Blue Protocol Launching in Japan in June, Western Release Moved to 2024
Blue Protocol now has a Japanese launch date next month, but this news comes as the Western release has been moved into 2024.
Bandai Namco and Amazon Games announced the shift in release window today, along with the Japanese launch date of June 14th. While there has been action on the Japanese release in recent months and weeks, there hadn’t been much yet on the planned Western release, and this update clarifies some of what the teams still need to do before the game is ready for the wider launch.
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>We’re excited to celebrate Bandai Namco Online & Bandai Namco Studios’ announcement for Blue Protocol's Japan release on June 14!Our release is moving to 2024 as we work toward launching in the West across PC, Xbox X|S, and PlayStation 5.Learn more!?? https://t.co/8WBHeyIyUX pic.twitter.com/BqbXwpIvxf“Our planned release window is moving to 2024 as we work toward launching Blue Protocol in the West across PC, Xbox X|S, and PlayStation 5. With continued efforts to localize the deeply immersive stories and build the infrastructure needed to engage in multiplayer adventures and massive online raids against towering monsters, we’re working hard to ensure the best possible experience for our players at launch.”
Localization is part of the foundation of importing any game to a completely different region, let alone a series of different regions that need to support multiple languages. Working to build out some of the other components and features also takes time and resources. It is clear that, with the Japanese launch less than a month away, that the bulk of everything is in place, and things need to be finetuned for a wider launch later. So while being bumped into 2024 might be
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