Bandai Namco’s Gundam Battle Operation 2 is an insane game, if you think about it. Kept aloft by its playerbase almost solely composed of Playstation Free to Play players, GBO2 has been active since 2018; almost a decade! Gundam Battle Operation 2 has worked its way through so many mobile suits in the mainline Universal Century as well as some alternate universes. So, it only makes sense that the latest GBO2 update features an alternate universe version of the Universal Century.
The GQuuuuuuX (that’s 6 u’s) trio of the GQuuuuuuX Gundam, White Gundam, and Red Gundam are coming to Gundam Battle Operation 2, though Char’s Red Gundam has already been terrorizing ranked matches there for a few months now. Normally, while mobile suit releases for Gundam Battle Operation 2 are usually exciting in their own right they never really merit news, but today is a special day. With the GQuuuuuuX anime reaching its finale this week this release is perfectly timed.
Now, Gundam Battle Operation 2 is a Free to Play gacha game, so if you want a specific mobile suit you are going to have to roll some dice but if you’re here specifically for the GQuuuuuuX and the Gundam twins don’t worry because they are guaranteed drops for this week’s promotional deal (don’t take that to mean free, though, you’ll have to spend in-game tokens for them).
Gundam is a property that is always on the cusp of breaking into video games but they usually stay pretty quiet on that front. For that reason, Gundam Battle Operation 2’s near decade long lifespan with no signs of slowing down are only that much more impressive. Years ago I had doubts that GBO2 would live to see Hathaway’s Flash but not only did GBO2 see Hathaway’s Flash (and features the mobile suits from said visual bombshell) but it also lived long enough to see both Witch from Mercury and now GQuuuuuuX finish their respective seasons. While this was only natural, hopefully Bandai Namco find it in their hearts to give us a true Gundam experience for video games again soon.