Bandai Namco has introduced that Blue Protocol, its free-to-play MMORPG launched in June 2023, will discontinue service in Japan on January 18th, 2025. Its Western launch, courtesy of Amazon Video games and scheduled for this yr, has additionally been cancelled.
“We’ve got loved a robust relationship with Amazon Video games all through the event of Blue Protocol, and each of our groups are disillusioned that we won’t be able to ship the sport to gamers world wide,” the writer mentioned in a current assertion.
Although Blue Protocol launched to a lot fanfare, it additionally had a number of points, which the event workforce went about addressing. The Western launch was pushed again, however sadly, regardless of having “labored exhausting to arrange” for a similar, Bandai Namco has determined “it is not going to be doable to supply a service that satisfies all of you.”
It’s price noting that the principle motive for the top of service could possibly be as a result of title’s underperformance. When the writer cancelled 5 unannounced initiatives earlier this yr, it was reportedly as a consequence of a 21 million yen impairment loss from an “underperforming” title assumed to be Blue Protocol. Bandai Namco didn’t explicitly verify this, nevertheless it’s now wanting increasingly more possible.
The writer has different online-centric initiatives just like the extraction shooter Synduality: Echo of Ada in growth. Keep tuned for additional updates within the meantime.
