Bandai Namco have launched the preliminary announcement trailer for Cellular Go well with Gundam Battle Operation 3, a free-to-play group motion sport and a sequel to 2018’s Battle Operation 2. The trailer may be very, very fairly, exhibiting off Gundam models clashing in large-scale battles and infantry combating beneath the colossal mechas’ toes (kinda like Titanfall, in having each human and mecha gamers in the identical match). I am sadly not but sufficient of a real Gundam fan to recognise many of those models on sight apart from the RX-78-2, however there’s an actual selection proven off right here.
Whereas there isn’t any launch date specified within the trailer, Bandai Namco have confirmed that there shall be a community take a look at in Japan by way of November Twentieth-Twenty second, with an open community take a look at deliberate for the longer term (thanks, Gematsu).
Following the destiny of Gundam Evolution, a 2022 try at a hero shooter that includes Gundam models, it is good to see one other shot at taking the Gundam collection right into a group format. Evolution suffered from the all-too-common trappings of heavy microtransaction inclusion, with a number of playable Gundam models with distinctive skills solely obtainable by way of paying actual money. It was rightly criticised for this, and since Bandai Namco appeared to have had excessive hopes for the income it might make from stated microtransactions, the shortage of cash made meant it shut down only a yr later.
Contrastingly, from what I can see, Gundam Battle Operation 2 was obtained pretty properly on its launch. Whereas little is definitely identified in regards to the third sport at this level, let’s hope it has a greater likelihood than the collection’ final large launch. I’ll rapidly observe that the trailer does shut with a “*Some content material might require buy” observe, so it’s going to probably have some type of microtransaction in itself — hopefully to not the identical diploma as Evolution. And, whereas we’re on the subject of Gundam, there’s additionally 2027’s Gundam Rogue Orbit, a drastically totally different sport that appears nearer to a Devil May Cry-esque motion title (although, not like Battle Operation 3, will start life as a timed unique to PS5). Now, if we might get a Gundam sport that performs one thing like Armored Core, and god prepared a correct PC launch, I’d be a really glad lady.