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Last evening’s Game Awards was one of many annual occasion’s greatest reveals but. With a flurry of shock appearances, awards, glorious speeches, recreation reveals, and different oddities, it was simple to lose monitor of every thing. But when you’re a fan of anime MMOs and you discover the thought of a sci-fi fantasy journey centered on rebuilding the longer term after an apocalypse interesting, then Bandai Namco and Amazon Games may need one thing fairly cool in retailer for you. It’s referred to as Blue Protocol, and it’s delivery subsequent yr as a free-to-play title on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles. Oh, and you’ll join a free, closed beta anticipated within the close to future.
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Blue Protocol was initially introduced again in 2019. And whereas what we noticed throughout final evening’s trailer for the anime MMO was fairly recent, 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 a little bit elusive although, with some involved concerning the recreation’s growth given the shortage of updates. But final evening’s trailer on the Game Awards proved that growth could be very lively and the sport will probably be arriving subsequent yr. It additionally revealed that Amazon Games, which has beforehand revealed Lost Ark and New World, will probably be serving as writer. Check out final evening’s trailer right here:
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I imply, come on, this appears to be like fairly rattling cool. And there’s loads of potential in its premise, described by government producer Sokichi Shimmoka as “a project that takes players on a heroic journey through a planet teetering on the brink of destruction after millennia of conflict and technology overuse.” Details on the gameplay, which affords 5 totally different courses to select from, an “action-based combat system,” and neat-looking summons referred to as “Echoes,” are featured on the sport’s official web site.
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While many are doubtless delighted to see some new footage of this recreation, maybe one of many extra shocking twists is that Amazon Games will probably be publishing the MMO. In a press release to The Verge, Amazon’s vice chairman of its video games division, Cristoph Hartmann, spoke to the expertise of working with the group behind Lost Ark beforehand and emphasised that the teachings realized from that recreation will carry over to the writer’s help for Blue Protocol. And primarily based on statements from Hartmann in addition to Shimmoka, Blue Protocol may need some broader IP plans with potential “transmedia opportunities.”
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 are about striving for one thing significant. The post-apocalypse is much too usually a story house for doom and gloom, with out a lot significant reflection. Let’s hope Blue Protocol adjustments that up a bit.