It was announced in July 2011 that Joymax, a subsidiary of WeMade Entertainment would publish the English version of the game.

It exists inside a host computer called King Drasil, which Artificial Intelligence controls.

Some Digimon establish friendly relations with humans as their Partners and can digivolve through "mortal power."

Players control an avatar of one of the four main Tamers of Digimon Data Squad: Marcus Damon, Thomas H. Norstein, Yoshino Fujieda, and Keenan Crier.

Over the course of the game, Partner and Mercenary Digimon will Digivolve into stronger forms (some of which may require special items or quests to unlock) and learn new skills.

The player must hatch the Mercenary Digi-egg using an incubator and the right type of DATA (chips) items.

Mercenary Digi-eggs and data items can be acquired through gameplay (after defeating enemy Digimon) or purchased in the cash shop.

In the series, all Digimon possess a "digivolution tree", which consists of a hierarchy of possible evolutions.

Users can advance the development of their Digimon by utilizing a Tamer's DNA Charge.

[8] These boxes have very rare pieces required to unlock more powerful digivolutions such as X-evolution (i.e., OmegamonX).