Game Based on Netflix’s ‘Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance’ Launches in ‘Fortnite’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix’s new animated series “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance” heads to “Fortnite” Friday with the release of game “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance – Red vs. Blue.”
Developed by “Gundam” IP owner Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bungie founder Alexander Seropian’s user-generated content studio Look North World through Unreal Engine for “Fortnite,” the game is described as “a competitive, team-based experience” that allows up to 20 players within each match “to align with either the Zeon or Earth Federation Forces factions and square off.”
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“When a match starts, players select their battlefield and deploy into their respective bases to equip themselves with an arsenal of their choosing,” according to the “Red vs. Blue” rules. “The primary objectives are to engage in tactical combat to secure the valuable MS Reactor Power. Factions are allocated a Cache in proximity to their base, and additional Caches are distributed across the terrain. Players acquire MS Reactor Power from the Caches. Teams must strategically collaborate to collect 200 MS Reactor Power, which then lets them activate their faction’s signature Mobile Suit, be it the Gundam EX or ZAKU II (Unidentified Type) Solari and have a devastating effect on the tide of battle.”
In a first for “Fortnite,” “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance – Red vs. Blue” will include an immersive, first-person cockpit view, giving players the experience as if they were a real “Gundam” pilot in a Mobile Suit.
“Because the Mobile Suits from ‘Gundam’ are so unique and there’s so much awe and presence just in the view — whether you’re watching a show, whether you’re playing with the toys, or whether you’re in the game when the Mobile Suit appears, you can’t miss it, and you immediately want to be in there, piloting it, wrecking the destruction on the scene,” Seropian told Variety.
Per Bandai Namco, the game will include access to a “massive arsenal of popular weapons in each faction’s armory to maximize combat and robot takedowns while minimizing searching, looting, and traversing.” Players will be ranked across the weekly global leaderboards and entered to win in-game currency Vbucks and Gunpla model kits from “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance.”
“Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance – Red vs. Blue” is available in “Fortnite” using island code 7089-7797-5952.
Watch the launch trailer for “Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance — Red vs. Blue” via the video above.
“The ‘Gundam’ series has the most loyal fans, and we’re on a mission to deliver them fresh entertainment and experiences. We’re grateful for the extremely positive reception to ‘Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance,’ and we’re excited to let fans recreate the experience in ‘Fortnite’ with fast-paced faction combat in ‘Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance – Red vs. Blue,’” said Karim Farghaly, senior vice president of corporate development for Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. “We’re proud of what we’ve created by collaborating with Look North World, and we look forward to seeing players square off against each other in ‘Fortnite’s’ very own ‘Gundam’ battlefield.”
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