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Reflector Entertainment had a new game in pre-production, but Bandai decided it wasn't worth the time or money to pursue.
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15 hours ago · news.google.com
Bandai Namco Entertainment reveals plans to dissolve a subsidiary studio that has only released one game since its acquisition.
Yesterday · gamerant.com
Reflector Entertainment had a new game in pre-production, but Bandai decided it wasn't worth the time or money to pursue.
Yesterday · pcgamer.com · You are reading this one
Bandai Namco has announced it is shutting down Reflector Entertainment, the Montreal studio behind 2024’s Unknown 9: Awakening . Reflector, founded in 2015, is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco that was acquired in 2020. Unknown 9: Awakening is the studio’s only released title, which was first revealed at Gamescom 2020 and released on October 17, 2024. The third-person action game is set within the broader Unknown 9 transmedia franchise, which includes a book trilogy, comics, and a web series, and stars Haroona, a woman able to traverse a separate dimension called the Fold. Haroona, played by The Witcher actress Anya Chalotra, uses this ability and other supernatural powers to battle a hostile secret society across India and other global locations. Upon release, Unknown 9: Awakening didn’t make much of a critical splash; it currently has a 59 Metascore and "Mixed" Steam reviews. In November 2024, a month after Unknown 9's launch, Reflector laid off 18 percent of its staff . More layoffs were announced in January 2025 as Reflector canned an unannounced project while confirming Unknown 9 failed to meet expectations. With Reflector’s dissolution, Bandai Namco expects to post “an extraordinary loss” of approximately €21 million on its Q3 financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.
Yesterday · gameinformer.com
As another addition to the slew of smaller studios being dissolved by their parent companies, Bandai Namco announced in a press release that they are shutting down their subsidiary studio Reflector Entertainment, a Montreal studio responsible for 2024's action-adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening . In its notice, Bandai Namco explains that the reason for the liquidation is due to Reflector not meeting its expectations for "future business plans, necessary additional investment, and the possibility of profitability and business continuation." Read more
Yesterday · rockpapershotgun.com
Bandai Namco has shut down Reflector Entertainment after the studio published made only one game since being acquired in 2020, Unknown 9.
Yesterday · polygon.com
Bandai Namco confirms. Do you remember Unknown 9: Awakening ? Published by Bandai Namco, the story-driven stealth-action title had a fairly hard marketing push ahead of its release back in October 2024 — but it was labelled a "failure" just months after its launch. It was a commercial disaster, selling way below expectations, and developer Reflector Entertainment was subsequently hit with layoffs, before revealing that it would be put to work on an existing Bandai Namco property. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Yesterday · pushsquare.com
Bandai Namco is closing Unknown 9: Awakening developer Reflector Entertainment. Read more
2 days ago · gamesindustry.biz
gamerant.com Bandai Namco Studio is Permanently Shutting Down
