At the moment Bandai Namco hosted a livestream devoted to its upcoming MMORPG Blue Protocol, and introduced that the benchmark is releasing tomorrow.
The software program will probably be accessible on the official web site on March 1 at round midday native time (which interprets to 7:00 pm PST or 10:00 pm EST as we speak, 3:00 am GMT or 4:00 am CET tomorrow, relying on the place you reside).
Replace: The benchmark has been launched and could be downloaded on the official web site. It is a 5.3 GB obtain and the installer and menus are completely in Japanese, as anticipated.
Should you’re aware of the standard Ultimate Fantasy XIV benchmark launched with each enlargement, you realize what to anticipate, together with a cutscene that may present take a look at the sport’s visuals and can offer you an estimated rating. Additionally, you will have the ability to submit it on social media.
Maybe essentially the most attention-grabbing included characteristic is the character creator, which can let you benefit from the spectacular anime-style character customization of the sport and save as much as 24 characters. It is doubtless that these will probably be appropriate solely with the Japanese model of the sport, thoughts you, however there isn’t any particular information on this.
The characters you create will seem within the benchmark’s cutscenes and there may even be a personality and get together viewer characteristic. It is value mentioning that the software program is just for PC and operation is not assured. We’ll must see if it performs ball with Home windows with out having to set your localization to Japanese.
As for the upcoming Japanese community take a look at, the builders are nonetheless hammering on the points beforehand discovered that triggered its delay, and it is nonetheless scheduled for the top of March.
You possibly can take a look at the benchmark in motion within the video under.
In the meanwhile, it is not recognized what Amazon Video games will do and whether or not it’s going to publish the benchmark down the road. The writer plans to deliver the sport to the west within the second half of 2023 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S and has been teasing a beta of its personal.
in the event you’re unfamiliar with Blue Protocol, it is a free-to-play anime-style MMORPG with a enterprise mannequin specializing in battle passes and paid cosmetics. It options a particularly deep character customization suite designed to let gamers principally create their excellent anime-style character, on high of quick motion fight and attention-grabbing character development and storytelling.
It’s developed by a staff named Mission Blue Sky, which is a joint initiative of Bandai Namco On-line and Bandai Namco Studios, and it was introduced all the way in which again in 2019. Two beta assessments have already been hosted for the Japanese viewers, which has acquired the gameplay fairly effectively. The western launch was introduced in December 2022 throughout The Sport Awards.