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Bandai Namco Studios<\/strong>, the development studio under publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment, has reported a net profit of roughly $9.68 million USD in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. As GameBiz<\/a> points out, this comes after two consecutive years of losses for the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bandai Namco Studios\u2019 recent projects include Nintendo\u2019s Kirby Air Riders\u00a0and Mario Kart World, as well as\u00a0the in-house\u00a0title\u00a0CODE VEIN II.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The company had been profitable for each fiscal period since its founding up until 2024<\/a>. The large-scale losses incurred during the year (roughly $27 million) were attributed to Blue Protocol among other discarded projects. The massive MMORPG failed to meet Bandai Namco\u2019s expectations and was prematurely shut down in Japan and cancelled in the West<\/a>, resulting in a lost investment.  Bandai Namco Studios had co-developed Blue Protocol alongside Bandai Namco Online, the latter of which was dissolved and folded into Bandai Namco Studios<\/a> in the aftermath of the project\u2019s failure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fiscal year ended March 2025, Bandai Namco Studios significantly narrowed the deficit<\/a> from 2024 to $5.8 million USD, but was still in the red. Now, it seems the company has fully returned to profitability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/strong>\u00a0Blue Protocol developers talk about what went wrong with the MMORPG<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirby Air Riders appears to use Bandai Namco Studio\u2019s new in-house engine, SOL-AVES<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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