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Wargaming has revealed that it will add even more Azur Lane crossover content to World of Warships. This will be the seventh time the company has added crossover content from the closely related game. It has regularly made crossovers almost every year, starting from 2018, with the preceding sixth wave having appeared in 2024.

The new Wave 7 will add the following shipgirls as commanders, whom players can assign to any playable ship:

1. KMS Hindenburg
2. USS Kearsarge
3. RN Gorizia
4. KMS iral Graf Spee
5. KMS Scharnhorst

In addition, Wargaming will add new ships based on the Azur Lane versions of KMS Hindenburg, USS Kearsarge, and RN Gorizia—as well as KMS Bismarck, whose character had appeared earlier in Wave 4.

As a side note, Hindenburg and Kearsarge are getting double-imported back to World of Warships. Manjuu and Yongshi had previously created Azur Lane shipgirl versions of the original ships Wargaming created for World of Warships. The first character to be double-imported was HMS Neptune in Wave 2.

Wargaming has also published a trailer showing the new content on YouTube:

In the same press release, Wargaming also revealed the new Azur Lane content coming to the console and mobile releases of World of Warships: Legends. People who play the latter version will be able to get unique ships based on the Azur Lane versions of BB-45 USS Colorado, RN Zara, KMS Scharnhorst, and KMS iral Graf Spee.

The original World of Warships is available for PC. World of Warships: Legends is available separately on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, iOS, and Android.

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Koei Tecmo has opened pre-orders for its figure based on Marie Rose's Steamy Venus skin in the Azur Lane crossover event with Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation. The company will release the figure in December 2025.

Koei Tecmo's own web store can only deliver the figures domestically inside Japan. However, the company is working with AmiAmi to release the product worldwide. The latter will exclusively ship the figures outside Japan.

The figure will be available in two editions. The regular edition has a price tag of 25,300 yen (~$161.52). There will also be a DX edition that costs more at 27,500 yen ($175.57). The latter will come with additional hair parts that let Marie Rose untie her twin tails.

Here are the sample images comparing the regular edition with the DX-exclusive twin tail hair parts. Note that due to the nature of the figure, the following images are marked NSFW (Not Safe For Work).

Koei Tecmo has been working on the new figure throughout 2024. The company first announced the plan in January 2024. It then shared images of the unpainted prototype in July 2024. The figure is slated for release in December 2025, so the company still has around a year to finish the figure's mass production and ship it worldwide.

The Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation - Azur Lane crossover figure of Marie Rose in her Steamy Venus skin will be available in December 2025. Koei Tecmo will close the pre-order window for the figure on February 16, 2025.

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Yostar has revealed a new Azur Lane crossover event that will feature To Love-Ru Darkness characters. The event will run from late November 2024 until early December 2024 in the mobile game.

This crossover event will feature a total of six characters. During the reveal stream, the host Mafia Kajita noticed an apparent lack of Mikan Yuki. Yostar's Dai Miwaki promised that if this crossover event goes well, the developers could consider re-running the event with additional characters, just like prior crossovers with titles like Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation.

Here is the complete list of characters in the crossover event, along with their rarity levels, ship rigging classes, and acquisition methods:

1. Lala Satalin Deviluke - Super Rare - Heavy Cruiser rigging - Gacha exclusive
2. Nana Astar Deviluke - Super Rare - Destroyer rigging - Gacha exclusive
3. Momo Belia Deviluke - Super Rare - Light Cruiser rigging - Gacha, Stage drop, and Point exchange shop
4. Golden Darkness - Super Rare - Battleship rigging - Gacha exclusive
5. Haruna Sairenji - Elite Rarity - Battlecruiser rigging - Gacha exclusive
6. Yui Kotegawa - Elite Rarity - Carrier rigging - Total points reward

The To Love-Ru Darkness crossover event will run in Azur Lane from November 21, 2024, until December 5, 2024. The To Love-Ru anime is not available on streaming services at this time. Azur Lane is available on Android and Apple iOS devices.

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Both Koei Tecmo and AmiAmi showed off the Azur Lane DOA Xtreme Venus Vacation Marie Rose figure inspired by the 2020 crossover at Wonder Festival 2024 Summer. This is the first look at the figure since it was announced back in January 2024.

