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Gundam Evolution takes giant robot F2P team battles worldwide in 2022

Bandai Namco announced Gundam Evolution as a team-based first-person shooter using Gundam mobile suits and it's getting a network test in April.

TJ Denzer

March 9, 2022 2:30 PM

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The Gundam franchise has had a long and storied history of giant mecha that has been enjoyed the world around in manga, TV shows, movies, and games. Bandai Namco is about to give Gundam fans a new arena in which to enjoy their favorite mobile suits though. It just announced Gundam Evolution: A 6-vs-6 team-based first-person hero shooter that will release free-to-play on consoles and PC in 2022.

Bandai Namco revealed Gundam Evolution with a press release and announcement trailer on the PlayStation State of Play on March 9, 2022. Quite a bit different from the recent Gundam Extreme VS games, Gundam Evolution is a team-based FPS in which players work together using their Gundam’s unique capabilities to achieve victory on a number of battlefields with different objectives, including Point Capture, Domination and Destruction. A number of mobile suits have already been confirmed, including the Gundam 0001 from the original series, as well as antagonist Char’s Sazabi mech. Loran Cehack’s System-∀99 Gundam from the Turn A series and Gundam Barbatos from the more recent Iron-Blooded Orphans have also been confirmed. The game is set to launch in free-to-play on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC sometime in 2022.

That wasn’t all that Bandai Namco announced. Those looking to see what Gundam Evolution has to offer will be able to get a taste of the action very soon. A Closed Network Test has been announced for April 2022 on PC with sign-ups kicking off on March 9, 2022 at the time of announcement. From March 9 to March 28, PC players can go to the Gundam Evolution game page on Steam when it goes live and click Request Access for a chance to get an early look at how the game plays. The actual playtest will run through the dates of April 7 to April 12. Moreover, while this test is confined to PC, a console Closed Network Test for Gundam Evolution will come later.

With Gundam Evolution set to launch in full sometime this year, stay tuned for further details on the game, including a concrete release date. We’ll share those details here at Shacknews as they become available.

TJ Denzer

Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on Twitter @JohnnyChugs.