New Mechwarrior

[Rostere]

Honestly I think some of the anime mecha games should go with cell shading rather than anything else. ZOE2 proved it looks damn good.

 

ZOE is one great game. Although I must admit I have not played the sequel.

[Calax]

Honestly I think some of the anime mecha games should go with cell shading rather than anything else. ZOE2 proved it looks damn good.

 

ZOE is one great game. Although I must admit I have not played the sequel.

it's better in every way!

[Purkake]

I somehow missed this. I'd be happy as long as the mechs control better than the one in FEAR 2, it felt like controlling a building...

 

So when's the free Mechwarrior 4 coming out?

[Oner]

Mektek.net has been upgrading it's servers for a while now, so it can't be far away anymore.

[Oner]

Bit of info about the MW4 re-release:

The reason we did not re-package the ISOs of Mechwarrior4 and release the game as is right after the release of the announcement is because we simply were not prepared. The news and announcement of the FREE release happened very quickly and was dropped in our lap almost as quickly as it was dropped in yours. Since the announcement, we have been diligently preparing for the release of Mechwarrior4 which has all of the digital protection mechanisms removed. Along with this development we have also been working on our MekMatch software. For those of you not familiar, MekMatch is a reverse engineered protocol developed for match making services in Mechwarrior4 by MekTek. This service was developed after Microsoft terminated the Zonematch service which officially supported Mechwarrior4 multiplayer. Our MekMatch software needed a serious overhaul to handle the amount of traffic we expect on our servers when the game is released. MekTek also plans to include MekPak3.1 with the free release of Mechwarrior4 which includes an additional 100+ new battlemechs, dozens of new weapons, maps, and other content developed by MekTek. The distribution will come as a single file self-installable which will be initially downloadable via torrent trackers and later provided in multi part volumes, ISO. Finally, MekTek is also releasing a new application which has been in development since this announcement which provides the community with the latest patches and software from MekTek. This software will greatly simplify the patching process of Mechwarrior4 and allow MekTek to push updates, such as our MekPak4, to the Mechwarrior4 community much easier than in the past.

 

The unfortunate aspect of all this great news is that all of these new developments could have been ironed out before the announcement but they were not. Our partners felt an initial announcement was necessary and so did we. We plan to release Mechwarrior4 for FREE when developments are completed and considered stable. We are also waiting on legal paper work from lawyers and as anyone out there that has worked in the professional industry knows, something of this magnitude takes time on all fronts. MekTek is not receiving any financial support from the partners regarding this release and obviously no one can quit their daytime job to get the job done faster either. The release has entered beta status and will be delivered to the world very shortly. MekTek is supported through donations from our community and thus far we have received 50% of our goal to cover server infrastructure costs. We hope the community will continue to support us during this very busy time to ensure we have the best possible hardware in place for this release.

[Purkake]

Awesome, looking forward to it.

[Oner]

I have returned.

And bring bad news:

September 3, 2009 - Earlier today, IGN and its parent company were issued a cease and desist order from Harmony Gold, the co-copyright owner of the television series Robotech. The letter claims that the use of certain trademarked figures from the Robotech/Macross universe, of which MechWarrior 5 is a part of, is prohibited as a result of a prior settlement that dates back to 1996. Apparently, some of those trademarked figures appear in the trailer used by Pirahna Games in its announcement of the MechWarrior reboot earlier this year, and a request has been made for that trailer to be pulled from IGN.

 

This development puts the future of MechWarrior in jeopardy. A trademark dispute could derail the game's development. On the flip side, it could also simply result in specific characters, logos, or other trademarked material from being included in the final product.

 

IGN has contacted Piranha Games and Harmony Gold for further clarification.

[Calax]

I have returned.

And bring bad news:

September 3, 2009 - Earlier today, IGN and its parent company were issued a cease and desist order from Harmony Gold, the co-copyright owner of the television series Robotech. The letter claims that the use of certain trademarked figures from the Robotech/Macross universe, of which MechWarrior 5 is a part of, is prohibited as a result of a prior settlement that dates back to 1996. Apparently, some of those trademarked figures appear in the trailer used by Pirahna Games in its announcement of the MechWarrior reboot earlier this year, and a request has been made for that trailer to be pulled from IGN.

 

This development puts the future of MechWarrior in jeopardy. A trademark dispute could derail the game's development. On the flip side, it could also simply result in specific characters, logos, or other trademarked material from being included in the final product.

 

IGN has contacted Piranha Games and Harmony Gold for further clarification.

there was an atlas and a jenner in the trailer... the one that I can think of that was a trademark screwup was the Phoenix Hawk which was basically a direct ripoff of the mechs from Macross.

[Gorgon]

What, it's free ?

 

Is it mechwarrior 4 or 5. This is confusing.

 

 

Also the Atlas looks stupid, they always have. As long as I can have my Madcats, Ravens, Vultures, Cougars and Daishis.

