Bandai Namco has confirmed immediately that the Japanese model of its anime-inspired MMORPG Blue Protocol shall be “discontinued” on January 18, 2025. In consequence, Bandai Namco additionally clarified that this additionally means any plans to launch the sport outdoors of Japan have now been cancelled.
“We’ve loved a robust relationship with Amazon Video games all through the event of Blue Protocol, and each of our groups are dissatisfied that we will be unable to ship the sport to gamers world wide,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement revealed on the Bandai Namco website.
“We’ve labored onerous to organize for the discharge; nevertheless, we have now come to the conclusion that it’s going to not be potential to offer a service that satisfies all of you.”
Co-developed by Bandai Namco On-line and Bandai Namco Studios, Blue Protocol’s worldwide launch plans had been revealed at The Recreation Awards in 2022. At the moment, Amazon Video games instructed IGN that the dwell service recreation had been in improvement since 2015.
IGN’s 2023 hands-on preview discovered Blue Protocol “completely beautiful” and “enjoyable as hell.”
IGN has contacted Amazon for remark.
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