Bandai Namco’s cancelled anime MMORPG Blue Protocol will launch on PC and cellular this yr outdoors of Japan, in Europe, North America and Latin America.
In August final yr, the writer acknowledged it will shut down the Japanese servers for Blue Protocol and cancelled its western launch. Then, just a few months later, the Tencent-funded developer Bokura picked up the project, carried over among the unique growth crew, and gave it a brand new identify, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance.
Now the free-to-play sport is confirmed for launch outdoors of Japan for the primary time and shall be obtainable on PC (Steam, Epic Video games Retailer) and on cellular (iOS, Google).
The sport may even assist cross-platform play between the 2 platforms, with synchronised development.
The MMORPG launched in Japan in June 2023, with a proposed western launch managed not by Bandai Namco however by Amazon Video games. The sport was supposed to comply with the likes of Lost Ark and New World as Amazon Video games’ subsequent huge MMO.
Nevertheless, the sport obtained a combined response from Japanese gamers. Its shutdown final yr introduced an finish to hopes it will lastly see a launch outdoors of the nation. An announcement from the builders on the time stated the “tough resolution” had been made to finish service as “it won’t be doable to supply a service that satisfies all of you”.
Bandai Namco reportedly lost over a hundred staff in the last year, with the cancellation of Blue Protocol assumed to have precipitated job losses.
Now the sport is making a return, promising a dynamic fight system, an anime-styled open world, deep character customisation, and loads of choices for socialising by means of buying and selling, guilds, and neighborhood occasions.
I went hands-on with Blue Protocol in 2023 and though I loved it, I had issues on how it will stand out from different video games within the style. At the least now we’ll be capable to see for ourselves right here within the west.
