Namco Bandai Games announce free to play online console multiplayer Gundam game

Namco Bandai Games have announced they will be releasing a free to play online multiplayer game titled Gundam: Battle Operation for the Playstation 3 in Japan.

The game will see four to six players joining forces as part of the Federation or Zeon Alliance to take on other players both as a mobile suit or even on foot and in vehicles. This could be to attack the enemy or even make repairs to your mobile suit.

The game allow players the ability to customise and upgrade mobile suits and weapons that can be used following the completion of a battle. Games can also be created with certain specifications in mind such as the level or playing ability of players, the type of map and more than likely what you would generally expect in an online game of this nature.

Check out the video below for a great preview on what to expect from the game

Is Beez Entertainment no more?

Although at the time of posting this news is still unconfirmed, our friends over at UK-Anime have made it known a French website has revealed Beez Entertainment is closing its doors. This news comes following (though not linked given the apparent timeline of events) Bandai Visual, a US anime distributor, ceasing all operations resulting in the discontinuation of it’s manga, DVD & Blu-Ray licenses a few days ago. Licenses of which had an effect to the UK market.

App News – Gundam themed iPhone GPS released in Japan!

The folks over at Andriasang have reported that iPhone users in Japan are able to purchase what could well be the start of an amazing trend of applications when it comes to the field of Satellite Navigation, otherwise more commonly referred to here in the UK as ‘Sat-Nav’ and ‘GPS’ in the USA.

Namco Bandai have unveiled the first of it’s line of ‘Character Navi’ apps for the Apple iPhone. Which is a Sat-Nav app with the theme of an Anime. The first series to be immortalised in getting Japanese drivers from point A to point B is… Gundam!

That’s right, for approximately £30.00 in Japan, granting you one year of usage, iPhone 4 and 3GS owners can have the Earth Federation or Zeon direct them to their destination. (You can choose either as your theme for the app.)

Video Game news: New Gundam and Bleach games to europe!

Tecmo Koei Europe have announced that we can expect two Anime releated games being released by them this year.

First of all, the long running Gundam franchise will have it’s third outing as part of the Dynasty Warriors series as ‘Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3’ is set for release on July 1st across Europe on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles.

The game is “set in the future, chaotic warfare has engulfed the universe. The world is ripe with strife as gigantic mecha called Mobile Suits march to war on land and in space. Featuring characters and mecha from over 30 years of Gundam anime and manga series, DYNASTY WARRIORS: GUNDAM 3 thrusts players into the galactic melee with over 50 playable and upgradable characters and over 70 playable and upgradeable Mobile Suits combed from the Gundam universe. New additions include Mobile Suits from Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam UC and many more.