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Singapore, Dec. 22, 2020 – Garena has announced a new crossover event that will bring One-Punch Man content into the Free Fire universe. The collaboration unites one of the world’s most popular mobile games with its most powerful hero, and offers players from all over the world access to playable in-game content from One-Punch Man.
“We’re excited to welcome one of Japan’s most iconic heroes into the Free Fire universe. We’re always looking to create novel, in-game content infused with influences from across the world and believe that our partnership with One-Punch Man will offer our global community of players even more opportunities to battle in style,” said Harold Teo, Free Fire Producer at Garena.
Digit NewsDesk | Published on 21 Dec 2020
Garena has confirmed that it will bring content from the popular Manga and Anime series, One-Punch Man over to the game. The series’ protagonist is a supremely overpowered hero who can defeat most enemies with a single punch.
“We’re excited to welcome one of Japan’s most iconic heroes into the Free Fire universe. We’re always looking to create novel, in-game content infused with influences from across the world and believe that our partnership with One-Punch Man will offer our global community of players even more opportunities to battle in style,” said Harold Teo, Free Fire Producer at Garena.
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Free Fire revealed Cristiano Ronaldo as its latest global brand ambassador. According to a statement by the developer,
Free Fire’s partnership with Ronaldo builds on its strategy to continuously bring exciting content for all users around the world. Speaking about the new development, Harodl Teo, Free Fire Producer at Garena stated that it is a really significant partnership for the game as Cristiano Ronaldo is a role model for a lot of people and being able to collaborate with him and present him to millions of people around the world is extremely exciting.
Teo further added that the partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo offers more ways for their communities around the world to enjoy the game.
Apart from this, the developers have also announced that the game will be getting vending machines for players to interact and use tokens to purchase in-game items. The new character and features are a part of the Operation Chrono event that is set to begin later this week.
Speaking about the partnership, Harold Teo, Free Fire Producer said, “This is a really significant partnership for Free Fire. Cristiano Ronaldo is a role model for many of us, and being able to collaborate with him and present him to hundreds of millions of people around the world is truly exciting. Our partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo offers even more ways for our communities all over the world to enjoy Free Fire .