Mechwarrior Confirmed

[TheRoadToDawn 0]

Just within hours of C&C4's announcement, i visited IGN to see if they have anymore information on C&C4 and what do I find? Not C&C but Mechwarrior. I have to be honest, I am more of a battletech fan than C&C fan: I got all the Battletech, MW, and MWDA novels and all the Battletech (did you know Westwood had a hand in the first few battletech games!), MW, and Mechassualt games (which was crappy, not the mechs though).

 

Set in 3015, this game is set before the events of Mechwarrior 3, so no Clan tech, just good old Inner Sphere technology and Inner Sphere variant mechs. It is unclear if the Clans will appear.

 

IGN Article: http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002275p1.html

 

IGN Article:

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.

 

You may remember the MechWarrior games published by Activision, MicroProse, and Microsoft. The latter actually acquired FASA Interactive in the 1990s only to shutter the studio in 2007. However, the software giant retained the rights to the MechWarrior franchise. After leaving Microsoft, Weisman engaged in various pursuits before founding Smith and Tinker in 2007. That same year, Smith and Tinker acquired the rights to many FASA properties from Microsoft, including MechWarrior.

 

This new MechWarrior is set on the planet Deshler in the year 3015, and places players in the role of Adrian Khol, a wayward nobleman who prefers partying and shirking responsibility over his training and studies. However, when House Kurita launches a massive invasion to conquer Deshler, resulting in the death of his entire family, Khol discovers a purpose to fight for.

 

There are ambitious plans for this new MechWarrior. The original MechWarrior games were limited by technology; now with modern computing power, the developers are hoping to really capture the sense that you're piloting a giant, walking war machine in the middle of an incredibly dynamic battlefield. While the two companies are still talking to potential publishers that could determine the final production budget, Weisman and Bullock explained that they plan to have a full single-player campaign, as well as support for a four-player co-op campaign, and a full multiplayer suite.

 

Trailer: http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/18954/mech-w...enix_70709.html

Edited July 9, 2009 by TheRoadToDawn

[Nmenth 291]

The early Tiberian Sun previews really looked like a Mechwarrior-type game...

[Malevolence 6]

Its bout time for mechs!

[Gben 20]

Great trailer!

And yeah Nmenth, that really remind me of the wolverine preview trailer that shipped with C&C Gold edition...

[Nmenth 291]

that really remind me of the wolverine preview trailer that shipped with C&C Gold edition...

Only one I could find on YouTube, but embedding is disabled, so you have to click the link.

 

Original Tiberian Sun trailer

[Gben 20]

Yup that's the one. Now there's a video that needs some explanation from the team that made it.... because the wolverine we ended up with is pretty different.

A mechwarrior with an obelisk of light, it's kinda like a personal ion cannon. I'd forgotten a lot of details.

 

Ha... now we can do TibSun Mechwarrior C&C spinoff, to go the MMO"RPG" C&C4... and eventually the new remake of Renegage2/Tiberium C&C FPS.

The series is over, but the spinoff's can't be killed.

[Guest Stevie_K]

I remember that video. If listen closely when it says "System Failure" they were using the door sound from Doom 95