Bandai Namco to Dissolve Reflector Entertainment After One Game
Bandai Namco Holdings said on November 10 that it will dissolve and liquidate Reflector Entertainment, the Montreal studio it acquired through Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe in October 2020.
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Why it matters
Bandai Namco is writing off a studio whose transmedia ambitions and single release did not hold, after cancelling the Unknown 9 sequel and layoffs in January 2025 left nothing to keep the Montreal team open.
Key Facts
- Bandai Namco Holdings decided at a November 10 board meeting to dissolve and liquidate Reflector Entertainment.
- Reflector Entertainment was founded in 2016 by Alexandre Amancio and acquired by Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe in October 2020.
- Unknown 9: Awakening released in October 2024 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
- Bandai Namco expects to record an extraordinary loss of about 21 million euros (roughly 3.5 billion yen).
- Reflector announced the cancellation of an Unknown 9 sequel and staff layoffs in January 2025.
Reflector was founded in 2016 by Alexandre Amancio, a former creative director on the Assassin's Creed series. Its only release, Unknown 9: Awakening, launched in October 2024 for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Bandai Namco expects an extraordinary loss of about 21 million euros.
Reflector Entertainment was still hiring last month. A senior technical animator posting was open as recently as October, after the studio had already cancelled its Unknown 9 sequel in January 2025 and said it would focus on projects tied to Bandai Namco's existing IP.
The board decision on November 10 ends that plan before any of those projects surfaced publicly. Bandai Namco says it weighed the studio's business plan, the additional investment it would need, profitability, and whether the business could continue at all. The studio has not issued its own statement, and the status of the work it was recruiting for is unknown.
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