Final evening’s Recreation Awards was one of many annual occasion’s greatest exhibits but. With a flurry of shock appearances, awards, glorious speeches, sport reveals, and different oddities, it was straightforward to lose observe of all the things. However in the event you’re a fan of anime MMOs and you discover the thought of a sci-fi fantasy journey targeted on rebuilding the long run after an apocalypse interesting, then Bandai Namco and Amazon Video games may need one thing fairly cool in retailer for you. It’s referred to as Blue Protocol, and it’s transport subsequent 12 months as a free-to-play title on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection consoles. Oh, and you may join a free, closed beta anticipated within the close to future.
Blue Protocol was initially introduced again in 2019. And whereas what we noticed throughout final evening’s trailer for the anime MMO was fairly contemporary, followers have gotten a have a look at the sport earlier than through server checks, and there’s been a good bit of hypothesis and discourse about it over time on the sport’s unofficial subreddit. It’s in any other case been slightly elusive although, with some involved in regards to the sport’s improvement given the dearth of updates. However final evening’s trailer on the Recreation Awards proved that improvement could be very energetic and the sport might be arriving subsequent 12 months. It additionally revealed that Amazon Video games, which has beforehand revealed Misplaced Ark and New World, might be serving as writer. Take a look at final evening’s trailer right here:
I imply, come on, this appears to be like fairly rattling cool. And there’s plenty of potential in its premise, described by government producer Sokichi Shimmoka as “a mission that takes gamers on a heroic journey by a planet teetering on the point of destruction after millennia of battle and know-how overuse.” Particulars on the gameplay, which gives 5 completely different lessons to select from, an “action-based fight system,” and neat-looking summons referred to as “Echoes,” are featured on the sport’s official web site.
Whereas many are doubtless delighted to see some new footage of this sport, maybe one of many extra shocking twists is that Amazon Video games might be publishing the MMO. In a press release to The Verge, Amazon’s vp of its video games division, Cristoph Hartmann, spoke to the expertise of working with the staff behind Misplaced Ark beforehand and emphasised that the teachings realized from that sport will carry over to the writer’s assist for Blue Protocol. And based mostly on statements from Hartmann in addition to Shimmoka, Blue Protocol may need some broader IP plans with potential “transmedia alternatives.”
With a pleasant mix of science fiction and fantasy aesthetics, and a give attention to bringing some hope and positivity to a doomed world, it’s nice to see extra post-apocalyptic tales which can be about striving for one thing significant. The post-apocalypse is way too usually a story house for doom and gloom, with out a lot significant reflection. Let’s hope Blue Protocol modifications that up a bit.