[Oner]

Mechwarrior 4 will be available for free, and Mechwarrior (which would be 5, but isn't cuz it will be a series reboot) is being developed and possibly delayed for the above reason.

[alanschu]

Mechwarrior 2 had one of the most awesome intro movies ever. (FOr the time)

 

I dunno. It's okay, but I still think that Mechwarrior 3 has the better

 

Die Clanner!

 

 

I get goosebumps for the second one, for nostalgia reasons

 

 

I always loved

. It's one of those sound pieces I'd often catch myself humming, even though I haven't played the game in years. I'm getting goosebumps just listening to it

[cronicler]

Bah! I really hate all this idiotic stuff about the Unseen. Now they will have to go back and rip those off the game and after 2 hours people will put them back into the game using a pack. All these stuff for 20 Medicore mechs out of 300+ in the game.... (Without counting the variants)

Edited September 6, 2009 by cronicler

[Calax]

Bah! I really hate all this idiotic stuff about the Unseen. Now they will have to go back and rip those off the game and after 2 hours people will put them back into the game using a pack. All these stuff for 20 Medicore mechs out of 300+ in the game.... (Without counting the variants)

You're kidding me... a WARHAMMER is a stolen design? that's one of the biggest mechs in the entire game!

 

Well known because it was in Mech2, and was used in the books quite often.

[Gorgon]

I think most of 'em look like guys in mech suits, which is also my least favorite mech design. Can't they just can those mechs and move on.

[TheHarlequin]

Why isn't Mechwarrior 4 on that goddamn Steam to find? Isn't Steam meant to have all friggin' games available?

 

Because MW4 is going to be given away for free very soon via download? Prob a good reason why it isn't on steam...

[Purkake]

Valve would LOVE to have every game ever on Steam, but there are lots of problems with compatibility, licenses being lost and publishers not really caring.

[Bos_hybrid]

I have returned.

And bring bad news:

September 3, 2009 - Earlier today, IGN and its parent company were issued a cease and desist order from Harmony Gold, the co-copyright owner of the television series Robotech. The letter claims that the use of certain trademarked figures from the Robotech/Macross universe, of which MechWarrior 5 is a part of, is prohibited as a result of a prior settlement that dates back to 1996. Apparently, some of those trademarked figures appear in the trailer used by Pirahna Games in its announcement of the MechWarrior reboot earlier this year, and a request has been made for that trailer to be pulled from IGN.

 

This development puts the future of MechWarrior in jeopardy. A trademark dispute could derail the game's development. On the flip side, it could also simply result in specific characters, logos, or other trademarked material from being included in the final product.

 

IGN has contacted Piranha Games and Harmony Gold for further clarification.

 

I just died a little inside.

[Purkake]

While the lawsuit is stupid, it's also a bit sad that the developers don't have enough creativity to make more original mechs.

[Calax]

While the lawsuit is stupid, it's also a bit sad that the developers don't have enough creativity to make more original mechs.

They shouldn't need to, there are probably about 300 mechs in universe that they can draw from. It'd be like adding a imaginary fighter to a Janes combat simulation game.

[alanschu]

Besides, I rather like the idea of dusting off my ol' Battlemaster from the original Mechwarrior

[Purkake]

It's a damn giant robot, I don't see the need to recycle old crap when they could make some awesome new ones that don't look like someone watched too much anime or can't think past the "they must all look like people" thing.

Edited September 7, 2009 by Purkake

[Morgoth]

Well to be honest, I'm not very keen on a new Mechwarrior game. Back in the days, action/sims were quite common, but I don't see myself having fun trampling with a mech through some places...too unsophisticated.

They better should contract Obsidian to make a Shadowrun game.

[alanschu]

It's a damn giant robot, I don't see the need to recycle old crap when they could make some awesome new ones that don't look like someone watched too much anime or can't think past the "they must all look like people" thing.

 

 

It is a damn giant robot. And damn giant robots are cool!

[Purkake]

Well to be honest, I'm not very keen on a new Mechwarrior game. Back in the days, action/sims were quite common, but I don't see myself having fun trampling with a mech through some places...too unsophisticated.

They better should contract Obsidian to make a Shadowrun game.

 

They ran that trademark so deep into the ground with a single game that I doubt that any publisher would want to touch that in the next ~10 years.

[Morgoth]

Well to be honest, I'm not very keen on a new Mechwarrior game. Back in the days, action/sims were quite common, but I don't see myself having fun trampling with a mech through some places...too unsophisticated.

They better should contract Obsidian to make a Shadowrun game.

 

They ran that trademark so deep into the ground with a single game that I doubt that any publisher would want to touch that in the next ~10 years.

That's not really a fair point. MS never really turned Shadowrun into a well-known franchise. That this Shadowrun UT clone bombed doesn't matter, the game never really got any momentum for the masses, so any other publisher could risk a new start.