MechWarrior news coming soon?
That trailer for a new MechWarrior game caused a stir among BattleTech fans when it came out, but since then there has been precious little news about the project. Now Blue’s News (hat tip: Rock,...
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New MechWarrior game a PC-exclusive
A few weeks ago we saw signs of life from Piranha Games’ Mechwarrior project, following two years of radio silence. Since then, the Inner Sphere News Twitter account has been teasing images of Mechs,...
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Meet MechWarrior Online, Piranha’s free-to-play tactical Mech sim
After two years of near-total silence about the fate of the MechWarrior reboot, Piranha Games has announced MechWarrior Online, a free-to-play, team-based multiplayer BattleMech sim that’ll go live in...
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Exclusive Interview: Piranha’s Bullock talks about the rocky road to...
The MechWarrior community caught fire in 2009 when Piranha Games released a trailer for their upcoming MechWarrior reboot, and it seemed like all Piranha needed to do was find a a publisher and...
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MechWarrior Online developers share details, explain how MWO evolves the series
Worried that a free-to-play MechWarrior might be a cynical cash-in on a beloved franchise? So was I. But after talking with Creative Director Bryan Ekman and Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games,...
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MechWarrior Online to be powered by CryEngine 3
Piranha Games and Crytek have announced that MechWarrior Online will use Crytek’s CryEngine 3 for development on the F2P mech sim. It’s welcome news for gamers who feared that F2P MechWarrior would...
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MechWarrior Online devs on community warfare and taking planets in “the Inner...
A developer diary post on the MechWarrior Online site has sketched out how communities will fight in MechWarrior Online. For every day that passes in the real world, a day will pass in Mechwarrior...
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MechWarrior Online preview
Mechs are complex creatures. Their intricacy facilitates this sweet see-sawing between being an engineer and being a pilot—something that really only happens elsewhere in high-fidelity racing games....
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Catapult mech looks a bit bored in new MechWarrior Online screenshots
Piranha Games have just released some new screenshots from their upcoming free-to-play game MechWarrior Online. These ones show the Catapult mech standing around a bit, flying, shooting something,...
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Mechwarrior Online trailer shows Centurion class, deals damage with dazzling...
A mech that’s effective at all ranges with all lasers, that’s what we like to see. The Centurion mech sounds like a good starting point for new players. A few tons of extra armour give it the...
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Mechwarrior Online trailer provides pilot lesson, delivers hot lasers to...
As much as I’d love to be a mech, there are definitely some drawbacks. You can fire a kaleidoscopic array of lasers out of your face, which is neat, but if you overdo it you shut down and have to...
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MechWarrior Online open beta commences October 16
The wait is almost over for those who haven’t already made their way onto the stompy, mech-infested battlefields of MechWarrior Online by way of key or invite. Starting next week, the beta is opening...
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MechWarrior Online open beta delayed
Last week, Piranha Games announced that the MechWarrior Online open beta test would start tomorrow. Then, later last week, Lead Designer Paul Inouye responded to community concerns over instability...
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Piranha “would love” single-player for MechWarrior Online
“I’d love to see a big, new ten-hour single-player campaign for MechWarrior,” Piranha Games co-founder Russ Bullock said during GDC Online. He’s assuredly not alone on that wishful thought — the...
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MechWarrior Online open beta starts Monday, for real this time
Stompy multiplayer robo-tactical shooter MechWarrior Online has been flip-flopping over its pending open beta for a good few weeks now. First it was kicking off on October 16th, then it was delayed,...
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Mechwarrior Online enters open beta
There’s been a bit of hesitation surrounding the launch of Mechwarrior Online, but it has finally stomped through the closed beta process and wheezed into the sunlight of open beta. The move to open...
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MechWarrior Online hands-on video
As someone who loved MechWarrior way back when, it has been interesting to get to grips with its new, free to play multiplayer form. For the most part, I think I’m learning that I just like to occupy...
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Piranha releases Mechwarrior Online open beta trailer
While the anticipated Mechwarrior Online beta has been open to the public since late last week, Piranha Games has now released a trailer designed to seduce more players into the cockpit of a...
