In 2024, the MMORPG genre teetered between bold reinventions, unexpected resurrections, and the weight of unmet expectations.
We unveiled the Players' Choice Winners earlier this week and now it's time to unveil our staff picks for our Game of the Year Awards for 2024.
This year has seen a lot of ups and downs. Chris has listed what made his year great, as well as a few disappointments along the way. Follow along, and then share your own thoughts on the games you loved this year.
It's that time of the year where we look back on the year that was. While we'll have our general End of Year awards next week, I wanted to take a look at some of the games that impacted me over 2024.
Blue Protocol will sort of live on in a new game, Star Resonance, which is set in the same universe and developed by Tencent.
Bandai Namco Online, following severe financial losses, will be dissolved and merged with its parent company, Bandai Namco, which will also control the former's IP catalog.
Last night, Bandai Namco Online and Amazon Games announced Blue Protocol will be shutting down and its global release was canceled. Today, in a statement to MMORPG.com, we've learned that Amazon's developers working on the release will avoid layoffs, and instead be moved to other projects.
Blue Protocol, the anime-inspired MMO by Bandai Namco Online, will no longer release here in the West, and its Japanese servers will officially shut down January 2025.
Bandai Namco Online is "in a state of insolvency" after posting a loss of more than $51 million. The team is also working to add content to fix Blue Protocol's Japanese release.
The time has finally come - we revealed our Player's Choice winners last week, now check out our staff picks for this year's MMORPG.com Game of the Year Awards.
Yesterday, Blue Protocol's closed technical test concluded, and Amazon and Bandai Namco Online are thanking testers for their time and hinting at some of what's next.
Amazon Games and Bandai Namco have announced a Blue Protocol closed technical test for North American and European players starting on November 8th.
According to a new report, Blue Protocol will be developed and released on mobile, thanks to a new deal between Tencent and Bandai Namco.
At Gamescom 2023, Ed got the chance to talk to Mike Zadorojny about the upcoming Western release of Blue Protocol.
The Blue Protocol devs had a recent livestream sharing some of the changes in the works for the Japanese version of the game, including the Blitz Lancer class, combat changes, and customization options.