November 7th, 2002 was the last time a full fledged single-player and co-op MechWarrior experience was released. 17 years later we've finally been graced with MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and the crew at Co-Optimus strapped in to our favorite metal beast for some good ol' metal-on-metal action.
Originally slated for a 2018 release, Piranha Games' MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries was bumped to 2019 this past June with the promise that a firm release date would be announced at the annual MechCon. Well this past weekend, the mechs descended upon Vancouver and revealed they'd be storming the world September 10 next year.
During this year's Mech_Con, developer Piranha Games announced that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will support four player co-op when it launches next year. The entire story campaign can be played with your buddies, meaning it won't be up to just you to lead your mercenary squad to glory.
It was only a week ago today that we told you more news would be coming about a brand new MechWarrior title. Now that "soon" has arrived, I've been tasked with the bearer of bad news. While we did get the information promised about the game, now called MechWarrior Online, we've learned that the original concept for the MechWarrior game has been scrapped in favor of a Free 2 Play PC exclusive game with micro transactions.
It's been more than two years since a new MechWarrior game was announced. Now it seems details are about to resurface for the Piranha games developed reboot of the classic PC series. Over the past few days a new twitter account has gone live; the Inner Sphere News is currently tweeting "encoded" pieces of a larger image of a some form of Mech.
It wasn't long ago we told you that all paths were cleared, and MechWarrior 4 would be released for free via the interwebs. The time is now to fire up those Jenner and Mongoose and get ready to do battle. MekTek has the download, which actually hit over the weekend, but servers were hammered so hard it completely brought the site to its knees.
A few weeks back we told you how the re-release of MechWarrior 4 was in legal limbo, and MekTek had pleaded with the internet to help out to some degree. It appears the plea was enough, as Microsoft has given the green light for the game's re-release.
Last summer we announced a new MechWarrior title was in the works from Jordan Weisman, one of the original creator's of the BattleTech universe in which the MechWarrior titles are based. The game was being developed by Pirahana Games with a planned four player co-op campaign.
After seven LONG years, fans of giant robotic battles will get the game they've so desperately wanted. Today IGN has the exclusive announcement of MechWarrior, a complete reboot of the series. The game is being produced by Jordan Weisman, one of the original creator's of the BattleTech universe, and co-founder of Smith and Tinker.
