Bloomberg: Bandai Namco Cuts Staff After Halting Projects, Including for Naruto, One Piece, Nintendo

Bandai Namco told Bloomberg that employees “may need to wait a certain amount of time” before new assignments after canceled projects, but that it does eventually reassign such employees, and denies the existence of oidashi beya practices within the company.

Bandai Namco Online’s Blue Protocol game is also ending its service on January 18, with the game’s planned Western release also canceled.

Bandai Namco Entertainment recently ended service for its Tales of the Rays smartphone game on July 23, after seven years of operation.