Tag: Gundam
News Gundam Breaker 4 August Release Date Revealed in the Goofiest Trailer You'll See Today
Gundam Breakdown
Only announced back in February, Gundam Breaker 4 now has a confirmed release date. The action title, in which you build you own potentially crazy mobile suits, launches for PS5 and PS4 on the 29th August. Said date comes to us via the above trailer, and we'd recommend watching it purely for the incredibly goofy voiceover. We're not...
News Gundam Breaker 4 Should Be a Return to Form on PS5, PS4 This Year
Breaking old ground
Bandai Namco has announced Gundam Breaker 4 for PS5 and PS4. This is the latest instalment in the long-running Gundam Breaker series, which, outside of the frankly terrible New Gundam Breaker, has never been fully released here in the west. The previous mainline title, Gundam Breaker 3, was a smash hit with fans of the franchise...
News Yet Another Live Service Game Is Shutting Down After Just One Year
Gundamn
Free-to-play, Overwatch-esque multiplayer shooter Gundam Evolution will be shutting down just one year after its PS5 and PS4 launch, Bandai Namco has confirmed. The live service title, which sees two teams of iconic Gundam suits blast each other to bits, released on consoles back on the 30th November 2022 — and it'll no longer be playable...
News F2P Squad Shooter Gundam Evolution Out Now on PS5, PS4
Suit up
Gundam Evolution, a six-on-six shooter that's always being compared to Overwatch, has landed on PS5 and PS4 following a fairly successful early access stint on PC. As the name suggests, this team-based blast-'em-up is based on Gundam, with playable mobile suits acting as the game's 'heroes'. Each suit has its own weapons and abilities...
News Free-to-Play Hero Shooter Gundam Evolution Opens Fire on PS5, PS4 Later This Month
Mobile Suits you
After what seems to have been a successful opening stint on PC, six-on-six shooter Gundam Evolution is ready for its PlayStation debut. To quickly recap, this is a free-to-play 'hero' shooter, where a range of Mobile Suits from throughout the Gundam franchise come equipped with their own weapons and abilities. It'll be available to...
And much more
The most comprehensive update yet for SD Gundam Battle Alliance is out now on PS5 and PS4. Patch 1.030 features a huge list of adjustments — a list that, quite frankly, is too big to post here. We will, however, go ahead and highlight the most important changes: Adds four new EX missions Support for third DLC pack added (DLC...
News Gundam Evolution Pays Homage to Its Anime Roots in Countdown Trailer
Remember where you came from
Gundam Evolution is an upcoming free-to-play hero shooter based on the classic anime of the same name, and it's bringing a very specific kind of nostalgia to PS5 and PS4 on 1st December. In a new trailer, we get to see how Gundam Evolution pays homage to its heritage. We see comparison shots between the game and the...
News Free-to-Play Hero Shooter Gundam Evolution Blasts to PS5, PS4 in December
Suit up
Bandai Namco has confirmed that free-to-play 'hero' shooter Gundam Evolution will launch for both PS5 and PS4 on the 1st December, 2022. The six-versus-six title will feature 12 mobile suits at launch, each of which can be customised with different loadouts and skins. The game actually releases for PC through Steam on the 22nd September, so...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Demo Is Ready for Launch on PS5, PS4
Demo, launching!
As promised by publisher Bandai Namco last week, the playable demo for SD Gundam Battle Alliance is available to download now on PS5 and PS4. It weighs in at roughly 10.3GB, and features a decent amount of content that should give you a good grasp on the game's mechanics. What's more, any progress that you make in the demo can be...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Deploys Playable Demo on PS5, PS4 Next Week
Progress carries over
Ahead of its fast approaching 25th August release date, Bandai Namco has confirmed that SD Gundam Battle Alliance will be getting a playable demo next week, on the 29th July. It sounds like the demo lets you play up until a specific mission, so you should be able to get a decent feel for the action RPG's mechanics. What's more,...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Blasts Off With a Bombastic Opening Movie
Mobile Suit Fundam
SD Gundam Battle Alliance lands on PS5 and PS4 in just over a month, and so Bandai Namco has revealed the game's rather good opening movie. It features a bunch of different mobile suits — all in chibi form, of course — as we're whisked through some of Gundam's most popular timelines. Battle Alliance itself is an action RPG...
News Action RPG SD Gundam Battle Alliance Launches in Late August for PS5, PS4
The G:Universe awaits
SD Gundam Battle Alliance — the chibi-styled action RPG that was first announced earlier in the year — now has a release date on PS5 and PS4. It's dropping on the 25th August, and it's looking like a lot of fun in its latest trailer, which was part of the Gundam Game Fest. It's spread across the first nine minutes or so of...
