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MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries Announced
VANCOUVER – December 3, in the year of our Lord 2016
– Piranha Games announced MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries to a packed
house of MechWarrior fans tonight via a live stage demo at
Mech_Con 2016.
The first standalone single-player MechWarrior title in
development for PC in nearly 15 years, MechWarrior 5:
Mercenaries will feature intense PvE ‘Mech combat in an
immersive, career-based Mercenary campaign driven by player
choice. Featuring an advancing timeline starting in the year
3015, players will adopt the role of a green MechWarrior
mercenary thrust into combat as the Third Succession War
continues to fracture the Inner Sphere; the vast region of
colonized space surrounding Earth. Victory, prestige, and profit
will not only require skill on the battlefield, but in the
maintenance and enhancement of your BattleMechs.
Set for release in 2018, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is under
development by a dedicated and separate development team at
Piranha Games using Unreal Engine 4. MechWarrior Online,
Piranha’s existing F2P multiplayer-focused tactical ‘Mech combat
game (built with CryEngine) will continue its ongoing live
development by the MWO team at Piranha.
"Our main goal with MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is to provide
fans with a standalone, story-driven single-player experience
that allows for a great amount of flexibility in terms of player
choice, built on a foundation of the intense, tactical ‘Mech
combat the franchise is known for," said Russ Bullock, president
of Piranha Games. “Along with the release of MechWarrior 5:
Mercenaries in 2018 we're going to continue supporting our
existing MechWarrior Online game and its fanbase with new
updates and regular content releases. MWO is now in its fifth
year of development and operation, and there’s still a lot of
really cool stuff planned for it. For fans who have been waiting
for the return of a true single-player MechWarrior game though,
we are really happy to announce MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries."
Hosted by Piranha Games and featuring a variety of partners –
each with a deep history of involvement in the beloved franchise
– Mech_Con is a special one-day event dedicated to the
celebration of BattleTech and MechWarrior. Mech_Con 2016 was the
first of its kind, but Piranha aims to make this an annual
celebration of these long-lived and much-loved franchises.
Attended by fans from around the world the evening was capped
off by an exciting conclusion to the first ever MechWarrior
Online World Championship Finals, where two teams of eight duked
it out on the battlefield for their shot at the World
Championship title and a share of the $143,000+ prize pool.