 2B, 9S, and A2 may not be over yet. Dragon Quest and NieR series producer Yosuke Saito had already teased that Square is preparing “a little something” for the 9th anniversary of NieR: Automata in 2026.
NieR: Automata is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. Additionally, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139, which initially released in 2021, is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. Sales of NieR: Automata have surpassed 10 million units in total, which include both digital and physical copies. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
Azur Lane is available now for Android and iOS. Fans can also look forward to the the second season of the Azur Lane Slow Ahead! short anime series, which premieres on July 5. Shunji Maki directs the anime this season at CANDY BOX. Yū Satō writes the series scripts with Hotaru Asafuji. Nana Mori is the character designer and chief animation director for the second season. Fūga Hatori is the music composer, and Masanori Tsuchiya is the sound director. The first season of Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! is streaming on Crunchyroll.
