Exteel is crap compared to Mechwarrior.......and MW was the blueprint for all mech games.(There are a couple exceptions such as Robotech) But very few
anything that goes into Mechwarrior/Battletech has been around for 30 years. As I recall Exteel is only a couple years old.
For Jordan to raise enough venture capital to justify starting a new company that has the Shadowrun & Battletech IP is a pretty big feat. The design process for a Battletech MMO could take a very long time.
For some reason Mechwarrior came to mind today so I did a google search and it turned up this thread. For a few seconds I thought there was a Mechwarrior MMO in the works and I nearly fell off my chair. Mechwarrior would lend itself very well to a MMORPG. The possibilities are endless, think EVE but a big damn mech instead.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. -- Herman Melville
Been waiting on Smith and Tinker to speak up their plans with the Mechwarrior license. They've been very quiet ever since they acquired the MW license from M$...
Well 2009 is here and they said they plan on releasing their product line up in early 2009. Let's hope they have MW on their list first.
i think that a mw mmo would be totally sweet but a doubt thats happening. not enough companies are willing to ventrure outside of fantasy for the theme of their mmo
fasa is out of the mechwarrior business..,,, the rights to mechwarrior as i understand it was bought by the same company that puts out the mage knight game.
Except for a few hardy souls still pen and paper ing the game i am afraid that mechwarrior is dead.... (sadness beyond messure)
From a few posts back, (helps to read the thread)
Been waiting on Smith and Tinker to speak up their plans with the Mechwarrior license. They've been very quiet ever since they acquired the MW license from M$...
Well 2009 is here and they said they plan on releasing their product line up in early 2009. Let's hope they have MW on their list first.
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bump....and i need a mechwarrior fix, isnt the mmo ready yet?! only thing i dont agree with is satchel charge taking out an atlas, at the very least you need a heavy mech to blow a hole in the atlas so your elemental can jump in and try to break something important =D or after a near lethal head shot takes out enough cockpit armor rip the pilot out and hijack it.
This is really one of those magical IPs like SW:KoTOR or Warhammer 40k, that is just destined for the MMO market ... I hope this gets done. But I sure haven't heard anything concrete ... hell the Mechwarrior Reboot is having enough trouble in production.
Not sure one will ever be made though. Jordan Weismann licensed the IP back from Microsoft to make the new reboot, Mechwarrior 3015, and as soon as they released a trailer Harmony Gold got all over their ass with copywrite lawsuits.
/sigh
I wish... this is just one of those stupidly vast, fleshed out IPs that cries for an MMO.
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A mechwarrior mmo based on the EVE platform would kick ass. Almost all of the mechanics could be modified to fit a mech based game.
i suppose a cheap rip off of exteel
Did you just say Mechwarriors was based off exsteel?
ya........I think he did.
Exteel is crap compared to Mechwarrior.......and MW was the blueprint for all mech games.(There are a couple exceptions such as Robotech) But very few
anything that goes into Mechwarrior/Battletech has been around for 30 years. As I recall Exteel is only a couple years old.
For Jordan to raise enough venture capital to justify starting a new company that has the Shadowrun & Battletech IP is a pretty big feat. The design process for a Battletech MMO could take a very long time.
Some new job openings at S&T website, looks like they are beginning to get things rolling.
www.smithandtinker.com/jobs/
any updates?
Ya I'm dying for updates as well, My snooping skills got me exactly where they did when S&T was created.
We don't even know which they are doing first Battletech or Shadowrun.
I wan't Battletech though.
None at this time. That news blurb on S&T's site is still the only one which exists. I sure do want a BattleTech MMO though.
The Mechwarrior franchise and Battletech universe has been overlooked for far too long. This IP could make the best sci-fi MMO ever.
MMOs Played: EQ 1&2, DAoC, SWG, Planetside, WoW, GW, CoX, DDO, EVE, Vanguard, TR
Playing: WAR
Awaiting 40k Online and wishing for Battletech Online
For some reason Mechwarrior came to mind today so I did a google search and it turned up this thread. For a few seconds I thought there was a Mechwarrior MMO in the works and I nearly fell off my chair. Mechwarrior would lend itself very well to a MMORPG. The possibilities are endless, think EVE but a big damn mech instead.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville
forceofarms.com/
And there it is.
These are the closest games to what you're looking for if you were looking for something more concrete:
Age of Armor, Force of Arms, and Zero Online.
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Yeah, its possible, they should make it a PC platform.
Armored Core 3 is on ps3, too bad im a fan of it.
If it happen that they develop a Mechwarrior online game
i will be the 1st player to play it, bwahahahaha
MechWarrior would make a great MMO, I reckon.
Been waiting on Smith and Tinker to speak up their plans with the Mechwarrior license. They've been very quiet ever since they acquired the MW license from M$...
Well 2009 is here and they said they plan on releasing their product line up in early 2009. Let's hope they have MW on their list first.
I'd love a MW MMORPG.
On a similar note theres a MW Crysis Mod in development, not sure how close it is to release though:
http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/
i think that a mw mmo would be totally sweet but a doubt thats happening. not enough companies are willing to ventrure outside of fantasy for the theme of their mmo
Or, if failing mechwarrior, then Heavy Gear. Yes. Definitely.
I am playing EVE and it's alright... level V skills are a bit much.
You all need to learn to spell.
fasa is out of the mechwarrior business..,,,
the rights to mechwarrior as i understand it was bought by the same company that puts out the mage knight game.
Except for a few hardy souls still pen and paper ing the game i am afraid that mechwarrior is dead.... (sadness beyond messure)
Id love it
Clan Hispania
From a few posts back, (helps to read the thread)
Been waiting on Smith and Tinker to speak up their plans with the Mechwarrior license. They've been very quiet ever since they acquired the MW license from M$...
Well 2009 is here and they said they plan on releasing their product line up in early 2009. Let's hope they have MW on their list first.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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bump....and i need a mechwarrior fix, isnt the mmo ready yet?! only thing i dont agree with is satchel charge taking out an atlas, at the very least you need a heavy mech to blow a hole in the atlas so your elemental can jump in and try to break something important =D or after a near lethal head shot takes out enough cockpit armor rip the pilot out and hijack it.
This is really one of those magical IPs like SW:KoTOR or Warhammer 40k, that is just destined for the MMO market ... I hope this gets done. But I sure haven't heard anything concrete ... hell the Mechwarrior Reboot is having enough trouble in production.
Ugh, a Battletech MMO would be my final MMO...
Not sure one will ever be made though. Jordan Weismann licensed the IP back from Microsoft to make the new reboot, Mechwarrior 3015, and as soon as they released a trailer Harmony Gold got all over their ass with copywrite lawsuits.
/sigh
I wish... this is just one of those stupidly vast, fleshed out IPs that cries for an MMO.
a mechwarrior mmorpg would be great by the poll alot of people would like to see one no i havent heard anything but i would try it if it came out
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