Gundams arrive in Fortnite in special Requiem for Vengeance Experience

Bandai Namco is bringing characters and mechs from Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance to Fortnite on an official Island experience. Requiem for Revenge premiered worldwide on Netflix on October 17th and is the most recent title in the long-running Gundam franchise. Unlike most other shows and movies, the latest Gundam shows the conflict from the beginning, following a group of fighters just trying to survive to see another day.

Fans of the series can now experience first-hand an approximation of the events of the series, as the Requiem for Vengeance Red vs. Blue the experience arrives Fifteen days. Created in collaboration between Bandai Namco and Look North World and announced on Bandai Namco website, the experience will pit 20 players against each other as Zeon or Earth Federation. The first team to acquire enough MS Reactor Power can activate their side’s Mobile Suit, or the Gundam EX or Zaku II.

Fortnite x Gundam event puts players in control of Gundams

Base capture gameplay, but with giant Mechs

A trailer shared by Game Trailers on YouTube shows a glimpse of how the dark world of Gundam the title unfolds in the generally colorful aesthetic of Fortnite. For the experience, Bandai Namco turns on the sepia filter and makes players engage in ground battles as huge Gundam and Mobile Suits wage war above and around them. Players have access to different weapons depending on the faction they are fighting for.

The battle culminates with the activation of one of the show’s iconic Mobile Suits and the ability to pilot one of the suits. The match will include a “immersive first-person cockpit view, as if you were a real Gundam pilot.“A weekly leaderboard will track wins and The best players will be rewarded with Vbucks and Gunpla kit giveaways of Requiem for Revenge.

Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance Fortnite event captures the show’s style

The Last Gundam Show Was Made in a Game Engine

Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance is a dark story about the futility of war. It shows how war affects the lives of ordinary people on both sides and how there are no good or bad, just innocent people caught in the crossfire. It seems that an odd choice to adapt this dark show to the light Fortnite worldand even reward players for killing the most opponents.

But perhaps it is appropriate that the Gundam show came to fortnite, since the show was made entirely in Unreal Engine 5. Watching it is a bit like watching a video game cutscene, so it wouldn’t take a huge leap to transform the visual experience of watching the show into the physical act of playing it. Fortnite players can participate Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance Red vs. entering the Fortnite Creative Island code 7089-7797-5952 or accessing the experience website Fortnite page.

Source: Game Trailers/YouTube, Bandai Namco, Fortnite