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BTS World is a newly developed mobile game by Big Hit Entertainment. The first released date is June 26, 2019. The game is created in four languages: Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

Fans become BTS’s manager and go through the journey with all seven members from 2012, before their debut, to 2019. The game is based on conversations and choices that would impact the later chapters. The player can also style the characters.

The game will use real photos and voices of the BTS members. Its official website has galleries of photos and videos of members as the characters.

Teaser
On January 24, 2019, Big Hit Entertainment first introduced the game on its Twitter account with two words "coming soon."

On January 30, 2019, the Twitter introduced the game's slogan "See you there, 2012, when we first met."

The game's official YouTube account released its first official teaser on May 23, 2019. Then it continues to release more videos of each individual member.

On June 4, 2019, its Twitter account stated the release date to be June 26, 2019.

Social Media
The game's Twitter social media account has 1.3 million followers by June 24, 2019, two days prior to the release date.

Its Facebook page has more than 94 hundreds following on the release day.

Media coverage
Before released, the game received many media coverages.

In addition to fulfill fan's anticipations, the game also would bring more revenues to the company.

CNBC says the game "will offer opportunities for microtransactions."

MTV reports for people who are not familiar with the band, "the game could become a powerful learning tool for anyone just getting into their music."

Soundtracks
The game features group's original music and soundtracks.

On June 7, 2019, three of the BTS members Jin, Jimin, and Jungkook released a single Dream Glow collaborated with British singer Charli XCX. Forbes says, "Dream Glow recently debuted on the U.K. songs chart, and it may only be a matter of time before they land another undeniable success.”

On June 14, 2019, two members J-hope and V and Swedish singer Zara Larsson released the second soundtrack A Brand New Day.

On June 21, 2019, the leader RM and Suga and rapper Juice World released the third soundtrack All Night.

Characters
Based on the descriptions on the game's official website, there are seven different characters in the story.

Developer
Netmarble Crop, one of the biggest game generators in South Korea as well as the second stakeholder of Big Hit Entertainment, develops the BTS World. The company is famous for produced games like "Marvel: Future Fight" and "Lineage 2: Revolution."

It has reported to have prepared for BTS World for two years.

Netmarble claims the group's strong fanbase leads to "a good potential market for creating a brand-new game." The game is based on member's true personalities, says Netmarble.