IGN: MechWarrior Details

"July 8, 2009 - MechWarrior fans have been hoping, praying and anticipating a new game in the famed franchise ever since the last expansion pack for MechWarrior 4 was released in 2002. Now, seven years later, their prayers have been answered. IGN has the very first details about MechWarrior reboot that is currently in production at Smith and Tinker and Piranha games. Yes, that's right, reboot. Instead of this game becoming MechWarrior 5, the developers have decided to completely re-launch the entire franchise, calling this new title MechWarrior.

We spoke to the two main players involved with MechWarrior. First there's Jordan Weisman, co-founder of Smith and Tinker and co-founder of FASA, the company that created the BattleTech universe that MechWarrior is based upon. Second is Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games. (For an in-depth discussion of the reboot and how it fits in the franchise, check out our exclusive interview.) "

[Xof]

This is the best gaming news I've heard in a very, very long time.

Game looks fantastic. (Who knows if the vid is gameplay or not, though). Looks like this one'll be falling in the footsteps of Mechwarrior 3, instead of 4--a very, very good thing.

The 3015 date throws me off a bit. I'm a bit fuzzy on my timeline, but doesn't that place it before the Clan invasion? Well, seeing the clan-invasion first hand in an expansion would be pretty badass, and this IS set in the old, classic setting instead of the "Dark Ages" crap.

I am very, very, very excited.

[commodore64]

Yeah i echo your sentiments.

I played MW3 and MW4 to death.
With so much graphics power 7 years on, this will be amazing!

[Syronicus]

I hope. It looks great and the series needed a reboot IMHO. here's to looking forward to this title!

[moses]

YAYYYYYYY ^^!!

I've been waiting for this for the LONGEST TIME! I still play 3 and mercs once in a while :D!

[ThanatosDMC]

Umm... i used to love Mechwarrior. But it's so dated and lame. Hell they just stood there and shot each other.

Armored Core is where it is at... whatever IT is.

MW is a tank game. But fighting other tanks with the same strength is just stupid. By that i mean, all players can acquire the strongest parts and weapons and end up being all alike.

In AC, i prefer high speed combat with dual machine guns with shoulder Primal Armor rectifiers.

They should have at least copied Steel Battalion. One of my favorite unique mech games. Yes, i have the big ass controller.

[moses]

I kind of prefer the way Mechwarriors handle Mechs. They lumber around clumsily compared to their Japanese counter parts, but if anything that's a bit more realistic than the almost human Japanese "mechs".

[evrfighter]

"They should have at least copied Steel Battalion"

...

you do realize mechwarrior started off as a pen and paper game right? Even in our imaginations Mechs didn't move around at the speed of gundams.

in other news...

Mechwarrior was my first online love. To this day mechwarrior 3 is the title that had me camping out in front of my pc almost every weekend. WoW never even did that for me. UA/c5/no heat was where you found me.

lol msn gaming zone...how that takes me back

[a_squirrel]

WOOHOO!!!!

[thereapersson]

And it's on PC. Keep this OFF consoles!

[Jihaad_cpt]

to bad its gonna be on the 360

Quote: 'The game is being developed for the PC and the Xbox 360, though there isn't any idea of a release date yet, since the game is still in the middle of development and the companies are still talking to publishers. For more information...'

[Syronicus]

They all have PC's!

;-)

[mxdan]

If you have a strong PC, buy it over the 360 version.

- Better visuals
- Better (more customizable) controls
- More Support

Not that the 360 version won't be good, it's just that PC gaming has more luxuries in my opinion...

[Xi]

You need a flight stick for the game.

[onanie]

Which is how it was meant to be played anyway.

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

I hope,the interiors become a next gen Steel Batallion.I cant see the vid.Im in college at the moment. Is there any ingame sections?

[free2game365]

This is Mechwarrior, this is MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH older than that Japanese crap

[Xi]

And they show some of the interior in the mech.

[Zhuk]

Only Xbox 360 and Games for Windows has the power to bring back the most beloved mech gaming franchise of the 1990s, Mechwarrior in true next generation fashion.

This will undoubtedly be the greatest Mechwarrior title since Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries thanks to the award winning features, unparalleled power and ease of development that Xbox 360 provides.

The PS3 is not being supported due to its poorly designed architecture and its flatlining sales making it an unattractive platform to develop for due to its high costs and low returns guaranteeing that publishers make a loss on that platform. This is just the beginning as more developers and publishers abandon the PS3 in favour of the Xbox 360 and PC.

Xbox 360 and Games for Windows, a winning combination for the future.

[mxdan]

Would you listen to yourself, You sound like a spokesperson.

[Stryfeno2]

YESSSSS!!!! Finally...Now lets hope Crimson Skies 3 will be announced too.

[vagisil]

patchstation your picture on here never gets old. funny as hell. i think that ps3 he is holding weighs more than he does!

[MiloGarret]

I will have to get a decent gaming pc for this, I loved mechwarrior back in the day and I want to play this game with everything on MAX.

[va_bank]

I played the MechWarrior game for the original Xbox. It absolutely sucked, compared to the PC version. What made me give up completely, is being able to only fire one weapon at a time and having to switch between them in mid-battle.

So yeah, this is a must buy for PC.

[NotSoSilentBob]

They have not been developing this game for 7 years. Maybe a year or 2. I have a feeling this is gonna end up like DNF. Im a huge fan of Battletech/Mechwarrior, but I think it has taken to long for them and alot of the following will have gone away or just not care. I do hope it works out better then Mech4. I am considering upgrading my rig for Mech Warrior Living Legends, which is a crysis mod. But I might upgrade sooner.

[Coolrah]

Seriously I still play mechwarrior 3 just for that nostalgic moment. Yeah guys I really hope the 360 version of this game doesn't hold it back. Mechwarrior for xbox failed hard in so many respects. MW for PC is where it should stay and is always better.

[Montrealien]

You mean MechAssault 1 and 2 for the Xbox, you know, the one still played to this day on live.

[Revvin]

OH HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!! Been a fan since the first game on the PC, awesome!!!

[Poopface the 2nd]

I still have the force feed back joystick that Ive only ever used for that game.

This game will be great. I used to love to stand in the water and blast guys legs off with mt ER Lasers.

[sak500]

Bullkrap.. Video is good but the game will certainly not look like this. Y can't they use ingame assets to make cutscenes. What happened to the HD gaming generation. Still the videos/teasers of most games are pre-rendered. We end up disappointed. Did we forget how bad armoured core4 turned out to be and the promo video was Bullshot. Lets wait and see how they can bring Mechs faithfully to the 360.

[Xi]

They already did, and it's called mech assault

[Odion]

they say in their 6 page interview that this is ingame

[Xi]

Smith and Tinker are distributing it out for free on battlemech.

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