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MechWarrior Online announced

by Eliot Lefebvre on Oct 31st 2011 7:30PM

Sci-Fi, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play

No BattleTech game is complete without a solid 100 tons of Atlas.

In the future, battles will be fought via BattleMechs -- enormous walking tanks covered in weapons, waging war for control of the region of known space called the Inner Sphere. Sound familiar? It's the premise behind the BattleTech series of games, including the popular MechWarrior franchise. And apparently, in late 2012, players will have the chance to get inside a 'Mech of their own in a new online installment to the series, MechWarrior Online, announced by Piranha Games.

The announcement comes with a slew of questions and answers for expectant players, including information about customizing one's 'Mech, which of the classic designs will be seen in the game, and of course details about the world and timeline that the game takes place. There are no details regarding a beta at the moment, but the team seems quite insistent that the game will launch in 2012. It's certainly going to make next year interesting for all life-long MechWarrior fans.

Via: ZAM
Source: MWO FAQ
More coverage: Official Site

Tags: announcements, breaking, f2p, free-to-play, mechwarrior, mechwarrior-online, mwo, new-titles, piranha-games, upcoming-titles

Reader Comments (99)

*weeps for joy*

Yes.

@Nef

Hell yes.

@Nef

I'll double the yes because this is a game series that is long, long, long overdue to come back to PC gaming. To have this as a MMO is even better.

Never heard of it. If it's a downloadable(Not Browser) F2P game, I'll try it out. If it isn't, well I'll overlook this pretty quickly.

@J45neoboy You've never heard of MechWarrior? You are relatively new to PC gaming then and relatively young, and this is a perfect example of why they need to get this game out sooner rather than later.

@J45neoboy How have you NOT heard of mechwarrior???

It's beena gaming staple across several medi types for almost 2 decades now.....

@urgan I've actually only grown into PC Gaming with Oblivion, and MMOs shortly afterwards. Therefore I am new to the genre compared to the majority of the people on this site, once again, I stand by my statement =)

@J45neoboy. Its a sad state of the community of this website when someone gets down-voted TWICE simply because they have not heard of a particular IP. Pathetic.

@J45neoboy

They made an XBox version of it called MechAssault, if that names familiar to you?

@Snichy

I've been saying this on all kinds of threads here on Massively. I love Mechwarrior and have been posting all over the net for 8 years asking for a Mechwarrior MMO, but I'd never downrate a person because they hadn't heard of a game. An immature person would though.

Of course I am worried that this will end up with a cash shop at which point wouldn't play the game I've been waiting for almost a decade to be made.

@Malagarr

Mech assault is far and away the worst representation of Battletech/Mechwarrior in gaming history... Serioulsy, a cougar with 2 gauss rifles?? If btech were real that'd be 2 legs attached to 2 guns.

Oooh yeah :D

Setting an MMO in the Mechwarrior universe makes sense for so many reasons. And here I was just hoping for a new MW game :)

@urgan It DOES makes sense but more in the tabletop version of Mechwarrrior, being the pilot with interpersonal interactions. rather than only stuck in the cockpit.

Because while fighting off enemies with superior numbers in superior mechs is dramatic in that uniquely videogame way...

having your barracks blow up...fighting your way in the dark past uber tech ninjas using cybernetics, ersatz lightsabres, and insane fanaticism, to get to your Mech and have to get through the startup procedure as people outside want you very much dead....

THAT is my dream. If it happens to be the fall of the Star League or other major in universe event, I might kill something for that.

I really hope this turns out well, I loved playing the mechwarrior games, and the universe and lore are amazing.

Death from above.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG *dancing around biting nails like a schoolgirl*

\o/ Hooray and its about time!!!!!

@EyezRed

ALSO, I will Hammer you in my KitFox, Nothing says "I love ninjas" like being hammered from behind by a steathed Kitfox Hammer.

Okay I'm interested. But if you tell me it has anything to do with F2P, Korea (no offense to the wonderful Koreans), browser-based, or Facebook, I'll block your site in my Firefox.

@yeppers Its going to be free to play-

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