In a shock announcement, upcoming anime MMO Blue Protocol has been cancelled within the west, and can be ending service in Japan early subsequent yr. Whereas the precise reasoning stays unclear, Bandai Namco On-line writes that it has “come to the conclusion that it’s going to not be potential to supply a service that satisfies all of you.”
Blue Protocol was, in principle, an upcoming anime MMORPG that championed co-operative play and high-octane fight. At present obtainable in Japan, Amazon Video games was set to convey the sport to western audiences, however a Tuesday, August 28 communication has confirmed that the sport will, as an alternative, be ending service totally.
“We remorse to tell you that the Japanese model of Blue Protocol can be discontinued on Saturday January 18, 2025,” reads the put up. “In consequence, we’ve got additionally canceled our plans to launch a Western model of the sport in collaboration with Amazon Video games.
“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 around the globe.
“We all know there was nice anticipation for Blue Protocol for the reason that first announcement of the sport,” the put up continues. “We wished to ship an expertise that’s like entering into the world of anime, and we’ve got been difficult ourselves to create a world the place each participant can take pleasure in adventures as the primary character of the anime.
“We’ve labored laborious to arrange for the discharge; nonetheless, we’ve got come to the conclusion that it’s going to not be potential to supply a service that satisfies all of you. We deeply apologize for the sudden announcement.”
As somebody who was actually excited to dive into Blue Protocol, I’m genuinely fairly gutted. Once I spoke to Amazon’s Blue Protocol franchise lead Mike Zadorojny again in 2022, I used to be intrigued by the thought of no gacha mechanics and a sprawling open world, however sadly we’ll by no means see what that appears like.
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