Back when the figure was first announced in January 2024, the KT model+ social media showed concept art of how this version of Marie Rose from DOA would look. It noted she’d have her hair up in pigtails and be sitting on a ledge at a sauna, with the water nearby. She’s also holding a drink in her right hand.

Here’s a closer look at the prototype. It is currently in the unpainted phase, so it is uncertain how long it could be before it is released.

Since it originally appeared, the DOA XVV event has rerun in Azur Lane. The last time it appeared in 2023, Luna and Tamaki appeared as new SSR units. Seven total fighters from the DOA series appeared as playable characters from the crossover. However, the only two you could get for free were Misaki and Nyotengu.

There’s no release date yet for the KT model+ figure of Marie Rose based on the Azur Lane DOA XVV crossover. Azur Lane is available for Android and iOS devices.

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Yostar has announced that it will set up display booths featuring its mobile games at Comic Market 104. Azur Lane and Blue Archive will specifically be highlighted at the company's Comiket 104 booth.

The booth's staff will give away shopper bags that also feature characters from Arknights, Mahjong Soul, and Aether Gazer. However, the above two titles will take most of the spotlight. The bags will contain Azur Lane and Blue Archive stickers, along with an uchiwa fan of Azur Lane's Mogador. The booth will only have these items as freebies while stocks last, as the company will not sell merchandise at this event.

Yostar's Comiket 104 booth will have specific zones dedicated to Azur Lane and Blue Archive. The company will also have cosplayers attend the booth with costumes of characters from both titles.

The Azur Lane area will primarily feature Pamiat' Merkuria. Visitors will be able to interact with the character. The booth will also have a massaging mini-game where players can win bonus items depending on their scores upon completion.

Meanwhile, the Blue Archive zone will host a Momo Friends Race. Visitors can participate by guessing the race winner to receive a bonus item. If a character wins the race, those who guessed the character can win another item.

Comic Market 104 will take place at Tokyo Big Sight on August 11-12, 2024. Yostar will have its booths at Corporate Booth No.1111 in West Hall 3.

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Three Azur Lane figures showed up at Smile Fest 2024, with one being a Formidable Nendoroid and the others being Cheshire and Owari scale figures. All of them are at various stages of development, and there are no release windows for any of them.

The Azur Lane Formidable Nendoroid is the furthest along of the latest reveals. She appeared as a painted prototype at the event. She’s wearing her standard costume for this figure, and her twin tails are held back by their typical frilly ribbons. As she showed up as a painted prototype, this could suggest pre-orders for her will appear in the next few weeks and she’ll launch in 2025.

Meanwhile, the Cheshire and Owari Azur Lane scale figures were all at the unpainted prototype stage. In the case of Owari, she was depicted both with and without her coat. Her facial expressions are different for each variant as well.

We’ve seen Good Smile Company come up with a few Azur Lane figures and Nendoroid designs before. HMS Charybdis, Shinano, and Chen Hai showed up at Wonder Festival 2023 Shanghai. Not to mention we saw Laffey, Cheshire, New Jersey, and Unicorn Nendoroids too.

There’s no release window for the Azur Lane Formidable Nendoroid or Cheshire and Owari figures yet. However, as Formidable appeared as a painted prototype, we’ll likely see pre-orders for her in the near future. Azur Lane is available on mobile devices. The console game Azur Lane Crosswave is on the Switch, PS4, and PC. You can find the anime based on the series on Crunchyroll.

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Wargaming launched the sixth wave of crossover content from Azur Lane in World of Warships. It added five new ship liveries and Commander characters based on shipgirls from the former title.

The ships in question are CV-8 USS Hornet, HMS Queen Elizabeth, KMS Agir, IJN Fusou, and IJN Shimakaze. Hornet, Agir, and Shimakaze have new standalone ships based on the Azur Lane shipgirls. Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth and Fusou's liveries appear instead as permanent camouflages for the original ships that have been available in World of Warships.

Wargaming has been adding Azur Lane characters ever since it first launched the collaboration in 2018. The crossover applies to both sides, as Manjuu and Yongshi also gradually added World of Warships' original ships as Priority and Decisive-rarity shipgirls.

