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'''''MechWarrior''''' is the title of a number of games set in the [[fictional universe]] created for the [[wargame|tabletop wargame]] ''[[BattleTech]]''. The term "MechWarrior" is also used to describe the pilot or operator of a [[BattleMech]].
{{short description|Video game series}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox VG series
| title = MechWarrior
| image = MechWarrior reboot.jpg
| caption = MechWarrior logo
| developer = [[Dynamix]]<br />[[Activision]]<br />[[Zipper Interactive]]<br />[[FASA Interactive]]<br />Tsunami Visual Technologies<br />Wandering Samurai Studios<br />Personae Studios<br />[[Piranha Games]]
| publisher = Activision<br />[[Hasbro Interactive]]<br />[[Microsoft]]<br />Personae Studios<br />[[Infinite Game Publishing]]<br />Piranha Games
| genre = [[Vehicle simulation game|Vehicle simulation]]<br />[[List of vehicular combat games|Vehicular combat]]
|platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[Sharp X68000]], [[PC-98]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Sega Genesis]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn]], [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[iOS]]
| first release version = ''[[MechWarrior (1989 video game)|MechWarrior]]''
| first release date = 1989
| latest release version = ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]''
| latest release date = December 10, 2019
}}


'''''MechWarrior''''' is a series of video games set in the [[fictional universe]] of ''[[BattleTech]]''.
==Role-Playing Game==
The ''MechWarrior'' [[role-playing game]] has three editions and many expansions and adventures, the first of which was published in 1985 by [[FASA]], bringing Japanese style mecha to an American audience. In addition, numerous fictional novels have been written that both create and flesh out the ''[[BattleTech]]'' world by such authors as [[Michael Stackpole]]. There is also an animated series.


==Games==
In order to reduce confusion between WizKid's ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]'' games and the ''MechWarrior'' roleplaying game, [[FanPro]] (the current publisher of the RPG) has renamed the ''MechWarrior'' roleplaying game as "Classic Battletech RPG".
{{Video game timeline
| subtitle = Main series in '''bold'''
| compressempty = yes
| 1989 = '''''[[MechWarrior (1989 video game)|MechWarrior]]'''''
| 1993 = '''''[[MechWarrior (1993 video game)|MechWarrior]]'''''
| 1994 = ''[[MechWarrior 3050]]''
| 1995a = '''''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]]'''''
| 1995b = ''[[MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy]]''
| 1996 = ''[[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries ]]''
| 1999 = '''''[[MechWarrior 3]]'''''
| 2000 = '''''[[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance]]'''''
| 2002 = ''[[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]]''
| 2013a = ''[[MechWarrior Online]]''
| 2013b = ''[[MechWarrior: Tactical Command]]''
| 2019 = '''''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'''''
| 2024 = ''[[MechWarrior 5: Clans]]''
}}


{{see also|List of BattleTech games#Video games}}
==Collectible Miniatures Game==
In 2002, [[WizKids]] released ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]'', a [[collectible]] [[Miniature Wargaming|miniature-based wargame]] similar to [[Heroclix]] and [[Mage Knight]], distinct from the ''[[BattleTech]]'' [[wargame]]. In [[2003]], ''MechWarrior: Dark Age'' won the [[Origins Award]]s for ''Best Illustration 2002'', ''Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Series 2002'' and ''Game of the Year 2002''.
Within the ''MechWarrior'' games, players take control of a single [[BattleTech technology#BattleMechs|BattleMech]] and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the [[cockpit]] of their machine. A third-person alternate view is available in ''MechWarrior'' '' 2'', ''3'', ''4'', ''Online'', and ''5''. Both ''MechWarrior 2'' and ''MechWarrior 3'' were [[Origins Award]] winners, taking ''Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995'' and ''Best Action Computer Game 1999'' respectively.
In 2005, [[WizKids]] updated ''MechWarrior: Dark Age''. In conjunction with a rules overhaul, the game was renamed ''MechWarrior: Age of Destruction''.


