WorthPlaying writes, "With Piranha Games working on MechWarrior 5, Smith & Tinker announced that, in celebration of BattleTech's 25th anniversary, its predecessor will be released for free by MekTek Studios along with its expansion packs.
MekTek revealed that a recent meeting green lighting the release of MechWarrior 4 did not yield any results, but with the free release is ready, and awaiting approval, which could happen as early as..."
BattleTech and MechWarrior 5 are excellent games, licensed by Microsoft. But why hasn't Microsoft itself done much with the franchise?
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Owning Mechwarrior is like owning Power Rangers. Theoretically the IPs hold some value, but you ask for ideas for a game not immediately doomed to mediocrity and everyone leaves the room.
Wandering Samurai Studios has released some new screenshots for the upcoming 0.9.2 version of MechWarrior: Living Legends. These new screenshots showcase the Anubis light ‘Mech, the Mithras light tank, and some other goodies that will be included in it.
MechWarrior: Living Legends is a total conversion mod for Crysis set in the BattleTech universe that was developed by Wandering Samurai Studios. This modding team released the latest official version of its mod in 2013 and after almost four years, a new team decided to step in and revive it.
This was suppose to have been released back in AUGUST not 3 months later.
Epic game! So much fun customizing the mechs, and for the time the graphics were amazing. Really drew you into the universe.
Can't wait for MW5!!