{"id":36198,"date":"2024-08-29T18:59:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T09:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=36198"},"modified":"2024-08-29T18:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T09:59:20","slug":"gundam-breaker-4-shoots-up-the-steam-charts-upon-release-praised-as-the-gunpla-mech-action-series-return-to-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/gundam-breaker-4-shoots-up-the-steam-charts-upon-release-praised-as-the-gunpla-mech-action-series-return-to-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Gundam Breaker 4 shoots up the Steam charts upon release, praised as the Gunpla mech action series\u2019 return to form\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Releasing today (August 29), <strong>Gundam Breaker 4 <\/strong>shot to the top of the Steam sales charts, ranking in at number 1 in Japan and number 4 globally (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/391613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz<\/a>). From the early reviews, players seem to be seeing it as a return to form for Bandai Namco\u2019s Gunpla mech action series.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUNDAM BREAKER 4 - Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lC3DugB1_iY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gundam Breaker 4 hit a peak of 14,537 concurrent players in its first 6 hours after launch (<a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1672500\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>). At the time of writing, it has 80.7% positive reviews on Steam, with players praising the game\u2019s graphics, smooth performance, fluid combat and in-depth Gundam plastic model building system. Gundam Breaker 4 lets you build your virtual Gunpla from a wide range of SD and HD Gunpla pieces and fully customize the paint and color scheme. Players seem to be enjoying Frankenstein-ing together their own Gunpla creations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous game in the mech action series, New Gundam Breaker was criticized for its shortcomings. However, from the early reviews, fans of the series are seeing Gundam Breaker 4 as a return to form and are comparing it favorably with the much-loved Gundam Breaker 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gundam Breaker 4 is now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10005248\">PS4\/PS5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/gundam-breaker-4-ultimate-edition-switch\/\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1672500\/GUNDAM_BREAKER_4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gundam Breaker 4, Bandai Namco&#8217;s latest Gunpla building and battling game, seems to be off to a strong start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":36202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-36198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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