MechWarrior Reboot Using CryEngine 3, Free-to-Play
MechWarrior Online will be a free-to-play PC game using Crytek's CryENGINE 3 in the second half of 2012.
The classic PC franchise MechAssault is finally making a long-awaited return, but it won't arrive as the next installment to the original series. Instead, developer Piranha Games is using Crytek's CryENGINE 3 to create the "premium" free-to-play MechWarrior Online.
"Here at Crytek we are incredibly proud that Piranha Games have selected CryENGINE 3 to power their forthcoming Mechwarrior Online game," says Carl Jones, Director of Global Business Development CryENGINE. "2012 will see a new segment in the games industry – as free-to-play games will step up to offer true AAA quality to gamers. Both Piranha and Crytek believe in the potential of this market and we look forward to helping them achieve their vision for an amazing game experience. With our own game, Warface and more than 20 of our current CryENGINE licensees also working on AAA quality, free-to-play games, CryENGINE is becoming the technology of choice for the highest quality online games."
According to Piranha, the online game will be set in the year 3049 and focus on four distinct pillars: Mech Warfare, Role Warfare, Community Warfare and Information Warfare. Participating gamers will be rewarded with experience points, C-Bills, unlocks, and recognition. They will also be able to upgrade skills and refine their role in gameplay using an all-new leveling system.
"Working with CryENGINE is a true pleasure," said Russ Bullock, president of Piranha Games. "It is definitely the best choice for us: Both the character animation pipeline with the procedurally and physics based animations and the destruction system fit our goals perfectly and allow us to develop a truly unique AAA experience based on the award-winning BattleTech Universe."
Piranha originally announced its upcoming MechWarrior free-to-play game for the PC back on November 1. Gamers will play a key role in a dynamic and ever-changing universe where their exploits impact the world. Daily story updates and frequent content additions will create "epic" changes to the Inner Sphere universe and its many inhabitants.
"MechWarrior Online lets players command at will: go head-to-head online alone or with friends in high-octane Conquest and VS modes," Piranha said weeks ago. "Band together and form your own Mercenary Corp, invite friends and battle other player-made Merc Corps for prestige and power. Pledge your allegiance to one of the five great houses and fight for control of precious Inner Sphere planets."
MechWarrior Online is set to launch in the second half of 2012 from newly formed digital publisher, Infinite Game Publishing.
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YES! been waiting a loong time for a new MW.
woohoo!
I'm really excited about this with the one exception of just imagining how much real money it will cost for upgrades / better mechs.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY !!!!!!!?????
DONT RUIN MY FAVORITE SERIES
F2P means TERRIBLE game balancing between people with money and folks with out money I'd rather pay 60 bucks for the game and have acess to every thing the game offers as well as an engaging single palyer game ...screw you parahna.
so disapoitned findign this out , i really looked forward to a classic mechwarrior exprience. Not this .
I'm really excited about this with the one exception of just imagining how much real money it will cost for upgrades / better mechs.
this is my thoughts and why i made teh post above
I have played the CryEngine 2 version, it was very deep and very epic. I cant wait for this version as well
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY !!!!!!!????? DONT RUIN MY FAVORITE SERIES F2P means TERRIBLE game balancing between people with money and folks with out money I'd rather pay 60 bucks for the game and have acess to every thing the game offers as well as an engaging single palyer game ...screw you parahna. so disapoitned findign this out , i really looked forward to a classic mechwarrior exprience. Not this .
I have to disagree though. I think they made the right choice. This is a pretty niche game. I'm not sure the popularity of the series would be enough to drive sales and allow continued maintenance at a low cost. This might be the only way to bring the game off the drawing boards. You know the suits always have the final say. =/
[citation][nom]F2P means TERRIBLE game balancing between people with money and folks with out money[/citation]
Sounds like they are trying to make it more realistic.
WHERE IS THE BATTLETECH REBOOT!!! ARGHHHH
aww kewl
now GIMME MY ATLAS!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY !!!!!!!????? DONT RUIN MY FAVORITE SERIES F2P means TERRIBLE game balancing between people with money and folks with out money I'd rather pay 60 bucks for the game and have acess to every thing the game offers as well as an engaging single palyer game ...screw you parahna. so disapoitned findign this out , i really looked forward to a classic mechwarrior exprience. Not this .
That's basically my response. Those with money will destroy the ones that play for free. it's PvP only game, there is no co-op.
hopefully this is a mech game, not call of duty in robots...
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY !!!!!!!????? DONT RUIN MY FAVORITE SERIES F2P means TERRIBLE game balancing between people with money and folks with out money I'd rather pay 60 bucks for the game and have acess to every thing the game offers as well as an engaging single palyer game ...screw you parahna. so disapoitned findign this out , i really looked forward to a classic mechwarrior exprience. Not this .
