WithSteel Battalion: Heavy Armornow in the rear-view mirror andHawkenshining brightly on the horizon mechs seem to be experiencing something of a resurgence as of late. And now that your turret arms’ sights have been set both high and low, why not train your eye on something that appears to be aiming for that oh so uninteresting middle ground? Here’s a video for free-to-play MMOMechWarrior Online. Watch it. Or do anything else.
This developer diary features Russ Bullock of Piranha Games listing the title’sinnovativeinnovations which include: immersive combat, tactics, classes and online play. So yeah, it’s a game about mechs that you can play. Now I’m as big a fan of giant robotic machines beating the crap about of each other as the next guy, butMechWarrior Onlinedoesn’t look like it’s going to set the world on fire. But hey, at least the PR people seem to be excited. The press release had this to say about the bread flavored game: “It’s a thing.” That I cannot argue with.
