In a surprise start to everyone’s Friday, Bandai Namco appears to have announced a new project. The project is called Blue Protocol and will be an action MMORPG developed exclusively for PC. It’s a different turn for the company, as most of their games in the past have been developed for different consoles along with even mobile.

The game is also a brand new IP being developed by a new studio known as Project Sky Blue, made up of developers from within Bandai Namco. As seen by the graphics above, it will have an anime art style looks surprisingly beautiful from that screenshot alone. There are no doubts that the art team at Project Sky Blue are going to make this game look beautiful.

From the looks of the header above you’ll be working with NPCs within the game in order to stop the world from being destroyed. It also appears the game will have a time travel aspect which should help to freshen up this classic idea.

Blue Protocol will release on PC, with a release date currently unknown. We’ll keep you updated as we receive more information.