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MechWarrior Online implements cosmetic customization, AI voice-over, map variant
Mechmakers Piranha Games deployed an update yesterday to MWO’s slowly-growing closed beta that adds CamoSpec, the all-important system for redecorating your mech. Well, technically our MechWarrior...
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Conquest mode coming to MechWarrior Online this Tuesday
Piranha Games is sneaking out a final content update for MechWarrior Online before the holiday break. Next Tuesday, Conquest will become MWO’s second mode—a long-awaited addition for beta players like...
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Why mechs are the most fun thing to shoot in a video game
Image credit: flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76 Not zombies. Not terrorists. Not bandits, pirates, helicopters, or mutant helicopters. After dedicating my life to research, I’ve determined that mechs are...
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Mechwarrior Online releases Spider Mech ahead of double-XP weekend
The engineers at Piranha have been hard at work at their latest robot warrior for free-to-play battler Mechwarrior Online. Disappointingly, the Spider Mech isn’t an octolegged monstrosity that traps...
View ArticleMechWarrior Online update adds Death’s Knell, nostalgic startup sequence
Stomping right behind the Spider Mech that launched last week, the Death’s Knell is a new and agile robotic warrior included in MechWarrior Online’s latest update. As a bonus, a familiar-sounding...
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MechWarrior Online shows off its Pretty Baby
In a blatant bit of ironic naming, MechWarrior Online has added a new robot combatant: the Pretty Baby. It’s 80-tons of metal and laser cannon, putting it firmly in MWO’s heaviest class. Although I’ll...
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MechWarrior Online March content plan includes largest map yet, more...
Piranha has outlined the upcoming March updates for MechWarrior Online, which will include usability improvements and new items for players to tinker with while dancing the mech-on-mech ballet. The...
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MechWarrior Online will be fully operational by the end of Summer
I still haven’t seen a single groundhog, but people are already talking about Summer, let alone Spring, like we’re absolutely certain it’s going to happen. Yesterday, Piranha Games gave us another...
View ArticleMechWarrior Online video interview
MechWarrior Online will stomp out of beta by the end of this summer, and the game’s Vancouverian creators at Piranha Games are illuminating further what the free-to-play multiplayer game will look...
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MechWarrior Online patch to expand team structure, add new mech variants
Like a robot Bob Ross, Piranha Games continues to slowly fill in the details around MechWarrior Online before it’s ready to call the game released. After adding the beta’s best map so far last month,...
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MechWarrior Online’s newest patch brings a world of Misery
Not the sobbing-at-a-funeral kind of misery, mind you. We’re talking about Misery, an 85-ton Stalker battlemech that will hopefully leave your foes fully acquainted with the emotion in your wake. The...
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MechWarrior Online update adds Firebrand Hero mech, tweaks jump jets and damage
A new Hero mech has joined the MechWarrior Online battlefield this week.The Firebrand marks the 12th addition to MWO’s stable of unique, real-money valued BattleMech variants in this week’s update,...
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MechWarrior Online announces its lavishly named pre-order scheme
In case the thought of purchasing a game before its release wasn’t thrilling enough, MechWarrior Online has now gone and given you the opportunity to tell your friends that you’re participating in...
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MechWarrior Online release date announced, open beta infographic will terrify...
46,941,487. That’s how many mechs have been destroyed during the open beta of MechWarrior Online. Never mind the strain that must put on the pilots, what about the guys who have to put them all back...
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MechWarrior Online creates tribute mech in memory of fallen fan
MechWarrior Online developer Piranha Games has created a custom mech in tribute to a young fan, 5-year-old Sarah Parries of Vancouver, Canada, who died from brain cancer in May. Proceeds from the $10...
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MechWarrior Online releases fiery new map, mech pilots start sweating
MechWarrior Online’s new Terra Therma map looks like it will melt the armor plating right off your giant battle robot. Full of craggy peaks and open lava flows, the new environment went live today,...
View ArticleMechWarrior Online update increases the match size for more mechanised mayhem
MechWarrior Online continues the unstoppable march towards its official release date, and has picked up some new friends along the way. The latest patch for the free-to-play mech battler bumps the...
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