Bandai Reveals New Gundam Mobile Strategy Game as US Network Test Announced
Bandai Namco Entertainment has officially announced a new Gundam mobile strategy game, with applications now open for its first network test ahead of the game’s release.
Titled “Gundam Blitz Order”, the upcoming free-to-play game introduces a new idle simulation format to the franchise, allowing players to build their own squads of Mobile Suits and take part in a variety of strategic battles.
The Gundam franchise first launched in 1979 with Mobile Suit Gundam, introducing the conflict between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon and establishing many of the Mobile Suits that would later appear across its numerous anime, manga and video game adaptations.
For this new mobile game, Bandai Namco has adopted an RPG-style strategy system that combines automatic progression with more traditional battles, featuring Mobile Suits, Mobile Armors and warships from throughout the Gundam franchise.
Players can collect and strengthen individual machines, each with their own abilities, characteristics, and EX Skills, before arranging them into customized formations designed to take advantage of their different combat roles.
The game features six distinct unit classes: Guardian, Striker, Assault, Artillery, Sniper, and Support, with each offering different strengths and weaknesses that influence how they perform during combat.
Guardian units specialize in protecting allies from enemy attacks, for example, whereas Artillery units can provide powerful ranged attacks and Support units offer healing and other beneficial effects.
EX Skills provide additional abilities during battle, with players able to activate them manually or configure them to trigger automatically when available.
Outside these more involved battles, the game’s idle system allows Mobile Suits to fight automatically and collect upgrade materials over time, with accumulated rewards stored for up to 24 hours.
These materials can then be used to strengthen an entire squad simultaneously, allowing newly acquired units to join an existing team without requiring players to level up every machine individually.
Bandai Namco has also confirmed several different mission types, including battles against powerful bosses, escort missions involving warships, and competitive content against other players.
The announcement adds another strategy-focused mobile game to the Gundam franchise alongside “SD Gundam G Generation Eternal”, which launched in April 2025 and later inspired a new four-panel manga adaptation that began serialization in Gundam Ace earlier this year.
Gundam’s video game lineup is also expanding on consoles, with Bandai Namco preparing to release “GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT” for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on March 5, 2027.
Unlike the new mobile title, GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT focuses on high-speed action combat and extensive Mobile Suit customization, taking place within a completely new timeline shared with the upcoming anime Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO.
“Gundam Blitz Order” is currently in development for iOS and Android, with a free-to-play model supported by optional in-app purchases, including loot boxes, although Bandai Namco has yet to announce an official release date.
Applications for its first network test opened on October 15, 2026, and will remain available until October 26 at 11:59AM JST, with testing scheduled to run from November 18 through November 24.
The English-language network test is open to adult residents of the United States and England, with 500 participants listed on the official application page, while a separate Japanese test will accommodate 2,500 players.
Successful applicants are expected to receive confirmation from November 13, with the test offering access to a limited selection of the game’s planned features and units ahead of its official launch.
Although Bandai Namco has yet to confirm the regions for the full release, the inclusion of the US and England in the upcoming network test suggests that an international launch is being planned, potentially alongside the Japanese release.
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