News News on Upcoming Gundam Games Set for Next Week
Suit up
Bandai Namco has announced that it'll host a Gundam-specific livestream next week, on the 26th May. It'll cover upcoming Gundam games, including the recently revealed SD Gundam Battle Alliance and Gundam Evolution, as well as updates on the already released Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2. This is going to be a Japanese stream, but...
News Gundam Evolution Brings Mech FPS Carnage to PS5, PS4 This Year
Putting the gun in Gundam
Gundam Evolution is Bandai Namco's latest attempt at making a multiplayer Gundam game that might catch on in the West. It's a six-on-six first-person shooter with three different competitive modes and varied match objectives. If it plays well enough, we dare say that it could find a bit of traction. It's currently set to...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Brings Chibi Mobile Suits to PS5, PS4 in 2022
Pshew! Pshew!
Hold on, our Newtype senses are tingling...is this a brand new Gundam game actually releasing in the West for PlayStation platforms? Why yes, it is! Although, it may not be the kind of Gundam game that you were expecting. SD Gundam Battle Alliance features the chibi mobile suits from the SD side of the franchise — but it looks...
News Episodic Mecha Action Game Gundam: Battle Operation Code Fairy Deploys on PS5, PS4 in November
The story of 'Noisy Fairy'
Well this is a weird way to announce and release a Gundam game. Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation Code Fairy is a single-player, story-driven action title that's going to be released in three parts on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The first instalment, titled Volume 1, will launch on the 5th November. Volume 2...
Prepare for launch
Decent free-to-play Gundam title Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 is making the jump to PS5 later this week, publisher Bandai Namco has confirmed. The game launched on PS4 back in October 2019, and it's received a number of sizable updates since. This current-gen version promises faster load times, a better frame-rate, and...
News Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON Details Its New Single Player Mode
ON point
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON is out in just a couple of days on PlayStation 4, and the game's latest trailer goes over what you can expect from the single player side of the experience. Brand new for the PS4 version is the 'Maxi Boost Mission' mode, which sees you tackle a series of increasingly difficult missions while...
News Gundam Extreme VS Maxiboost ON Open Beta Out Now on PS4
Features three modes
Update: The Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS: Maxiboost ON (phew) open beta is now available to download on the PlayStation Store.It's around 10GB in size. For more information on when the beta actually takes place, check the original story below. Original Story: Bandai Namco has revealed its pre-release plans for (remember to...
News Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON Locks Down a Worldwide July 2020 Release Date
Closed beta also announced
The latest Gundam VS. game, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON -- to give it its full title -- now has a confirmed worldwide release date on PlayStation 4. It's set to launch on the 30th July 2020 across the globe, and the announcement comes with a brand new gameplay trailer that we've embedded above. It's a...
News A New Gundam VS. Game Is Coming to Western PS4s in 2020
Gundam fight!
We were just about due a new Gundam game announcement, and here's Bandai Namco to tell us that it's bringing Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON to PlayStation 4. What's more, it's coming West at some point in 2020. The Gundam VS. series has walked a long and winding road. Usually starting life in Japanese arcades, each entry...
News There's a New Gundam Game Out Now on PS4, By the Way
Sieg Zeon, etc.
Update: Free-to-play team-based title Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 is out now on PS4 in North America and Europe. It's around 13GB in size. Original story: Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 was confirmed for a Western release back in July, and now, as it turns out, it's actually launching tomorrow on PlayStation 4...
News Gundam: Battle Operation 2 Deploys on Western PS4s Later This Year
Suit up
Bandai Namco is bringing Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 to North America and Europe later this year. It's a free-to-play team-based action-shooter that features both mobile suit and infantry combat. It originally released in Japan in 2018, but it's worth pointing out that the Japanese, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Korean versions of the...
News New Gundam Breaker Will Add Suits Via Free Post-Launch Updates on PS4
The more the merrier
Due for release this summer in both Japan and here in the West, New Gundam Breaker certainly has potential based on what we've seen of it so far. The combat-focused loot-'em-up sees you smash Gundam models to bits before snapping up their parts for your own use. But the fun doesn't stop there. Bandai Namco has...
News New Gundam Breaker Smashes Plastic on PS4 This Summer
Western release date confirmed
Polish up your Gunpla skills, because Bandai Namco has slapped a release date on New Gundam Breaker. The mecha action title was announced back in January, and going by the footage that we were shown, it already looked like the project was quite far into development. As it turns out, it must have been, because it's...
