Final night time’s Recreation Awards was one among the annual occasion’s largest reveals but. With a flurry of shock appearances, awards, wonderful speeches, recreation reveals, and different oddities, it was simple to lose monitor of all the pieces. However if you happen to’re a fan of anime MMOs and you discover the concept of a sci-fi fantasy journey centered 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 yr as a free-to-play title on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection consoles. Oh, and you’ll 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 night time’s trailer for the anime MMO was fairly contemporary, followers have gotten a take a look at the sport earlier than through server assessments, and there’s been a good bit of hypothesis and discourse about it through the years on the sport’s unofficial subreddit. It’s in any other case been just a little elusive although, with some involved in regards to the recreation’s improvement given the dearth of updates. However final night time’s trailer on the Recreation Awards proved that improvement could be very lively and the sport might be arriving subsequent yr. 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 night time’s trailer right here:
I imply, come on, this appears to be like fairly rattling cool. And there’s a variety of potential in its premise, described by government producer Sokichi Shimmoka as “a venture that takes gamers on a heroic journey via a planet teetering on the point of destruction after millennia of battle and know-how overuse.” Particulars on the gameplay, which presents 5 totally different courses 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 recreation, 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 group behind Misplaced Ark beforehand and emphasised that the teachings realized from that recreation 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 deal with bringing some hope and positivity to a doomed world, it’s nice to see extra post-apocalyptic tales which might be about striving for one thing significant. The post-apocalypse is way too usually a story area for doom and gloom, with out a lot significant reflection. Let’s hope Blue Protocol modifications that up a bit.