Bandai Namco will shut down the studio behind Unknown 9: Awakening
The Canadian studio Reflector Entertainment will soon cease to exist. Its owner, Bandai Namco, has decided to dissolve the team following an assessment of its business prospects.
Unknown 9: Awakening
It has been reported that the liquidation of Reflector Entertainment will be completed after all necessary procedures are carried out in accordance with the law. Bandai Namco did not provide even an approximate timeline for this.
Bandai Namco expects to lose about €21 million due to the studio's closure.
Reflector Entertainment was founded in 2016. One of its founders was Alexandre Amancio, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed Unity and Revelations. Four years after its establishment, Bandai Namco acquired the studio as part of its strategy to expand its business beyond Japan.
The only game by Reflector Entertainment that made it to release was the unsuccessful action-adventure title Unknown 9: Awakening, which debuted in October 2024. Initially, it was intended that the developers would build an entire universe of projects around it, but ultimately, those plans had to be abandoned. Also, at the beginning of 2026, Reflector Entertainment mentioned that they were working on an unannounced game based on a Bandai Namco IP, but it seems it will never see the light of day.