News New Gundam Breaker Looks Like Smashing Good Fun in First PS4 Gameplay
Suit and loot
Recently announced and confirmed for a Western release later this year, New Gundam Breaker has acquired its first gameplay trailer, showing us how the PlayStation 4 title looks in action. Graphically the game seems pretty impressive -- we're loving the sense of scale in particular. For those who aren't familiar with the series, the...
News New Gundam Breaker Confirmed for Western Release on PS4
Breakthrough
Wow, that was fast, wasn't it? New Gundam Breaker was officially announced earlier today, and already Bandai Namco has confirmed that the game will be heading West on PlayStation 4. Hurrah! This will be the first time that a Gundam Breaker game has been released outside of Asian territories. The series tasks players with...
News New Gundam Breaker Heading to PS4 in 2018, Let's Hope This One Comes West
Breaking point
Sometimes referred to as the best Gundam games that never came West, the Gundam Breaker series sees players build their own mobile suits and take to the battlefield, wrecking opponents in order to loot their parts. The last title in the series, Gundam Breaker 3, was well received, and the Asian version of the release, which...
News New Gundam Game Announcements Could Be Coming Our Way Next Week
Suit up
Yep, Gundam is still a massive deal in Japan. Bandai Namco will be hosting a Japanese livestream next week, on the 16th January, which promises to detail the future of the property's video game adaptations. This more than likely means that new projects will be announced. "Gundam on console" is mentioned specifically, so we can see this...
TGS 2017 Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 Announced for Japan
Suits you, sir
Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 will mech its way to the PlayStation 4 next year in the Japan. Google tells us that this is actually a sequel to a free-to-play PlayStation 3 competitive action title that closed down earlier in the year. To be perfectly honest, we can’t tell you much more about it – but we’ll make sure...
Hands On Suiting Up in the Gundam Versus PS4 Beta
Will of steel
The long-running Gundam Versus series is finally heading overseas with the aptly named Gundam Versus, which is due out at the end of the month. In preparation for its launch, Bandai Namco released an open beta version of the game that was playable over the weekend. Naturally, we got stuck right in, and it's safe to say that we're...
News Suit Up, the Gundam Versus Beta Is Now Available in Europe and North America
Mobile Suit Fundam
If you're in the mood for some mecha action, then get yourself over to the PlayStation Store, stat. Search for it, and you should find the Gundam Versus open beta, which is now available to pre-load in both Europe and North America on PS4. It weighs at just under 14GB, and the beta itself goes live on the 2nd...
News Gundam Versus Open Beta Readies for Launch on PS4 Next Month
European date confirmed
Gundam Versus will enter its open beta phase in Europe next month, Bandai Namco has announced. If you decide to give it a shot, you'll be able to hop online and battle against other players, or test out a few of the game's single player modes. It sounds like a reasonably robust beta, so it'll likely be worth a download if...
News Gundam Versus Won't Lose Its Licensed Music for Western Release
Gun-damn good news
Over the years, the Gundam franchise has introduced many a fan to catchy Japanese tunes. Primarily used during the intros of the various anime shows, loads of different songs have become synonymous with Gundam as a whole, and as such, these tunes are sometimes placed directly into Gundam video games as...
News Gundam Versus Is Getting an Open Beta Here in the West
Newstype
Good news if you're looking to give Gundam Versus a shot before buying as Bandai Namco has announced that an open beta will be happening at some point before the finished game's release in September. We'll let you know when the publisher's pinned down an exact date. Gundam Versus is due out in North America and Europe on the...
News Gundam Versus Is Absolutely Packed with Game Modes on PS4
Gundayum
Gundam Versus is starting to look like a rather robust robotic package, isn't it? Featuring 90-something playable mobile suits, it's already got enough going for it to keep plenty of mech-heads busy, but the amount of available game modes certainly isn't to be sniffed at either. The game's new trailer highlights all of them, from practice...
E3 2017 Gundam Versus Boosts Into View with First English Gameplay Demo
Suit up
Gundam Versus appeared on Sony's E3 2017 livestream yesterday, and we got to see around 15 minutes of the English version in action. As far as Gundam fans are concerned, the game's starting to look like the real deal. Built from the ground up for PlayStation 4, the exclusive is stuffed with over 90 playable mobile suits - just check out...
