It looks like Bandai Namco staff could be the latest victims of the games industry job cut apocalypse
Bandai Namco - publisher of games including Elden Ring, Tekken 8, and the recently released Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO - is repordely seeking to reduce its staff headcount, having decided to "either cancel or pause development" of several titles.23 May 2023Anime MMO Blue Protocol's western release has been pushed into 2024RPS ︎23 May 2023Blue Protocol’s global release is delayed to 2024, Japanese version launches June 14MassivelyOp ︎25 Apr 2023Blue Protocol hosts a postmortem livestream after its latest Japanese network testMassivelyOp ︎07 Apr 2023Blue Protocol wraps up its Japanese network test, releases music trailerMassivelyOp ︎06 Apr 2023Amazon Games hit with layoffs, but ‘the New World team in Irvine will grow’MassivelyOp ︎28 Mar 2023Blue Protocol devs announce March 31 date for its next network test while previewing new valley zoneMassivelyOp ︎03 Mar 2023Amazon Games’ head of marketing discusses New World, Blue Protocol, and publishing the East in the WestMassivelyOp ︎01 Mar 2023Blue Protocol’s benchmark tool and character creator have been releasedMassivelyOp ︎28 Feb 2023Blue Protocol projects a mid-March window for its next network test and a March 1 release of a benchmark toolMassivelyOp ︎22 Feb 2023Amazon Games will publish NCsoft’s Throne & Liberty in the Americas, Europe, and JapanMassivelyOp ︎01 Feb 2023Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida espouses excitement and encouragement for the upcoming Blue ProtocolMassivelyOp ︎25 Jan 2023Blue Protocol once again delays its upcoming Japanese network test to sometime in late MarchMassivelyOp ︎11 Jan 2023Blue Protocol delays Japanese test event a few weeks over unspecified bugMassivelyOp ︎19 Dec 2022Blue Protocol shares details about monetization, cross-play, and game featuresMassivelyOp ︎11 Dec 2022Bandai Namco and Amazon Games are collaborating on Blue Protocol, a very pretty MMOVG247 ︎09 Dec 2022Blue Protocol is no Genshin Impact clone, says AmazonPCGamesN ︎09 Dec 2022Blue Protocol – Amazon Games announces western server for Bandai Namco’s anime MMORPGMMO Culture ︎09 Dec 2022Blue Protocol classes guidePCGamesN ︎09 Dec 2022Blue Protocol release date speculation, gameplay, story, and newsPCGamesN ︎09 Dec 2022Amazon Games will launch Blue Protocol in North America by the end of 2023MassivelyOp ︎09 Dec 2022Amazon Games and Bandai Namco bringing MMO Blue Protocol westwardPCGamesN ︎18 Nov 2022Blue Protocol will be published by Smilegate in South KoreaMassivelyOp ︎15 Nov 2022Blue Protocol confirms an early spring launch in Japan, schedules an announcement at the Game AwardsMassivelyOp ︎09 Nov 2022Blue Protocol readies for another network test in Japan ‘in preparation for release’MassivelyOp ︎04 Nov 2022Blue Protocol is alive: Bandai Namco finally acknowledges continuing developmentMassivelyOp ︎05 Aug 2022Blue Protocol’s release slips to sometime past 2022 as a result of Bandai Namco online games restructuringMassivelyOp ︎03 Dec 2021Whatever happened to anime MMORPG Blue Protocol?MassivelyOp ︎23 Aug 2021Blue Protocol begins highlighting various NPCs on Twitter ahead of its theme song releaseMassivelyOp ︎