You've read the developer diaries, you've scoured the interviews, and all you want from MechWarrior Online now, other than the game itself, is a release date, a detailed look at how its free-to-play model will work in practice, and a look at the game in action. While we can't give you all that, today we can offer that last part with the first official gameplay trailer.

MechWarrior Online is slated to launch some time in 2012. Developer Piranha Games hopes to support 12v12 mecha mayhem, but will drop down to 8v8 if it doesn't work out in testing.