The previous crossover waves had added the following shipgirls into World of Warships:

1. First Wave: CV-6 USS Enterprise, CL-55 USS Cleveland, HMS Belfast, HMS Hood, HMS Nelson, KMS iral Hipper, SN Avrora
2. Second Wave: CL-57 USS Montpelier, HMS Neptune, KMS Prinz Eugen, MNF Dunkerque, IJN Azuma, IJN Atago, IJN Kaga, IJN Yukikaze
3. Third Wave: CA-68 USS Baltimore, KMS Roon, MNF Jean Bart, RN Littorio, SN Sovetskaya Rossiya, IJN Shoukaku, ROC Yat Sen
4. Fourth Wave: BB-62 USS New Jersey, HMS Formidable, KMS Bismarck, FFNF Saint Louis, RN Zara, SN Chapayev
5. Fifth Wave: BB-45 USS Colorado, HMS Cheshire, KMS Prinz Heinrich

Azur Lane is not the only title Wargaming has collaborated with in World of Warships. The company has also added content from other franchises like Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Transformers, and Hololive.

The Event for the sixth wave of Azur Lane crossover content in World of Warships is available until June 12, 2024. While the online multiplayer naval battle game is available on multiple platforms, this content specifically appears in the original PC version.

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Koei Tecmo confirmed that it will produce and release a Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation Marie Rose figure based on her "Steamy Venus" skin from Azur Lane. The figure will be part of the company's own figure brand KT model+.

Marie Rose was one of the characters included in the roster when Azur Lane had a crossover event with DOA Xtreme Venus Vacation in late 2020. Yostar later held a re-run of the collaboration in the iOS and Android mobile game between April 2023 and May 2023.

While the re-run event had the new additions of Tamaki and Luna as the main highlights, it also brought in "Steamy Venus" as a new optional purchasable skin for Marie Rose. This skin depicts the character in a hot spring with fully integrated Live2D animations and interactions when the player sets her as one of the home screen Secretaries.

Koei Tecmo's announcement tweet, which includes the image of the skin in question, is available right below via the official KT model+ social media :

Koei Tecmo will reveal more details on the Marie Rose "Steamy Venus" Azur Lane DOA Xtreme Venus Vacation skin figure, including the release date, at a later date. The company will also promote the figure at AmiAmi's booth in Wonder Festival 2024 Winter on February 11, 2024.

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Yostar has started delivering its promise to cut off linkages with X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, for its mobile games. Blue Archive was the first game to see the feature completely removed when it received an update on December 27, 2023. The company had also set up similar plans for Azur Lane, Arknights, and Mahjong Soul in the coming days, as 2023 draws to a close.

After the update, Blue Archive player s that were only connected to X/Twitter turned into guest s. That will render them unable to sync their s on re-installs and transfers to other devices. To help address the issue, Yostar has set up a special webpage that lets such s transfer data from their existing X to a new Yostar .

In early July 2023, important announcements about the eventual cessation of linkages with the platform previously known as Twitter appeared simultaneously on Japanese Blue Archive, Azur Lane, Arknights, and Mahjong Soul official s. All four games share a similarity by having Yostar as their primary publisher in Japan.

Yostar had expressed its concern with the drastic changes made to Twitter's API in the early months of 2023, even before Elon Musk renamed the platform to X in late July 2023. It ultimately decided to completely remove linkage features with the platform within 2023. The company had also been encouraging players to move on to other linkage methods, such as Yostar s.

Yostar is not the only game company that removed Twitter integration following the platform's massive change to X. Sony Interactive Entertainment has also removed features that let PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 s view and post content to the same platform in November 2023.

Blue Archive, Azur Lane, Arknights, and Mahjong Soul are all available worldwide on iOS and Android mobile devices.

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A Senran Kagura crossover event will appear in Azur Lane. Yostar revealed full details about the crossover in a live stream on the game's Japanese YouTube channel. The event will launch after the update maintenance on November 23, 2023.

A total of seven Senran Kagura characters will appear in this crossover. Asuka, Ikaruga, Yumi, Homura, and Murasaki from the console games will make their appearances here. Marvelous and Yostar will complete the list with Fubuki and Yuyaki, who debuted in the series' mobile games.

Here is the full list of Senran Kagura characters who will appear in Azur Lane, based on the image below from left to right. The list also includes each character's in-game rigging class, rarity, and methods to obtain.