News New 15 Minute Trailer Showcases Every Playable Mobile Suit in Gundam Versus PS4
Mecha for days
You know things are getting serious when Bandai Namco releases a 15 minute trailer. In this lengthy Japanese video for Gundam Versus on PlayStation 4, every playable mobile suit is briefly outlined. That may not sound all that impressive, but keep in mind that there are over 90 of them. That's one heck of a character roster. Suits...
News Holy Crap, Bandai Namco Is Bringing Gundam Versus West on PS4
About time
Whoa, this came out of nowhere. We were casually browsing YouTube when we stumbled across a brand new video from Bandai Namco - namely a Western announcement trailer for Gundam Versus, which is due out on PlayStation 4 in Japan soon. The latest game in the hit Japanese series, Gundam Versus sees teams of two mobile suits go head-to-head...
News Gundam: Extreme VS-Force Blasts onto European Vitas in July
Beam rifles at the ready
Back in April, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force got a North American release date, and European fans have been waiting for their turn ever since. Fortunately, Bandai Namco's confirmed that the mech based brawler will be jetting to the Old World on the same day - the 12th July. However, it's worth reiterating that...
News Gundam Extreme VS Force Blows a Hole in Vita in July
Europe has to wait, though
Bandai Namco's on a roll today, eh? Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force has locked on to a confirmed North American release date. The explosive action title launched in Japan last year, and now the Vita exclusive is bringing its hectic brand of mobile suit combat to Western handhelds. The blast-'em-up will hit the...
News There's a Way to Play Gundam Breaker 3 in English This April
As long as you don't mind importing
Even though Bandai Namco is localising Vita action game Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force later this year, that hasn't stopped many fans from lusting after Gundam Breaker 3 - another mech-based brawler that's launching on PlayStation 4 and Vita in Japan on the 3rd March. Sadly, there's been no word of the...
News Is This a Gundam Game You'd Like to See Come West?
Fantastic plastic
At some point later this year, Europe and North America are getting their hands on a localisation of Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force - a Vita action title that's stuffed with numerous playable suits from Japan's biggest mecha franchise. However, VS-Force isn't necessarily the Gundam game that many fans actually want to see...
News Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS-Force Targets Vita in 2016
About Gundam time
No, it's not ending yet – Bandai Namco has gone positively barmy, even going so far as to announce a new PlayStation Vita exclusive. Well, technically this ain't new as Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS-Force was revealed at the Tokyo Game Show earlier in the year – but we now know that it will be igniting its rocket thrusters and...
News Bandai Namco Isn't Against Localising Gundam Games
Hail Zeon
Gundam as a whole is a bit of a weird franchise when it comes to localisation. The property has been ridiculously popular in its native Japan ever since the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime launched all the way back in 1979, but it's never quite amassed a huge amount of fame in the West. That said, Gundam certainly still has its overseas...
TGS 2015 Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force Stomps to PS Vita
Gun-damn, this looks good
There was more PlayStation Vita during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference today than every E3 media briefing ever combined, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force was just one of the titles on display. Series enthusiast Robert Ramsey has bogged off to get some lunch, so it's down to this clueless author to try...
News Gundam Is Gracing the PS4 with a Free-To-Play Title
Psheew, psheew
Gundam's blasting onto PlayStation 4, but it's perhaps not the type of title many fans would have wanted. The mech-'em-up has been dubbed free-to-play, and it'll be available on PS4 and PS3 - at least in Japan. Indeed, the chances of Gundam: Battle Operation Next coming West are slim - as always - but the silver lining here is that...
DLC Review Is Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn's £24.99 Complete Bundle DLC Worth the Cost?
Heavy metal
Let's start with the obvious: when you've just coughed up around £30 for a game only to find that there's a £24.99 DLC bundle ready and waiting on the PlayStation Store from day one, it's hard not to feel a little robbed. Sure, it's stuff that adds to the core game, but you probably haven't even had the chance to shoot down your first...
Review Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn (PlayStation 3)
"Amuro, I'm doing something extremely wicked"
With the indie gaming boom and so many big publishers trying their hands at projects that are somewhat different from the norm, it can be surprisingly refreshing to play something as single-minded as Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn. There are no immediate details to ponder – you just climb into a...
Matters of Import Becoming the Ace Pilot of Your Dreams in Gundam: Extreme VS Full Boost
Well that's just fan-Feddie-tastic
Over the course of its opening five hours, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Full Boost had this particular Gundam-crazed author shouting and swearing worse than a generic Zeon pilot who's about to be blown to bits by an opposing Feddie protagonist. In layman's terms, this ridiculously named title plays host to an...
