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Bandai Namco have released the initial announcement trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 3, a free-to-play team action game and a sequel to 2018's Battle Operation 2. The trailer is very, very pretty, showing off Gundam units clashing in large-scale battles and infantry fighting beneath the colossal mechas' feet (kinda like Titanfall , in having both human and mecha players in the same match). I'm sadly not yet enough of a true Gundam fan to recognise many of these units on sight other than the RX-78-2, but there's a real variety shown off here.

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While there's no release date specified in the trailer, Bandai Namco have confirmed that there will be a network test in Japan through November 20th-22nd, with an open network test planned for the future (thanks, Gematsu ).

Following the fate of Gundam Evolution , a 2022 attempt at a hero shooter featuring Gundam units, it's nice to see another shot at taking the Gundam series into a team format.…