1. Murasaki - Light Carrier rigging - Elite rarity - Total point rewards
2. Homura - Submarine rigging - Super Rare - Gacha and Mini-game rewards
3. Ikaruga - Heavy Cruiser rigging - Super Rare - Gacha and Point exchange shop
4. Asuka - Light Cruiser rigging - Super Rare - Gacha exclusive
5. Yumi - Aircraft Carrier rigging - Super Rare - Gacha exclusive
6. Fubuki - Battleship rigging - Super Rare - Gacha exclusive
7. Yuyaki - Heavy Cruiser rigging - Elite rarity - Gacha exclusive

Senran Kagura will the ever-growing list of franchises that have held crossover events in Azur Lane. The shipgirl-collecting mobile game has previously held collaborations with Hyperdimension Neptunia, Utawarerumono, Kizuna AI, Hololive, Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation, The Idolm@ster, Gridman Universe, and Atelier Ryza.

Azur Lane is available worldwide on iOS and Android mobile devices. The Senran Kagura crossover event will run from November 23, 2023, to December 7, 2023.

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Three new prototypes for Azur Lane scale figures were revealed during Wonder Festival 2023 Shanghai. They are HMS Charybdis, Shinano, and Chen Hai. They were revealed on the Good Smile Company US official social media . No prices or release dates were revealed for any of the figures just yet. As all three are unpainted prototypes, it could take a while.

The HMS Charybdis figure features her “Red Chamber of Healing” Live 2D skin that can be acquired in the mobile game. It appears to feature a fluffy material for her scarf she wears. The Shinano scale figure features her in her “Dreams of the Hazy Moon” skin, where she appears in a party dress. It comes with a large base for the figure to rest on. The Chen Hai figure is of her original outfit.

Check out all of the new Azur Lane scale figure prototypes in the gallery below:

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Three new Azur Lane scale figure prototypes of HMS Charybdis, Shinano, and Chen Hai are in development. Azur Lane is available to and play on Android and iOS devices.

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Yostar announced a real-world event today to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Japanese release of Azur Lane, a shoot-em-up mobile game featuring historic naval ships personified as anime girls. The celebration event will take place on September 9-10, 2023 at the Belle Salle event venue (B1-2F) in Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan.

A special website for the 6th anniversary just been opened on August 2, 2023. Yostar plans to reveal more information about the event on this website and on its official social media s in the near future.

Other various events celebrating Azur Lane’s anniversary are also scheduled to be held in Akihabara this September. More information is to be revealed at a later date.

Additionally, a fan art campaign commemorating the anniversary has begun. The theme of the campaign is “fan works that celebrate the 6th anniversary of Azur Lane,” and “fan works that convey love for Azur Lane.” Furthermore, all art mediums are eligible for entry, not just illustrations. Fan art for the campaign is able to be submitted until September 3, 2023.

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To submit an entry, follow these steps:

Step 1: Follow the Azur Lane staff’s official Twitter
Step 2: Use the hashtag #アズールレーン6周年アート and mention @azurlane_staff in your tweet so they can view your work directly.

Yostar plans to show off as many entries as possible during their Azur Lane 6th anniversary live stream that is to be held sometime in September. Additionally, 10 winners will be selected from the pool of entries to receive a gift of not-for-sale goods featuring their favorite ship of choice. This is for Japanese audiences only.

The Azur Lane 6th anniversary celebration event will occur on September 9-10, 2023 on the B1-2F floors of the Belle Salle event hall in Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan. Azur Lane is available for on iOS and Android worldwide.

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Yostar announced that the collaboration event with Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation (DOAXVV) will run again in Azur Lane. This news came from the Azur Lane stream that took place on April 24, 2023. As for the DOAXVV event in Azur Lane, it’ll take place from April 27, 2023 to May 11, 2023. [Thanks, Inside Games!]

During the DOAXVV re-run event, players will get the chance to obtain two new ship girls. Tamaki (who will be an SSR Battlecruiser) and Luna (who will be an SSR Light Aircraft Carrier). Aside from Tamaki and Luna, seven DOAXVV ship girls will return for players who missed getting them back in 2020. Honoka, Kasumi, Nyotengu, Monica, Marie Rose, Misaki, and Nagisa will be back in Azur Lane during the event’s re-run period.

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Misaki and Nyotengu will be free from the event, as you can get them using event currency or racking up enough points. You have to construct the other DOAXVV girls. During the event, you can also get new outfits for everyone. There’ll be new Marie Rose, Tamaki, and Luna costumes that you can purchase.

