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Published on October 19, 2023 10:39 GMT+00:00edited on October 19, 2023 10:44 GMT+00:00

Japanese game publisher Bandai Namco today suspended the downloads of its newly launched Gundam Metaverse after rumors circulated surrounding the leakage of the design files of certain highly anticipated Gundam models.

“We are sorry that downloading the client files has been temporarily suspended,” Bandai Namco said in an announcement. “We apologize for the inconvenience. We will inform you on this website when the download will be available again.”

The abrupt halt of downloads comes just a week after the metaverse game opened up its general access to the public in the U.S. and Japan on Oct. 11, according to its website.

However, rumors emerged earlier this week that the downloads contained unencrypted design files related to certain models for Gundam Seed Freedom, an upcoming animated …