No, damnit, I'm not talking about any friggin' CoD, I'm talking about GIANT ROBOTS BLOWING SHIT UP!
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, October 31, 2011 -- Infinite Game Publishing Inc. and Piranha Games Inc. have announced MechWarrior® Online™, the first officially licensed free-to-play title in the long-standing and award-winning MechWarrior® franchise. MechWarrior Online is set to launch in the second half of 2012 from newly formed digital publisher, Infinite Game Publishing.
Set in the year 3049 during the early stages of a massive interstellar war, MechWarrior Online puts you in command of the most powerful war machine to ever walk the field of battle, the mighty BattleMech™. Command your Mech™ and customize it to suit your battlefield role; upgrade systems, replace weapons, and tweak armor with endless options.
MechWarrior Online lets players command at will: go head-to-head online alone or with friends in high-octane Conquest and VS modes. 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.
You will play a key role in a dynamic and ever-changing universe where player exploits impact the world around you and daily story updates and frequent content additions create epic changes to the Inner Sphere universe and its many inhabitants.
MechWarrior Online delivers a rich online experience, rewarding everything a player does with experience points, C-Bills, unlocks, and recognition. Upgrade skills and refine your role in gameplay using an all-new leveling system, and up-to-the minute detailed player statistics allow you to compare, track and share your progress with other players.
“We’re excited to lead the MechWarrior franchise online for fans of the series,” said Russ Bullock, co-founder of Piranha Games. “We’re proud to partner with Infinite Game Publishing, and are thankful for the fans of the MechWarrior series that have been so patient for the next MechWarrior game to arrive. Infinite Game is a partner who understands both the world of games publishing and the crucial technical needs of today’s AAA online gaming experiences. Together we are bringing fans epic next-generation Mech combat online in 2012.”
I hope freemium is a sustainable business model. They've said that paid DLC won't involve anything that confers a tactical advantage, but I'm a bit hesitant. I'll give the game a try nevertheless out of fondness for the series.
Didn't they learn how to make an online-only game from APB??
1. Create some fun, profitable offline titles to get practice and revenue.
2. Create an ambitious, overreaching design that millions of people hunger for. (In this case, Grand Theft Auto mmo.)
3. Hire a bunch of useless "business guys" to run your company for you, and hire other people you don't need.
4. Business guys spend all of your money on cocaine and hookers at an inhuman rate.
5. All you had time to finish was character creation. It's the best damn character creation interface ever made... but all you managed to complete of the actual game itself was driving around in a circle around 1 city block.
6. Since you're extremely desperate for revenue, tack on a fee to play at the last minute.
7. Collapse a month later. Gang up and beat up the asshole who thought hiring "business guys" would help, somehow.
... so where's the pay to play feature?
PSX Vita: Slightly more popular than Color TV-Game system. Almost as successful as the Wii U.
Wait, is this replacing the reboot which was meant to be set in 3015 and was on hold for ages because the trailer showed a Warhammer?
Multiplayer only games do not interest me in the slightest because I want to play the game for as long as I have hardware or emulation capable of doing it. MW4 was a bit limp and dumbed down but MW3 had an awesome campaign. What's wrong with doing something like that?
