Bandai Namco Online to be absorbed by Bandai Namco Entertainment

Bandai Namco Entertainment to take over existing titles and businesses.

Bandai Namco Online will be absorbed by Bandai Namco Entertainment in an absorption-type merger on April 1, 2025, the companies announced.

Bandai Namco Online was established in 2009 as a spin-off of Bandai Namco Entertainment, and has released titles such as Gundam Evolution and Blue Protocol. Gundam Evolution has since shut down, and Blue Protocol will shut down on January 18, 2025.

Other titles and businesses operated by Bandai Namco Online, such as Idolish Seven, SD Gundam Operations, and Gundam Tribe, will be taken over by Bandai Namco Entertainment following the absorption.