Piranha Games has announced that the popular PC game MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will be jumping onto Xbox consoles for the very first time next year - including the Xbox Series X|S.
In a statement on the developer's site, the team announced that the Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC for the game will be delayed until Spring next year, along with revealing the game is coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S:
"We are excited and proud to announce that now, in addition to playing MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries on PC, it will also be available on the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. This will be the first MechWarrior title on a console since 2004's MechAssault 2, and in our opinion, the first true MechWarrior experience ever on a console."
The extended development time on the DLC and console release of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will reportedly allow for further improvements being made to the game ahead of launch:
"This will give us more time to add improvements and quality of life features to the base game, including AI, UI, art, customization, and content. We will continue to tune the single player campaign and new career modes, making running your Mercenary Unit the most rewarding experience possible."
For those that don't know about MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, it basically riffs off Titanfall, without the free-running pilot segments, and allows players to control a destructive, powerful mech suits across a variety of biomes. It looks like explosive fun and we can't wait to give it a try.
Looking forward to trying MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries? Let us know in the comments below.
[source mw5mercs.com]
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I don't know all the details but doesnt microsoft own the electronic rights to mechwarrior franchise. But licensed it out to the developers of mechwarrior 5?
So this does make alot of sense to bring to xbox
I loved playing MechAssault 2 online on the OG Xbox, so I'll definitely be giving MechWarrior 5 a go.
@Terrin from what i understand Mechwarrior is the messiest rights franchise on the planet. There's a bunch of people with a hand in the pot so getting this on the Xbox is likely the best case scenario.
@venomousAlbino I do recall playing this a ton on the OG Xbox...my girlfriend bought the bundle console for me out of the blue and i loved that game, never played multiplayer on it though.
@krzzstuff.
The rights overall are messy but the digital rights are pretty set. They were squired by fasa back in the day which microsoft bought them. And gained the rights once they decided they didn't want to make a mech warrior game licensed it out to these guys.
The board game/books side is a whole other story
@Krzzystuff Still nothing on Harmony Gold and Macross.
That's pretty cool! I used to love the mw games, though ms really ruined mw4. That was at their very worst back then, though.
The early MW were fantastic, and I remember being blown away by MW2's opening cinematic when it first came out!
Keen for this one, and really hoping it utilises the new hardware.
https://youtu.be/nTeVJK-TA8g
I remember playing Mechwarrior 2 back in the day. My friend has been playing 5 on pc and he says that it is pretty good game.
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