# Bandai Namco is liquidating Unknown 9: Awakening studio Reflector Entertainment, following multiple previous layoffs since the game’s launch

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bandai-namco-is-liquidating-unknown-9-awakening-studio-reflector-entertainment-following-multiple-previous-layoffs-since-the-games-launch/
- Published: 2026-11-10T16:58:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T17:57:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Paper Shotgun
- Original article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bandai-namco-is-liquidating-unknown-9-awakening-studio-reflector-entertainment-following-multiple-previous-layoffs-since-the-games-launch
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- Bandai Namco is liquidating Unknown 9 studio Reflector Entertainment.
- The closure is expected to cost about €21 million.
- Reflector had already made multiple rounds of layoffs.

## Summary

Bandai Namco is liquidating Reflector Entertainment, its Montreal subsidiary and the studio behind 2024 action-adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening. The company says the studio did not meet expectations for its future business plans, required investment, profitability and continued operations.

The closure is expected to create an extraordinary loss of about €21 million, or 3.5 billion yen, for Bandai Namco in its third-quarter fiscal report. Reflector had already laid off 18% of its staff about a month after the game launched, followed by further redundancies in 2025 when a prospective project was cancelled. The planned wider Unknown 9 franchise, including comics and novels, did not materialise, and the timetable for liquidation remains uncertain because it must follow local procedures.

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