Azur Lane is a gacha video game that has become one of the most important of the genre and what has made it reach the status it has in recent years is undoubtedly the large number of “waifus” present in its staff, which also have a variety of outfits to delight fans. But apparently several of these costumes were too much for Google, since in an official statement, the video game announced that by request of the company it will have to remove several of the most “whimsical” skins, something that will be done immediately and that unleashed chaos in the game’s community.
Azur Lane is censored by Google
Through its official networks, such as Twitter/X, the popular gacha-style video game Azur Lane shared a message that surprised many of its fans and is that in the coming hours will be withdrawing several skins present in the game some of the most beloved “waifus”, this at the request of Google. It seems that these outfits available for the girls were too much for the company, so they will not be censored, but they will no longer be available for purchase. Among the affected characters and skins we have: Shinano – Visions of Fantasy (L2D), Napoli – Dreamy Night (L2D), Hindenburg – Delirious Duel (L2D), Chitose – Summer Shine, Atago – Summer March (L2D).
On the other hand, those who already have some of these skins in their possession will not be removed, but will continue to have them in their possession after they are removed from the store during the course of this January 4. From the video game apologized to the fans by delivering some rewards, but again confirming that this decision exceeds its power as a game to share content, but it is the same company Google who decided to remove these skins. In addition, we will have to see if this is not the beginning for more Azur Lane skins to be removed.
In response to this news, many users came out to comment on what happened, especially negatively to Google’s decision to remove these skins, many of which have been in the title for quite some time, being something very serious that a game as big as Azur Lane is censored in this way. In addition, this was seen as a first step for what could become a wave of censorship by the company to games of this style, so fans fear that titles like The Goddess of Victory: Nikke also have the same fate, so we will have to wait for more news to be announced.
Azur Lane is one of the most popular gacha-style video games that exist in the market, being in turn of the longest-lived, since it was officially launched in 2017, and it is that during all this time it has delivered a lot of content to its players. In this title the player will become the “Commander” of a group of naval ships and submarines, with which he will fight against enemies in varied maritime scenarios, being that the main attraction that the game has is how these vehicles are represented in cute and varied “waifus”. Azur Lane is available for free download on iOS and Android mobile devices.
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