Blue Protocol is a Bandai Namco-developed anime MMO that was released in Japan last year and was supposed to come to the West this year via Amazon Games. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen – the game will also be shutting down in Japan early next year.
“Today, Bandai Namco Online announced that they have made the difficult decision to end support for Blue Protocol. They will be closing their Japanese Blue Protocol servers in January 2025 and have ended plans to release the game in the West in partnership with Amazon Games,” he said. Last week’s announcement.
Japanese servers will be shut down on January 18, 2025. The game is available from today removed from Steam.
On the surface, Blue Protocol seemed to be following in the footsteps of Genshin Impact, with a world of blue skies, green grass, and Breath Of The Wild-style enemies you could blast through action-RPG combat. Ed wasn’t sure there was more to it when he got a chance to play it last year, calling the game predictable, describing its world as “eh,” and worrying about the inevitable microtransactions.
Still, it’s a shame we won’t get a chance to play it properly – and even more so since it’s being locked away to players who’ve already invested. Bandai Namco says it won’t be offering refunds to players who’ve already spent real money on the in-game Rose Orbs currency, but it will be giving away 5,000 free Rose Orbs every month from now until January for players to spend on in-game cosmetics. That sucks.
It looks like the Japanese version of the game will get some recent content before it closes, and its creators have already done so here you can schedule your schedule for the remaining months.
