MechWarrior Online now rocking 12v12
If 16 robots stomping around the battlefield is a barrel of laughs, just imagine how much fun 24 is. MechWarrior Online has hoped for a long time that it'd be able to support 12v12 matches, but ran at 8v8 for most of its beta. With the official launch only six weeks away, th...
READ MORE >MechWarrior Online double XP weekend incoming
You're stomping around merrily in MechWarrior Online's new Spider mech, jumpjetting away and running circles around slower mechs, what could be better? Well, double XP wouldn't be bad. As luck would have it, the free-to-play mech 'em up is doubling all XP earned this weekend...
READ MORE >"Still in open beta, but definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of the series."
see all 6 commentsMechWarrior Online introduces capture-and-hold mode
Free-to-play stompy robot sim MechWarrior Online is bolstered with a new mode today, Conquest. It seems to be your standard competitive team-based capture-and-hold mode, only with, you know, giant stompy robots. Lovely jubbly.
READ MORE >"Yep, fucking hate this mode. Games take twice as long because there's going to be one light ..."
see all 7 commentsMechWarrior Online patch adds paintjobs
Sure, stomping around inside a storeys-high robot is pretty good, but wouldn't painting a storeys-high robot pretty colours be even more fun? Robot fanciers rejoice, for MechWarrior Online's latest patch added the ability to customise your pretty metal toys, if you can live ...
READ MORE >"They both come down to FPS action in a mech, though. I don't really think of MW as a simulator, ..."
see all 23 commentsMechWarrior Online open beta on again for Monday
The on then off open beta for MechWarrior Online is finally on again, this time slated for Monday. Hopefully, developer Piranha Games has fixed the stability issues that will have delayed it for almost two weeks.
READ MORE >"I prefer the D variant. I run it with max armour, 4 med. lasers, 2 SRM-6's with 3 tons of ammo, ..."
see all 10 commentsMechWarrior Online open beta begins October 16
If you haven't been one of the lucky ones to be honing their mech skills in preparation for the launch of MechWarrior Online later this year, then you'll want to jump into the open beta when it kicks off October 16.
READ MORE >"I've played MWO and Hawken both a bit, I'm in betas for both... so far I like Hawken more. ..."
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""performance improvements" actually means less fps at PGI. Unless they want everyone to run at ..."
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