Summary
- The upcoming Gundam and Fortnite collaboration is set to feature interactive content.
- This crossover will allow players to experience the power of Mobile Suits in a team deathmatch game mode featuring Gundam and ZAKU II.
- Bandai aims to attract Fortnite's massive player base to watch the new series in October, with a deeper connection between the two popular brands.
Fans of the mecha anime and plastic model empire Gundam and Fortnite will love the game’s newest collaboration. According to the official Gundam Info NA’s social media posts in late July 2024, the tie-in will be related to the franchise’s latest series.
This crossover has fans buzzing, as both Bandai Namco Entertainment and Fortnite have a track record of successful collaborations with different brands and mediums. A preview panel for the show also revealed that Bandai will be collaborating with an experienced Unreal Editor for Fortnite developer for this event, which will launch shortly after the series’ release on October 17th.
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Gundam: Requiem For Vengeance Will Showcase its Mobile Suits in an Exclusive Fortnite Island
The upcoming Gundam tie-in isn’t Fortnite’s first rodeo in anime crossovers. It has featured skins from popular titles like:
- My Hero Academia
- Dragon Ball Super
- Attack on Titan
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Naruto Shippuden
Cosmetics aren’t confirmed for the Gundam collaboration, but players may experience the power of Mobile Suits by visiting an event-related island.
Fortnite and Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance is a Match Made in Heaven
Bandai Namco Entertainment will tap Look North World to develop a unique island with interactive content based on the upcoming Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance, according to the show’s San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) preview Panel and official media releases. LNW is a video game studio founded by former members of Bungie and Wide Load Games. The studio will use Unreal Engine’s Fortnite Editor to create a team deathmatch-style game mode within the island.
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance will be an English-language 3D-animated series produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and SAFEHOUSE. Its story plunges into the tail end of the One-Year War between the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation to claim Earth, with the former getting an advantage due to its state-of-the-art weapon: the ZAKU mobile suit. To Zeon’s surprise, the Federation Forces captured Eastern Europe 11 months after the war errupted. The protagonist, Solari, and her team Red Wolf Squadron are deployed to recapture the area, but they are greeted by an Earth Federation weapon known as a “Gundam,” which seems to outclass their ZAKU.
What to Expect from the Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance’s Fortnite Team Deathmatch Game
If a game collaborates with Gundam, there better be a way for players to pilot the franchise’s legendary mechs, and it looks like the Fortnite collaboration will deliver just that. The deathmatch will be a fight between the infantry forces of the Earth Federation and Zeon. However, one lucky player from each team will be able to harness the power of Gundam EX or ZAKU II to fight for their side in the battle.
This game mode could be similar to the Star Wars: Battlefront games, wherein players will fight to get the big power-up and turn the tides in favor of their team. The official promo images of Gundam EX and ZAKU II for this collaboration look amazing, and it would be impressive if the devs could deliver the same level of detail and scale in Fortnite. There’s also the challenge of translating the epic feel of Gundam’s mech battles in-game. Therefore, Look North World definitely has its work cut out.
This tie-in allows Bandai to entice Fortnite’s massive player base, which has over 500 million registered users, to watch the show when it drops this October. Plus, the connection between this series and Fortnite runs deeper than meets the eye, too. Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance is the first production in the franchise to use Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. This is the same engine that Fortnite currently runs on, so a collaboration between these two massively popular brands seems like it was only a matter of time.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 94%
- Released
- September 26, 2017
- ESRB
- T for Teen - Diverse Content: Discretion Advised, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Epic Games
- Publisher(s)
- Epic Games
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- All platforms (except iOS/Mac)
- Cross Save
- Via Epic Account
- Number of Players
- 1-4 players (online)
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC, Android, iOS
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-4 players (certain modes)