==In-universe timeline==
The ''Mechwarrior'' sets released so far are: Dark Age, Fire for Effect, Death from Above, Liao Incursion, Counterassault, Falcon's Prey, Age of Destruction, Firepower, Annihlilation, Domination, Vanguard and Wolf Strike. WizKids has also announced the release of a set entitled Outlaws.
*''[[MechWarrior (1989 video game)|MechWarrior]]'' takes place at the end of the Third Succession War.
*''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]]'', ''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat|MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy]]'', ''[[MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries|Mercenaries]]'', and ''[[MechWarrior Online]]'' deal with the events soon before, during, and soon after the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.
*''[[MechWarrior 3]]'' and ''[[MechCommander]]'' are concerned with different parts of "Operation Serpent" and "Operation Bulldog", the combined Inner Sphere counterattack against the Clans, targeted at the Smoke Jaguars.
*''[[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance]]'', its expansions, and ''[[MechCommander 2]]'' deal with the Federated Commonwealth Civil War.
*''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' takes place during the Third Succession War.<ref>[http://www.mw5mercs.com/ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]</ref>
*''[[MechWarrior 5: Clans]]'' takes place during the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.<ref>https://mw5clans.com/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>


==Video Games==
==Live-action film==
[[Electric Entertainment]], a Hollywood production company founded by [[Dean Devlin]], currently holds the [[Option (films)|option]] to produce a feature film based on the ''MechWarrior'' universe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/387/387517p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030625104126/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/387/387517p1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 25, 2003|title=Coming Soon: MechWarrior Movie|last=Linder|first=Brian|date=2003-02-27|publisher=IGN|access-date=2009-07-11}}</ref> In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is currently in [[development limbo]].


==See also==
A number of computer and console games have been made based on the ''[[BattleTech]]'' universe, including several [[open source]] [[computer game]]s attempt to create a computer version of the original ''BattleTech'' board game.
*[[MechWarrior (role-playing game)|''MechWarrior'' (role-playing game)]], a 1986 tabletop game


===PC===
==References==
{{reflist}}
====Cockpit Simulators/ 3rd Person Action====
In these games, players take control of a single [[BattleTech technology#BattleMechs|BattleMechs]] and [[combat]] other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the [[cockpit]] of their [[machine]]. A 3rd person alternate view is available in ''Mechwarrior'' versions 2, 3 and 4. Both ''MechWarrior 2'' and ''MechWarrior 3'' were [[Origins Award]] winners, taking ''Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995'' and '' Best Action Computer Game 1999'' respectively.

Mechwarrior 2, Ghost Bear's Legacy and Mercenaries deal with the events immediately before, during and immediately after the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.

Mechwarrior 3 and Mech Commander 1 are concerned with different parts of "Operation Bulldog", the combined Inner Sphere counterattack against the Clans, targeted at the Smoke Jaguars.

Mechwarrior 4, its expansions and Mech Commander 2 deal with the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. As a follow-up to Mechwarrior 3, Mechwarrior 4 is generally considered by enthusiasts to be a disappointment, or even inferior.

*''[[MechWarrior (video game)|MechWarrior]]'' (1989)
*''[[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat]]'' (1995) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/003/003361.html review])
**''MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy'' ([[Expansion Pack]]) (1995) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/008/008035.html review])
**''MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries'' (1996) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/006/006796.html review])
**''MechWarrior 2: Titanium Trilogy'' (1998) (3D hardware accelerated versions of the ''MechWarrior 2'' trilogy.) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/010/010225.html review])
*''[[MechWarrior 3]]'' (1999) ([http://pc.ign.com/articles/153/153116p1.html review])
**''MechWarrior 3: Pirate's Moon'' ([[Expansion Pack]]) (1999) ([http://pc.ign.com/articles/163/163688p1.html review])
*''[[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance]]'' (2000) ([http://www.microsoft.com/games/mechwarrior4/ official home page]) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/014/014052.html review])
**''MechWarrior 4: Black Knight'' ([[Expansion Pack]]) (2001) ([http://www.microsoft.com/games/mw4_blackknight/ official home page]) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/017/017082.html review])
**''MechWarrior 4: Inner Sphere Mech Pack'' ([[Expansion Pack]]) (2002) ([http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/mechpaks.aspx official home page]) ([http://pc.ign.com/articles/364/364970p1.html review])
**''MechWarrior 4: Clan Mech Pack'' ([[Expansion Pack]]) (2002) ([http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/mechpaks.aspx official home page]) ([http://pc.ign.com/articles/369/369491p1.html review])
**''[[MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries]]'' (2002) ([http://www.microsoft.com/games/mw4mercs/ official home page]) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/482/482767.html review])

====[[Online multiplayer game|Online Games]]====

*''[[Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA]]'' (1992) - One of the first online-dedicated Battletech/Mechwarrior games.
*''[[Multiplayer Battletech: Solaris]]'' (1996) - Second of the online-dedicated games.