"The classic PC franchise MechAssault is finally making a long-awaited return, but it won't arrive as the next installment to the original series. Instead, developer Piranha Games is using Crytek's CryENGINE 3 to create the "premium" free-to-play MechWarrior Online."
Any questions?
The CryEngine? Really? UE3 wasn't an option? And "free to play online" business model? No single player option?
Way to set it up to be the suckiest suck in the history of sucking.
(I'm waiting for HAWKEN)
welcome back
sweet they are ripping off mechwarrior living legends
www.mechlivinglegends.net/
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY !!!!!!!????? DONT RUIN MY FAVORITE SERIES F2P means TERRIBLE game balancing between people with money and folks with out money I'd rather pay 60 bucks for the game and have acess to every thing the game offers as well as an engaging single palyer game ...screw you parahna. so disapoitned findign this out , i really looked forward to a classic mechwarrior exprience. Not this .
did this say its a pay to win?
most of the successful f2p games are cosmetic changes at best with paying. with mech warrior, cant you imagine that they would charge 10 or so $ and you could get a custom skin or something?
did this say its a pay to win? most of the successful f2p games are cosmetic changes at best with paying. with mech warrior, cant you imagine that they would charge 10 or so $ and you could get a custom skin or something?
i should also say, the worst of the f2p moddles that i have come across were all asian based, this is all in the western world, developed and funded.
did this say its a pay to win? most of the successful f2p games are cosmetic changes at best with paying. with mech warrior, cant you imagine that they would charge 10 or so $ and you could get a custom skin or something?
Thats what im hoping for not the Crossfire method or NFS:W that grants u clear advantage over players who dont buy stuff.
"Free to play" games are a bad deal. The "free to play" system Milks the gamer who is willing to spend small amounts of money periodically. Even if it ultimately means spending a large sum in the end. It baffles me that enough people have got into "free to play" games to warrant the industry shift.
I rather pay the 50 or 60 bucks than have a F2P model. If you want small incremental payments make it 2 bucks a month and pennies for items that are not going to change the balance of the game itself
This is marginally more exciting than a Duke Nukem reboot.
F2P is one of the worst things to come along. It is essentially "price hiding". Developers are today's "used car" salesmen. On the Android and iFone market, almost every game that comes out is now F2P and nothing but a nickel and dime fest for buffed DLC.
I consider it deceptive and I wish it were illegal.
It is also about control. When I purchase a game, I am done with the dev at that point and now I am in control of my gaming experience. With FTP, you are forever in bed with the dev whether you want to be or not.
sweet they are ripping off mechwarrior living legends www.mechlivinglegends.net/
I don't see how they are ripping it off, considering that Living Legends is more of a very extensive fan based mod and both coming from the same setting.
As for free to play, its seemed to have worked well for both DDO and LOTRO (DC online is doing it now too, not sure how its going for them though) and they are all games that were released as big "standard" MMOs and found that simply didn't work for them. Even TF2 has gone F2P. The idea is that its better to get a few dollars from a lot of people then a lot from just a few.
And at this point I sort of agree with the decision because I've found myself not finding many games, MMOs especially, worth the upfront cost when you never know what you're going to get. There are a few MMOs that I would have keep playing but I simply didn't have the time to justify the monthly cost and if I could only play a few hours a week, at least I could play a few hours a week.
I think they realize that they simply don't have the marketing or mindshare required to get millions of people to try the game when those gamers have to spend that much up front (especially with the way the economy has been and the number of other games competing for that big chunk of money). I think its a reasonable way for them to prove to gamers what they can do with the game in a way that can't be done in a traditional sales way.
Growing up I loved Earth Siege and Mech Warrior, cant wait to play this game!
aww kewl now GIMME MY ATLAS!
F--- your Atlas!! My madcat with an elemental on its back will r@p3 your Atlas. Just need the elemental on my back to launch off my back and onto YO FACE! xD
Damn you free to play. The first taste is free but then your friend wants you to buy your own rule book and stop borrowing theirs. Then the game store tells you that if you want to play ranked matches you need real models and not just use coke cans and army men for your mechs. Then when you finally get all that they suddenly decide 'Oh we are moving the setting forward a few years and you need to update all your mechs. I tell you this model will be the death of BattleTech.
hopefully its easier to control than the original mechwarrior, that was a disaaster.
This simply means that I'll STILL be waiting for the next (single player) Mechwarrior game...
F2P is unfair for those who just want to pay a fair price and enjoy the game. Not everyone has money to continually pour into a game for premium items that should've been paid for already in the original price. How can milking the customer possibly make for a better game?
Like the idea but .....
Which combat system will it use, Mechwarrior III / IV or Mechassault.
If it's III / IV then you can expect to customize your mech to your personal style, if its Mechassault then it's just CoD: Robots.