From Eurogamer: "Amazon is partnering with Bandai Namco to bring its ambitious-looking new anime-styled MMORPG to the west next year, on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
The online free-to-play role-player was previously announced for an early spring 2023 launch in Japan. Amazon is handling publishing duties for its wider launch, due in the second half of the year.
Blue Protocol is described as a sci-fi fantasy adventure set on the war-torn planet of Regnas, following thousands of years of non-stop conflict. It's your job to restore balance, save the planet, and also explore its surface for side-quests and mini-games."
Blue Protocol was very promising, but it ended up shutting down and never coming West. It's now getting a second chance as Star Resonance.
Good next time don't go with a censorship loving company that is Amazon. Glad it never made it.
Free-to-play online action RPG Blue Protocol will end service on January 18, 2025 in Japan, Bandai Namco announced. The previously planned western released published by Amazon Games has been canceled.
I know that, but they were still involved and it's yet another game they're connected to that won't make it to market.
Well, according to Japanese players, the game had a very good foundation and was fun to play for the most part. However, progression was terribly annoying - as it often is with Asian MMORPGs - the game lacked content, raids were boring, and the monetization was predatory. Meanwhile, here in the West, the only time the game received any coverage after the Amazon partnership was announced was when Amazon admitted they would "change" and remove some content from the Western release to achieve a Teen rating.
That, coupled with Bandai Namco's weak results last Quarter, makes this cancellation not surprising.
I was going to check it out. Now I’ll wait for Everquest 3. I loved the first EQ
Wow.. there was a fair bit of buzz surrounding the game but for it to EoS so fast, what a waste.
Bandai Namco announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between October and December 2023.
To be fair, they the only ones. Square and other Japanese devs been lacking is quality for a long time and they made up for it in good games.
Capcom, Nintendo, and Atlus are far better than Bandai, and you can't really count FromSoftware as one of Bandai's studios.
@silent yeah I know, i ment to put a few. Example square gives quality to FF, with SO and valkyrie nope. Koei quality been eh but there games are fun. Its not just Japanese though.
Good let’s hope others follow them before the industry get too close to collapsing again.
That's the most insane statement I have ever heard, it's basically saying "from now on we will try to make good games"
I mean, why in the f*ck wasn’t this the priority from the get-go? Now that you see consumers aren’t going to swallow up your dribble for full price you have to make the announcement that you’re focused on making “quality” games now? What a joke.
Quality should always be the focus and that will get you $$$$. Though I have to say Bandai Namco has made some great games but some of their anime stuff could be better quality
Yes! Finally the announcement I've been waiting for.
Hopefully this game is as good as it looks because I've been eyeing it but there was no English version