Bandai Namco Entertainment confirmed its plans to liquidate and dissolve Reflector Entertainment, a Montreal-based subsidiary that developed the action game Unknown 9: Awakening. Bandai Namco stated that the move was made to ensure long-term growth within its business portfolio.
Four years after it was founded, Reflector Entertainment was acquired by Bandai Namco in September 2020. Despite being based in Canada, Reflector became a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Europe. The only game produced by Reflector in its time with Bandai Namco was Unknown 9: Awakening, an action-adventure title released in October 2024 on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox. The premise of Unknown 9: Awakening saw players assume the role of Haroona, a woman with the power to explore a mysterious dimension called The Fold. In pursuit of knowledge, Haroona must also fight back against a faction bent on controlling history.
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Although Unknown 9: Awakening showed off some potential in its action-focused gameplay, which was compared to games like Square Enix's Forspoken, Reflector's project received a mixed response on Steam, with only 55% positive reviews. Bandai Namco revealed that it...
