Bandai Namco’s cancelled MMORPG Blue Protocol is coming back as Star Resonance

Bandai Namco’s shuttered MMORPG Blue Protocol mission has been prolonged a brand new lifeline courtesy of Tencent-funded developer Bokura.

On the finish of August, Bandai Namco introduced plans to close down the servers of its anime MMORPG Blue Protocol in Japan and cancelled its launch within the West altogether, saying “it won’t be doable to offer a service that satisfies all of you”.

Now, nonetheless, Blue Protocol has been reincarnated as Star Resonance, with a few of its authentic growth crew becoming a member of the brand new one at Bokura. Though set in the identical world as Blue Protocol, Regnas, the crew stated Star Resonance gamers can anticipate a reworked gameplay and storyline.

And it appears Bokura has hit the bottom working, too. A closed beta take a look at is already deliberate for gamers on Android gadgets and PC, though sadly, that is solely open to Chinese language gamers for now.

As but, there isn’t any agency launch date both in China, Japan, or past. Blue Protocol’s servers are because of go darkish on 18th January 2025 (thanks, Automaton).

Ed went hands-on with Blue Protocol final 12 months, which was set to observe the likes of Misplaced Ark and New World as Amazon Video games’ subsequent massive MMO. Nonetheless, he had issues of whether or not the sport may differentiate itself from its key rivals.