Bandai Namco and Amazon MMORPG Shutting Down in January

A brief-lived MMORPG from Bandai Namco, Blue Protocol, is ready to close down completely in January 2025, taking the sport offline and making it unavailable to play or obtain after the inevitable closure. Causes for the closure are seemingly purely monetary, and Blue Protocol will even now not see a world launch through Amazon Video games, as Bandai Namco initially deliberate.

Blue Protocol is an action-based MMORPG from developer Bandai Namco with a definite anime aesthetic very according to the corporate’s beloved Tales sequence of motion JRPGs. The sport gives quite a lot of courses to select from, all of which have distinct playstyles and weapon varieties, and lets gamers create a customized avatar to discover the open world with and workforce up with others to finish quests and tackle bosses.

Now, nevertheless, the official web site for Blue Protocol comprises an announcement confirming the sport’s looming shutdown as Bandai Namco prepares to discontinue service and shut its servers indefinitely. Efficient January 2025, gamers will now not be capable of entry the sport in any respect, and plans for a launch exterior of Japan in partnership with Amazon Video games are out the window now, too, in consequence.

The shutdown might come as a shock to followers of the MMORPG, as Blue Protocol loved principally constructive opinions and suggestions from gamers in its early days, with many evaluating it to the massively well-liked HoYoverse video games like Genshin Affect. Regardless of its constructive reception, nevertheless, the explanation for its closure seems to be monetary, as Bandai Namco reported that it failed to satisfy revenue expectations.

Amazon has produced MMORPGs prior to now, like its personal unique title New World, which bought off to a tough begin however shortly turned extra well-liked as the sport underwent a number of large updates and obtained new content material. The corporate additionally assisted with the Korean motion MMO Misplaced Ark, giving the sport a worldwide launch through its Amazon Video games model.

As for Bandai Namco, the hit developer nonetheless has loads of tasks within the works, with the JRPG Tales of Graces f Remastered coming quickly, giving Tales followers one thing to carry them over whereas they anticipate a brand new entry. The corporate is at present gearing as much as publish the highly-anticipated combating recreation Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero later this yr as nicely, together with a slate of different upcoming tasks, so Bandai Namco followers nonetheless have loads to look ahead to within the close to future.