Amazon and Bandai shutter anime MMO Blue Protocol

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Blue Protocol, an anime-inspired MMO developed by Bandai Namco, volition unopen down its Japanese servers connected January 18th, 2025. The crippled was successful the process of being released successful the west, with publishing handled by Amazon Games. Because of the game’s pending shuttering, its occidental merchandise has been summarily cancelled.

Blue Protocol’s developers released a connection connected the game’s website successful Japanese and English announcing the cancellation. “We person worked hard to hole for the release; however, we person travel to the decision that it volition not beryllium imaginable to supply a work that satisfies each of you,” work the English statement.

According to shaper Sokichi Shimooka, Blue Protocol was successful improvement for 8 years earlier its Japanese merchandise connected PC successful June 2023. Amazon Games planned to bring Blue Protocol to occidental gamers, announcing its concern with Bandai Namco astatine the 2022 Game Awards. Blue Protocol would person acceptable successful with Amazon Games’ portfolio which includes a fig of MMOs similar Lost Ark, New World, Throne and Liberty, and an unnamed task acceptable successful the Lord of the Rings universe. Amazon is besides producing a fig of single-player games including a caller introduction successful the Tomb Raider franchise and respective different unannounced titles.