MechWarrior
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MechWarrior | |
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![]() MechWarrior logo | |
Genre(s) | Vehicle simulation Vehicular combat |
Developer(s) | Dynamix Activision Zipper Interactive FASA Interactive Tsunami Visual Technologies Wandering Samurai Studios Personae Studios Piranha Games |
Publisher(s) | Activision Hasbro Interactive Microsoft Personae Studios Infinite Game Publishing Piranha Games |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Sharp X68000, PC-98, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Arcade, iOS |
First release | MechWarrior 1989 |
Latest release | MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries December 10, 2019 |
MechWarrior is a series of video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech.
Games
[edit]1989 | MechWarrior |
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1990 | |
1991 | |
1992 | |
1993 | MechWarrior |
1994 | MechWarrior 3050 |
1995 | MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat |
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy | |
1996 | MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries |
1997 | |
1998 | |
1999 | MechWarrior 3 |
2000 | MechWarrior 4: Vengeance |
2001 | |
2002 | MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries |
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2009 | |
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2011 | |
2012 | |
2013 | MechWarrior Online |
MechWarrior: Tactical Command | |
2014 | |
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2018 | |
2019 | MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries |
2020 | |
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2023 | |
2024 | MechWarrior 5: Clans |
Within the MechWarrior games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate view is available in MechWarrior 2, 3, 4, Online, and 5. Both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 were Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.
In-universe timeline
[edit]- MechWarrior takes place at the end of the Third Succession War.
- MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy, Mercenaries, and MechWarrior Online deal with the events soon before, during, and soon after the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.
- MechWarrior 3 and MechCommander are concerned with different parts of "Operation Serpent" and "Operation Bulldog", the combined Inner Sphere counterattack against the Clans, targeted at the Smoke Jaguars.
- MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, its expansions, and MechCommander 2 deal with the Federated Commonwealth Civil War.
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries takes place during the Third Succession War.[1]
- MechWarrior 5: Clans will take place during the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.[2]
Live-action film
[edit]Electric Entertainment, a Hollywood production company founded by Dean Devlin, currently holds the option to produce a feature film based on the MechWarrior universe.[3] In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is currently in development limbo.
See also
[edit]- MechWarrior (role-playing game), a 1986 tabletop game
References
[edit]- ^ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
- ^ https://mw5clans.com/ [bare URL]
- ^ Linder, Brian (2003-02-27). "Coming Soon: MechWarrior Movie". IGN. Archived from the original on June 25, 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-11.