Hero Shooter GUNDAM EVOLUTION revived in private server project following End of Service

Gamemaster1379 · Apr 1, 2024

GUNDAM EVOLUTION was a hero shooter released for the Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, and PC on November 2022. Sadly, after only one year, the game reached its end of service and was shutdown on November 29th, 2023.

Almost exactly 4 months following its end of service, the was was revived by a private server project known as Side 7. As of March 29th, 2024, Gundam Evolution is once again playable. Players using the Steam Version or Bamco Launcher version of the game on PC can make use of the Side 7 launcher and patches in order to play the game once more.

Gamemaster said:
Suit up, pilots!
@everyone

As of March 29th, 2024, Side 7 has entered public alpha

What is Public Alpha?
Public alpha is general availability of the game’s client and patcher. All players now have access to patch their game and log into Side 7’s private servers. Players may customize their accounts, access practice range, and take part in custom matches.

During public alpha, the Side 7 team makes no uptime guarantees. Players may experience extended downtime or server crashes. Players should check for issues in ⁠known-issues before reporting issues in ⁠bug-reports

Source: https://discord.gg/side7

Quore · Apr 10, 2024

To be honest, I've never heard of this game, but the ideia of a 6v6 Gundam Battle looks really interesting
Might test it out

AndorfRequissa · Apr 10, 2024

are they microstransacting and stealing tons of ur data via their private server too?

no one wants to play free 2 play games for a reason. unless they specially state they are removing all the logging and microtransactions theres no need to even port this garbage. let it burn and be lost in time. preserving slave games isnt preservation.

Gamemaster1379 · Apr 10, 2024

AndorfRequissa said:
are they microstransacting and stealing tons of ur data via their private server too?

no one wants to play free 2 play games for a reason. unless they specially state they are removing all the logging and microtransactions theres no need to even port this garbage. let it burn and be lost in time. preserving slave games isnt preservation.

The project does not accept any money for microtransactions, nor hosting. All items that were in the game at end of service are made immediately available for all new sign ups. This includes the premium units.

The team can't control the data the client sends. Only what's done with it. Data sent is used for basic functions such as authentication, gameplay career stats, etc.

AndorfRequissa · Apr 10, 2024

Gamemaster1379 said:
The project does not accept any money for microtransactions, nor hosting. All items that were in the game at end of service are made immediately available for all new sign ups. This includes the premium units.

The team can't control the data the client sends. Only what's done with it. Data sent is used for basic functions such as authentication, gameplay career stats, etc.

my point exactly. the client is still sending all the data just to a different host. doesnt change the fact that the data is still being sent and is the number one problem with any free to play mobile game.

jurai · Apr 10, 2024

AndorfRequissa said:
my point exactly. the client is still sending all the data just to a different host. doesnt change the fact that the data is still being sent and is the number one problem with any free to play mobile game.

Wut

LightBeam · Apr 11, 2024

Ooooooh that's so nice

I liked the game but the kinda p2w stuff put me aside and honestly it just released a week before OW2 so .... I just couldn't play 2 hero shooters at the same time especially when there was one with time gated gundam unlocks. That's too bad because the game was pretty fun

I'm so so glad your project exists. I'll give this a try.
Have you heard of Ancify ? It's supposed to be a launcher for games like that, with server emulators. LawBreakers is supposed to be coming, Gundam Evolution could be a nice addition.

Tho personally I'm still thinking about Exteel .... I guess I'm probably the only guy in gbatemp to know that this existed ...

Gamemaster1379 · Apr 11, 2024

AndorfRequissa said:
my point exactly. the client is still sending all the data just to a different host. doesnt change the fact that the data is still being sent and is the number one problem with any free to play mobile game.

Gundam Evolution isn't a mobile game. It's a PC and console hero shooter. And regardless of whether a game is free or not, companies will include metadata and telemetry.

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LightBeam said:
Ooooooh that's so nice

I liked the game but the kinda p2w stuff put me aside and honestly it just released a week before OW2 so .... I just couldn't play 2 hero shooters at the same time especially when there was one with time gated gundam unlocks. That's too bad because the game was pretty fun

I'm so so glad your project exists. I'll give this a try.
Have you heard of Ancify ? It's supposed to be a launcher for games like that, with server emulators. LawBreakers is supposed to be coming, Gundam Evolution could be a nice addition.

Tho personally I'm still thinking about Exteel .... I guess I'm probably the only guy in gbatemp to know that this existed ...

The launch timing of Gundam Evolution was unfortunate. Their monetization model in my sincere opinion wasn't as bad as it was made out to be (Overwatch 2's was worse). In either scenario, that is irrelevant here since all the units are immediately available.

We actually were in contact with the Ancify team earlier on to see if they could help us out. We ended up rolling our own platform though since we were doing some things differently. The biggest of which was the game server itself.

AndorfRequissa · Apr 11, 2024

Gamemaster1379 said:
Gundam Evolution isn't a mobile game. It's a PC and console hero shooter. And regardless of whether a game is free or not, companies will include metadata and telemetry.

companies that include metadata and telemetry and log away the gamers privacy should be called out and if gamers are smart they dont play those games and eventually the companies that are evil enough to continue to steal data wont exist or will change their practices.

id rather play connect 4 or stix in the dirt for entertainment then accept what these companies do.

lazyguy · Apr 12, 2024

How would this work? Do I reinstall the game via steam and then patch it?

Gamemaster1379 · Apr 15, 2024

lazyguy said:
How would this work? Do I reinstall the game via steam and then patch it?

Correct

xXSoulGeoXx · May 4, 2024

Gamemaster1379 said:
Correct

What to do for those that never got to download the game from Steam due to being region locked to the very end for that user's particular country? (Aka, me, even Costa Rica and El Salvador got supported, but not my country...)

Gamemaster1379 · May 5, 2024

xXSoulGeoXx said:
What to do for those that never got to download the game from Steam due to being region locked to the very end for that user's particular country? (Aka, me, even Costa Rica and El Salvador got supported, but not my country...)

The recommended way is to find someone who owned the game on their Steam account and ask them if you can borrow their account to download the game.
Side 7 doesn't require steam to be actively running, so you wouldn't always need the account.

Some members of the Discord had alternative accounts for trying out other units and are more willing to share those accounts.

Alternatively, you can try to contact Steam Support and tell them that you "used to have the game on your account". We've had reported success of Steam granting the license to accounts using that method.

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