Latest MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Trailer Gets A Bit Reckless
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Get a look at how the massive mechs will destroy everything around them in the latest trailer.
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The hype train for the latest installment from this iconic series is about to leave the station. All aboard!
READ MORE >"It would be funny if you clicked a "Multiplayer" button and it opened up MWO. Hah."
see all 7 commentsMechWarrior 5 in development by Piranha Games, the studio that made MechWarrior Online
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MechWarrior Online will continue development as well.
READ MORE >"I'm assuming they labeled some of these mercenaries to describe the fact that you're not aligned ..."
see all 9 commentsMechWarrior 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 >""performance improvements" actually means less fps at PGI. Unless they want everyone to run at ..."
see all 17 commentsMechWarrior Online to officially launch September 17
MechWarrior Online will launch its official version 1.0 on September 17, Piranha has announced.
READ MORE >"I consider myself a very finicky player. MWO has not only held my interest throughout the beta ..."
see all 5 commentsMechWarrior Online to launch in 'late summer'
Developer Piranha Games has been releasing regular updates for MechWarrior Online since the game went into open beta in late October. But now, Shacknews has learned of three new features that will be rolling out leading up to the game's official release late this summer.
READ MORE >"Again, the revelation that you were a sailor, was not revelatory."
see all 12 commentsMechWarrior 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 sales pass $5 million before launch
Though MechWarrior Online will be free-to-play when it launches, players have already coughed up more than $5 million to play the beta version through its Founder's Program. Things are looking good for the stompy robot sim, then, and publisher Infinite Game Publishing is pre...
READ MORE >"It plays like Counter-Strike with mechs at the moment (which I find quite compelling). Gameplay ..."
see all 46 commentsMechWarrior Online open beta delayed
Good little MechWarrior that you are, you're may be reading this from your repurposed fighter jet seat, headset atop your melon, dual joysticks in hand and pedals underfoot, eagerly waiting for MechWarrior Online's open beta to launch today. Ah. Problem. You've clearly misse...
READ MORE >"I thought there was a thread on it last week. Maybe I'm going crazy."
see all 9 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. ..."
see all 11 commentsMechWarrior Online preview
Year and years ago, MW2 didn't automatically translate into "Modern Warfare 2"; PC gamers were using that shorthand to refer to the fine giant...
READ MORE >"The year is 3025. You gotta wait a couple years till the in-game clock advances that far."
see all 42 commentsMechWarrior Online heats up in Caustic Valley
Just as MechWarrior Online boasts an icy map where the cold messes with your mech, so it's also getting a roasty-toasty level with hazardous heat, named Caustic Valley. Come peep the trailer.
READ MORE >"! what he hell, there is a SP mode, pm me if you know know one will know."
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"So get Titanfall 2? That teaser looks like something from more than a half decade ago."
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