Looks like this is finally coming, years after the last one...

3 EXTREMELY short teaser trailers.

http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/game/18954/PC/MechWarrior

Apparently it's using a mod of the Unreal 3 engine from what I heard.

Should be interesting.

What's also ironic is the fact I was thinking of making a fake trailer
"announcing" Capcom releasing "Steel batalion 2" with mentions that
the controls would be compatible with the upcoming "Ace combat 7"
(or whatever they're up to now) and "Mechwarrior 5."



Sometimes enthusiastic dreams do come true.

Russ

This looks awesome.

I have been waiting for this damned game to come out for what seems like forever.

Anyone hear a release date yet?

No. There's speculation that it's just a tech demo. One person on the Virtual World forums
said "Look at the trailer for MW 2, 3 and 4... then look at the actual gameplay. They're never the same"

Of course, we never had this level or technology in PCs or console games before either.

If I was a guessing man, I'd imagine it won't be out until late 2010. But that is just a guess.

What's REALLY cool is the fact that the company has just gotten licensing approval for the first gen Battlemechs,
also known as "The Unseen." These were all the original mechs that were based on the Japanese Anime
sources, many of them from the Macross and Dougram anime series.

So after like 10 years we'll be seening mechs like the Warhammer, Stinger and Rifleman again in a video game!

Russ

While I loved the Mechwarrior games it does kind of suck that they're reviving the franchise since I got rid of my old Sidewinder joystick when I moved after I got married. I figured that the Mechwarrior series was pretty much dead and I hadn't played a flightsim in ages I figured that I didn't need a joystick anymore but now MW 5 may be coming out. I guess if it does come out and it looks worth playing I'll just have to buy a cheapie joystick just for it since I don't think I'd want to play like an FPS with mouse and keyboard.

I hope they bring the Maurder Unseen mech back as well. Always liked the Robotech Officer's Glaug look.

I bought Steel Battlions earlier this year, and I plan to get the mod to use it for the pc when Mechwarrior 5 comes out!!

According to the full trailer they posted, the game is going to take place either in 3015 or 3025, which puts it firmly in
the classic Battletech timeline. I'm not certain which of the Unseen mechs will make a comeback, but the Marauder was always
a fan favorite, so it's entirely possible.

Phil, have you ever been to one of the Batttletech centers, either the old Virtual World ones or when they ran the Pods at Dave & Busters?

Russ

Yup, I have. There used to be one maybe about 15 - 20 minutes from where I lived, I spent a good bit of time there. It was fun although I found the interface to be rather clunky and the heat override next to impossible to punch in in a timely manner, assuming you could even see the code to punch in. I heard the Tesla pods were pretty sweet but they never made it out to LA before Virtual World collapsed.

If you want to see what Battletech/Virtual World could be with today's tech you should see the Gundam game they have in Japan, it looks super sweet. With the number of anime fans in the US they really should bring it over and eventually license the engine and booth for Battletech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNSodeMJ2u0

heh, yeah, I'm well aware of the Gundam PODs. Very slick setup. I REALLY want to know how they engineered that monster monitor setup.

I went to ACES at the Mall of America last weekend and they have a 180 degree "bowl" mounted to the front of their sim cockpits.
They have a projector that displays the video on the inside of the bowel. Pretty slick system really, but not as cool as the Gundam PODs.
There was a steady stream of people coming and going... which is interesting since it cost like $35 for a half hour of play or $60 for an hour.

The Tesla pods are supposed to be nicer than the original BT ones. But they're still as expensive as heck.

I wonder how much it would cost to liscense the upcoming game to run in an arcade/cockpit style setup.

The Tesla and BT cockpits had specialized PC boards and video splitters that allowed them to run each of the sub monitors in the game
on actual monitors. Which just adds to the realism.

I'd like to get a set of the Tesla pods, but they're very expensive, and I imagine it would take quite a long while to get them paid off at $5
a sortie.

I have one of the Mechwarrior 4 coin op games. It's more of an arcacde shooter. Very simplified and streamlined. It's a "grinder" where they
throw hoardes of enemies at you. The enemy is killed with one successful hit, but when it's 15 on 1 at the higher levels, it can still be hard.

Every few rounds they throw in a "boss fight" which is more traditional MW4, where you have to whittle down your enemy.
It's fun, but not as immersive as the PC version of MW4.

Russ

On a related note, in anticipation/promotion of the upcoming release of MW 5 the new publishers of the Mechwarrior games will be making MW 4 & its two add ons available for download, for free! It will be available at BattleTech.com and MekTek.com sometime soon.

http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/200...battletech-com/

Wonder if I can get a refund from Best Buy because I bought the games originally.

Seriously though, that is pretty cool of the publishers to do that. It's all designed to generate
good will for their new product of course, but still, getting a full game plus all the legal expansion
packs for free is good.

Russ

All my old Battletech buddies are really looking forward to this. It`s re-instilled our BT campaign & now looking forward to this

Ja

I just fired up MW3 yesterday.

Sadly, MW5 is stuck in litigation with (frakking) Harmony Gold USA over the rights to use the classic 'unseen' mechs.

Greedy bastards.

stuck aint the word for it !!! we were suppposed to get the game last month !!! (oct 15th}

Actually, I was referring to MW5, Not 4. The unseen were never in MW4 as far as I know.

Yea HG do like to kick up a sandstorm don`t they Though in their defence I know they have been kinder this time round than some of their heavy handed actions of the past. Maybe they are learning (ever so slowly) to try & get along?
Wish they had as much energy with Boosting RT with new merchandise (TV,Movie,Comics,toys,etc) than legal actions :/

Jason

dang it,I JUST uninstalled my X52 because i didn't need it any more...guess I was wrong. On the plus side I'm going to enjoy getting the band back togeather for this.

"Death Dealer" for life!

Didn't realize how much I missed playing till I saw the trailer here and thought about all the battles. You know, I started playing way way WAY back in the day. We had cardboard cutouts of the mechs on a hex map from the first box set. I remember playing it in the dorm when I was off duty, heck we even played it over seas and talked about it all the time.
For a lol, me and a budy we're "discusing rather loudly" in the tent mess once about Rifleman vs. Griffen (I was pro-Griffen) and talking about PPC's and LRM vs. Gauss Rifles and such. Some LT from another unit turned to his buddy and said "Those Air Force guys get ALL the cool toys!" thinking we were talking about real equipment. Was too embarased to tell him the truth! I could just see this guy asking his CO "When do WE get Mechs???"

HAHAHA That`s Great Jonny
Have to say I still prefere the table top hex board version Been playing that for 20 years now (aww god that makes me sound old). Always been a Warhammer fan myself though then again I LOVED the Hatchetman till new rules made the axe part of the armour & don`t agree with that. Took a few mechs out by sneeking behind them & axing their backs or if lucky the heads.

For those of you who can't wait for MW 5 to come out and are tired of re-playing your old MW games there's something out there now that should help fill the void; provided you have a strong system. It's a mod for Crysis called Mechwarrior: Living Legends and it's a total conversion mod that basically creates a MW game using the Crysis engine, of course you'll have to have a pretty killer rig to run it decently but it's better than nothing right?

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/component...tpage/Itemid,1/

the MLL crysis mod is cool [ive dumped it already ] ,, just bide'n my time for 5 ..