Blue Protocol is a Bandai Namco-developed anime MMO which launched in Japan remaining yr, and was once intended to reach within the west someday this yr courtesy of Amazon Video games. Alas, that is now not the case – and the sport may be shutting down in Japan early subsequent yr.
“Nowadays, Bandai Namco On-line introduced that they have got made the tricky determination to finish provider on Blue Protocol. They’re going to close down their Eastern Blue Protocol servers in January 2025, and feature ended plans to unlock the sport within the West in collaboration with Amazon Video games,” says the announcement from remaining week.
The Eastern servers might be close down on January 18th, 2025. As of as of late, the sport has been delisted from Steam.
Outwardly, Blue Protocol gave the look to be following carefully within the footsteps of Genshin Affect, with an international of blue skies, inexperienced grass, and Breath Of The Wild-style enemies to bash thru action-RPG fight. Ed wasn’t certain there was once anything else extra to it past that once he had an opportunity to play it remaining yr, calling it predictable, describing its international as “eh”, and fretting over the inevitable microtransactions.
Nonetheless, it is a disgrace we would possibly not get an opportunity at a correct play of it – and much more in order that it is shutting down for the ones avid gamers who have been already invested. Bandai Namco say that they are now not providing refunds for avid gamers who already spent actual cash on in-game Rose Orbs forex, however they’re going to be handing out 5000 unfastened Rose Orbs each month between now and January for avid gamers to spend on in-game cosmetics. That sucks.
There is it seems that nonetheless some new content material to return to the Eastern model of the sport ahead of it closes down, and its builders have put in combination a agenda for the remainder months right here.
