This week has been pretty exciting for me and every Warhammer fan. More Spacehulk news surfaced, Planetstrike released, Warhammer Invasion card game announced. But I think BattleTech fans were the winners.
You see there hasn't been a BattleTech/MechWarrior game for 7 years. Last one released was MW4:Mercenaries in 2002. After then, development of a new game by MicroSoft was in development hell, and then abandoned altogether. Now, seven years later, their prayers have been answered. A MechWarrior reboot is currently in production at Smith and Tinker (current holder of MicroSoft/FASA Mechwarrior IP) and Piranha games. Yes, that's right, reboot. Instead of this game becoming MechWarrior 5, the developers have decided to completely re-launch the entire franchise, calling this new title MechWarrior.
Also in honor of BattleTech's 25th anniversary, Smith & Tinker has authorized MekTek.net and MekTek Studios to distribute MechWarrior 4 (along with its expansion packs) completely free.
Me, I am starting saving for a new PC and planning my annual leave accordingly.
More info and videos here: IGN
Ahh, thank god I'm not the only one excited about this! I remember being a kid and playing Clan Wars - oooooh good times. I loved the Clan environment, and I remember playing Mech 3 and Mech 4 and though they were good titles, I missed the fanaticism of Clanners. When I first started 40K, I wanted to make a Space Marines chapter that followed Clan military structure. Oh man, it's a throwback to childhood.
ReplyDeleteI don't really think there are going to be clans. The year is 3015. Although there was a mention of Wolf's Dragoon.
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