Mechwarrior Online Continues To Amaze

Mech Warrior 2 was my first introduction to PC gaming back in the day, and it indirectly kickstarted my path towards becoming a videogame developer. Following some rather disappointing sequels and spinoffs that I didn't care about, I was left wondering whether I'd ever see another installment of the BattleTech mech simulation series. Unlike the other mech title coming out this year, Adhesive games' Hawken, MechWarrior was always better known for its more hardcore approach to the genre with aspects like heat management, location based damage and heavy customization aspects.

Based off these videos, it looks Piranha games might finally do the franchise some justice after over 15 years of stagnation. In conclusion, for every yin there is a yang. This year will bring us a fantastic variety of mech titles that will appeal to the hardcore(Mechwarrior), arcadey (Hawken) and casual mech heads(Steel Battalion for Kinect). I'll be playing the entire gamut for sure.