MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries was quietly announced as coming to Xbox back in March, but now it's received the full reveal treatment, with confirmation that it'll arrive for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on May 27.
Interestingly, it looks like it'll be coming to Xbox Game Pass for console, as the official website lists that it's "available through PC/Xbox/Ultimate Game Pass subscriptions." Until now, it's only been available on Game Pass for PC.
(We've reached out to Piranha Games about this, and will update if we can get confirmation.)
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will also be adding a bunch of new features later this month, including cross-play between all systems, a heap of gameplay changes and the brand-new Heroes of the Inner Sphere DLC.
We'll keep you updated on that Game Pass news, but alternatively the full game will be available for $29.99.
Welcome to the year 3015! It’s a hell of a time to be alive. Humanity has colonized thousands of star systems, war is everywhere, and the battlefields of the future are dominated by hulking machines known as BattleMechs. It’s dangerous work for the elite pilots of these metal monstrosities, but that’s why a power-hungry MechWarrior like you came here, right?
If you’re looking to blast, wreck, stomp - and profit - step inside!
Looking forward to MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries on Xbox? Let us know down in the comments below.
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Ohhhh mechwarrior!! I hope it's fun
Looks fun! If it ends up on Game Pass I’ll be sure to give it a spin.
I'm such a sucker for MW games. Fingers crossed for the Gamepass Ultimate confirm!
This isn't a game that has interested me until now. The graphics in the trailer are very impressive. Is it purely a multiplayer game (in which case I won't be interested) or is there a single-player campaign element? Also, is there a backstory that I should be aware of (assuming there is some form of campaign) or would I be okay to just start with this game?
It's not something that I would usually buy, and so would be extremely happy were it to come to GamePass on the console. I'll play it on the PC GamePass if not, but console is always my first choice (life on a console is so much more simple than on a PC, as everything is far more fiddly on the PC!)...
Hells yeah! Man, the last I played a mech warrior game was way back on the original xb. I believe you could exit the mech and wander around in an exo-armor suit. Looking forward to this.
This will be awesome!!! I hope its on Gamepass, but if not all then buy it.
I just got my Xbox Thrustmaster Hotas flightstick and all be using it for this incredible game. See you on the battlefield fellow Mechwarrior Mercs!!!
Cheers!!!
P.S. I hope on my Xbox Series X it supports 4K and 60 FPS and of course HDR.
My hype for the next little bit is Mechwarrior 5, Mass Effect, and the Series X patch for Elder Scrolls online.
Nice to finally see a trailer for Mechwarrior.
@PhhhCough That was MechAssault 2. While they're the same universe, MechAssault was super arcadey whereas Mechwarrior is a Sim even letting you customize how much armor is on what part of the mech.
@InterceptorAlpha oh, okay. Similar to steel battalion? Regardless, I'm interested.
@PhhhCough OH man. Steel Battalion. Now there's a gem. I still use my controller regularly on my PC for games like Elite Dangerous and Mechwarrior Online.
As far as comparing, I'd say that Mechwarrior has more in depth customization whereas Steel Battalion had more depth as far as controls go. Mechwarrior is still pretty close though.
Elite D! Looking forward to the "boots on the ground" update? I am!
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