====[[Computer role-playing games]]====
*''[[BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception]]'' (1989) ([http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=110 review])
*''[[BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge]]'' (1991) ([http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=4880 review])

====[[Real-time tactics|Real-Time Tactics]]====
In these games, players control a company of [[BattleTech technology#BattleMechs|BattleMechs]] using their [[computer mouse]] to give each of the units orders to move, attack, or capture an enemy base structure.

*''[[MechCommander]]'' (1998) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/003/003835.html?ui=cb_like_02 review])
**''MechCommander Gold'' (1999) (contains the original game and expansion pack) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/013/013744.html?ui=cb_like_01 review])
*''[[MechCommander 2]]'' (2001) ([http://www.microsoft.com/games/mechcommander2/ official home page]) ([http://pc.ign.com/objects/014/014227.html?ui=cb_like_05 review)]

===Game Consoles===
There are several [[BattleTech]] games made for the [[game console]] market:

====[[Super Nintendo]]====
* [[MechWarrior (SNES)|MechWarrior]] (1993)
* [[MechWarrior 3050]] (1995)

====[[Sega Genesis]]====
* [[MechWarrior 3050|Battletech]] (1994)

====[[Sega Saturn]]====
* [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat|MechWarrior 2]] (1996)

====[[Sony PlayStation]]====
* [[MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat|MechWarrior 2]] (1996)

====[[Xbox]]====
* [[MechAssault]] (2002)
* [[MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf]] (2004)

====[[Nintendo DS]]====
* [[MechAssault: Phantom War]] (2006)

====Arcade====
* [[MechWarrior 4: Vengeance]] - Part of a three game Microsoft [[arcade]] machine.
* [[Battletech: Firestorm]] - A true BattleMech cockpit simulator created by [[Virtual World Entertainment]].

==Feature Film==
[[Electric Entertainment]], a Hollywood production company founded by [[Dean Devlin]], currently holds the [[option]] to produce a feature film based on the Mechwarrior universe. In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is currently in [[development hell]].

An independent producer, [[Carl Obremski]], has taken personal initiative to lead a grassroots movement to help convince independent [[investors]] that a Mechwarrior film is financially viable. There is a petition on the producer's website for fans to get the movie into theaters. ([http://www.mechwarriormovie.com website]) The site is also producing a ten minute short film project.

[[WizKids]] has announced a [http://daveschool.com/MoviePages/MechWarrior/MechWarriorViewer.htm five minute MechWarrior student video] with the [http://daveschool.com/ DAVE (Digital Arts and Video Effects) School].

==External links==
*[http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/ WizKids Games]
*[http://mechwarrior.mytopix.com/ MechWarrior MyTopix]
*[http://www.netbattletech.com/ NetBattleTech (NBT), MW4 Community site with various MW4 based leagues]
*[http://www.mwrealms.com/ MWRealms]
*[http://www.virtualworld.com/ Virtual World Entertainment]
*[http://www.mobygames.com/game_group/sheet/gameGroupId,9/ MobyGames' entry for the ''MechWarrior'' Series]


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[[es:MechWarrior]]

Latest revision as of 17:17, 7 December 2024

For other uses, see MechWarrior (disambiguation).
MechWarrior
MechWarrior logo
Genre(s)Vehicle simulation
Vehicular combat
Developer(s)Dynamix
Activision
Zipper Interactive
FASA Interactive
Tsunami Visual Technologies
Wandering Samurai Studios
Personae Studios
Piranha Games
Publisher(s)Activision
Hasbro Interactive
Microsoft
Personae Studios
Infinite Game Publishing
Piranha Games
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Sharp X68000, PC-98, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Arcade, iOS
First releaseMechWarrior
1989
Latest releaseMechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
December 10, 2019

MechWarrior is a series of video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech.

Games

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Release timeline
Main series in bold
1989MechWarrior
1990–1992
1993MechWarrior
1994MechWarrior 3050
1995MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy
1996MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
1997–1998
1999MechWarrior 3
2000MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
2001
2002MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
2003–2012
2013MechWarrior Online
MechWarrior: Tactical Command
2014–2018
2019MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
2020–2023
2024MechWarrior 5: Clans
See also: List of BattleTech games § Video games

Within the MechWarrior games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate view is available in MechWarrior 2, 3, 4, Online, and 5. Both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 were Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.

In-universe timeline

[edit]

Live-action film

[edit]

Electric Entertainment, a Hollywood production company founded by Dean Devlin, currently holds the option to produce a feature film based on the MechWarrior universe.[3] In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is currently in development limbo.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
  2. ^ https://mw5clans.com/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ Linder, Brian (2003-02-27). "Coming Soon: MechWarrior Movie". IGN. Archived from the original on June 25, 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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