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Blue Protocol beta tests

A closed beta for would-be Blue Protocol players in Japan was announced for January 14th, 2023, but has now been delayed. The new date has yet to be announced, although Bandai Namco have promised more information on the rescheduled closed beta on January 25th, 2023. Further closed betas, expected in the first half of 2023, will be open to players outside of Japan. Presumably, this will include Western Europe, North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand, as these are the regions expected to be supported at launch.

Blue Protocol release date

The full launch of Blue Protocol is expected at an unknown date sometime in 2023, likely in the latter half of the year once every region has had their closed beta. Blue Protocol will be available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. It will not be launching on last-gen consoles, and there’s no suggestion of a planned release for any Nintendo devices at this time.

Blue Protocol classes

The following character classes will be available to play as in Blue Protocol:

Blade Warden: Standard melee class wielding sword and shield. Foe Breaker: Mixed DPS/cannon melee class, wielding a hammer. Keen Strider: Ranged class wielding a bow. Spell Weaver: Mage class wielding elemental powers. Twin Striker: Berserker melee class wielding two hatchets.

After picking your character class, you’ll be free to extensively customise an avatar according to your preferences. You’ll also be able to customise your character in-game using various cosmetics, gestures, mounts, and other tweaks to their design over time.

Blue Protocol trailer

Blue Protocol was formally revealed at The Game Awards 2022 with the following premier trailer, with debuted on the same day as the gameplay trailer above:

Is Blue Protocol free-to-play?

Since Blue Protocol seems to be openly riffing on the popularity of games like Genshin Impact and Tower Of Fantasy, it’s unsurprising that its developers have opted to mirror that free-to-play model. However, we all know that nothing is really free, so here’s what we know so far about how Blue Protocol will be monetised: That’s all we know about Blue Protocol for now, although of course we’ll keep this page updated with more information as we learn it. In the meantime, there are plenty more highly-anticipated games due out in 2023, so why not check out our pages on everything we know about Starfield or everything we know about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor?