LINE: Gundam Wars set to shut down after nearly 10 years

LINE: Gundam Wars is heading toward the end of service, and the most immediate blow for players has already landed. The official LINE STORE notice dated April 20, 2026 says sales of in-game paid items and prepaid payment instruments through LINE STORE permanently ended at 5 p.m. on April 20, 2026 in GMT+9, cutting off the purchase path before the game itself disappears.

For players still logged in, the app remains usable for now, and in-game currency can still be spent until the service closes completely. That makes the next stretch critical for anyone sitting on a balance, unfinished pulls, or long-running upgrade plans. The practical takeaway is simple: the buying window is gone, but the game is still running, for the moment, and every remaining credit has to be treated as time-sensitive.

The notice does not spell out a dramatic reason for the shutdown, but the timing gives the closure extra weight. LINE: Gundam Wars launched in summer 2016 as a co-developed project from LINE and Bandai Namco, so the service is ending just short of its 10-year mark. For a mobile title tied to Gundam, that is a meaningful run, long enough to build a loyal base and a deep inventory of accounts, units, and saved currency that now face a hard cutoff.

That is why this closure hits harder than a routine server notice. Players who stayed through nearly a decade of updates are not just losing a download, they are losing access to a live service built around years of progression and collection. The shutdown also fits a familiar pattern across mobile gaming: legacy licensed games can survive for years, then vanish quickly once the economics of keeping them alive stop making sense.

For anyone still active, the message is urgent. The line between “still playable” and “gone” is now narrower than ever, and the first deadline has already passed. Once the service ends, the remaining currency, progress, and unfinished goals will go with it.