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'Baby Shark' video game to be released in September

Upcoming video game Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party [THE PINKFONG COMPANY]

“Baby Shark” will be made into a video game.

Titled “Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party,” the upcoming video game, set to release on Sept. 15, is a music-adventure game that has been developed by Outright Games in collaboration with The Pinkfong Company.

The upcoming game will be the first “Baby Shark” game on console platforms and will be released on all major video game console platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox.

The game will also be released on Steam.

Revolving around the “Baby Shark” family underwater, the game will feature rhythm game elements mixed with the storyline of the animation “Baby Shark.”

A total of seven maps and 30 different songs from the Pinkfong Company’s animated videos will be included, according to the company.

Twenty-six languages will be supported on release, including English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and French.

Outright Games is a game publisher known for developing and publishing family-friendly games that utilize popular franchises. They recently published Peppa Pig World Adventures, based on the “Peppa Pig” franchise and Transformers: EarthSpark, based on the "Transformers" toy and movie franchise.

BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]