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Though unrelated to the DOAXVV re-run event in Azur Lane, Little Formidable will be a new SR ship girl. You can get her for free between April 27 and May 11, 2023 by completing her friendship event. There’ll also be two new outfits for Mikasa and Akagi as part of Azur Lane’s collaboration with Kaga Yuzen. This is the second collaboration, and the outfits from the first one (Kaga and Hood) will be return for a limited time. The Kaga Yuzen collaboration event will also start from April 27, but will end on May 10, 2023.

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Azur Lane is readily available for Android and iOS devices. The DOAXVV and Kaga Yuzen collaboration events will begin from April 27, 2023, as well as the miniature event to get Little Formidable.

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Fans of Azur Lane's versions of two famed U.S. Navy warships can use a new line of gaming gear to show their devotion. Produced by Fumo Collection, the lineup consists of keyboards and PC desk accessories based on Azur Lane characters Baltimore and Bremerton. Pre-orders for the items opened on Fumo's online shop, which s international shipping.

The Azur Lane Baltimore and Bremerton Fumo Collection involves two illustrations of the characters. They were created by their respective character designers, Feng Ze and Katsudansou. The designs feature Baltimore and Bremerton dressed in casual wear while sitting at PCs. The characters' personalities are also contrasted in the desk setups they prefer. Baltimore's PC desk is compact and optimized for work and multitasking, while Bremerton has a dedicated gaming "battle station," complete with an ultra-wide curved monitor and second monitor to watch videos on.

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The Fumo Collection Azur Lane Baltimore and Bremerton items themselves take the form of two customized tenkey-less (TKL) mechanical keyboards. Each is set up with customized colors based on the character. Baltimore's is black and blue with splashes of yellow and red, while Bremerton's is pink and cyan, with splashes of red. The boards include several custom keycaps decorated with art of the characters dressed in their most popular cosmetic skins: Baltimore's race queen outfit and Bremerton's tennis outfit. The keyboards are also backlit to match the color profiles of the characters, and customers can select their preferred Varmilo-brand key switches at checkout. Each keyboard costs 28,980 Yen (about $217 USD), and is expected to ship in June 2023.

Besides the keyboards, the Azure Lane Baltimore and Bremerton lines include large-format mouse mats for each of them. Acrylic standees and blankets round out the line. Finally, pre-order customers for the keyboards will also receive illustrations of both characters along with their purchases.

The Azur Lane Baltimore and Bremerton keyboards and gaming gear line by Fumo is open for pre-orders. The game is available on iOS and Android devices. An Atelier Ryza crossover event recently appeared in the game.

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SuperGroupies announced new merchandise tied to Azur Lane characters USS Enterprise, IJN Akagi, and KMS Roon. People can place pre-orders for backpacks, wallets, and watches inspired by all three characters. The backpacks and wallets will appear first in late May 2023. Then in the middle of August 2023, the watches will appear. As with all SuperGroupies items, there are no pictures of the characters on the items. Rather, each piece of merchandise is more subtle and takes cues from their designs and outfits.

First, here are the Akagi items. The watch is $260. It features her waste belt’s accent, sleeve patterns, a Sakura Emblem with fox ears, and nine tails on the face. The $220 backpack also features the Sakura Empire emblem, her waste belt designs, and hair accessory accents. Finally, the $160 wallet has an embossed Sakura Empire emblem inside it and her nine tails on the front.
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Likewise, the Roon Azur Lane merchandise is similarly priced. There’s the $260 watch, $220 backpack, and $160 wallet. All three feature the Iron Blood emblem in some way. Each one also has a cross on it. The backpack also has pleats sort of like her skirt.
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Finally, here is a look at the SuperGroupies Azur Lane Enterprise merchandise. The $260 watch has her ship insignia, the Eagle Union emblem, her flight deck, and the stars and stripes. The emblem and flight deck also show up on the $220 backpack. Finally, the $160 wallet has her ship and flight deck on the outside and the emblem on the inside.
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SuperGroupies' Azur Lane Enterprize, Akagi, and Roon merchandise will appear between May and August 2023. The game is available for Android and Apple iOS devices, and it recently hosted an Atelier Ryza 3 crossover.

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