TACTICAL ‘MECH COMBAT RETURNS TO THE PC.
Harebrained Schemes is pleased to announce their return to Kickstarter this Fall to partner with Backers in co-funding the creation of BATTLETECH. Jordan Weisman, the creator of BattleTech and MechWarrior, is back with the first turn-based BattleTech game for PC in over two decades. Steeped in the feudal political intrigue of the BattleTech universe, the game will feature an open-ended Mercenaries-style campaign that blends RPG ‘Mech and MechWarrior management with modern turn-based tactics.
InBlack wrote on Jul 30, 2015, 02:39:I don't think that PGI purchased the rights beyond the FPSimulator verison of MW. MW:Tactics (now defunct) was a tabletop style game and I'm not sure IGP sold the rights to or if they reverted to Microsoft.LandrosRadick wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:29:
In regards to the license: Microsoft still owns all DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT rights of Mechwarrior and Battletech. Both in Trademark and Copyright. IGP (or Infinite Games Publishing, the original publisher of MWO) transferred their commercial license right (they paid Microsoft for) to PGI before or just after folding. So now PGI is a direct licensee developer, rather than going through IGP.
Any other company can do the same and become a licensee of the property and develop games, however PGI is pretty notorious for not wanting to share even a fraction of the community, a la being threatened by MWLL's expanding features and basically told the devs to shut it down or "else".
So what you are saying is that regardless of the Kickstarter this is not going to happen?
Kxmode wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 13:54:
One of the first PC games I played, besides ample Sierra adventure games, was BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception. pew pew lasers!
LandrosRadick wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:29:
In regards to the license: Microsoft still owns all DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT rights of Mechwarrior and Battletech. Both in Trademark and Copyright. IGP (or Infinite Games Publishing, the original publisher of MWO) transferred their commercial license right (they paid Microsoft for) to PGI before or just after folding. So now PGI is a direct licensee developer, rather than going through IGP.
Any other company can do the same and become a licensee of the property and develop games, however PGI is pretty notorious for not wanting to share even a fraction of the community, a la being threatened by MWLL's expanding features and basically told the devs to shut it down or "else".
harlock wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:59:Zor wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 14:59:
Infocom Presents... The Crescent Hawks REVENGE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDL9iZop5LY
this was a great game. i loved this game
btw you can exploit the stock market by investing in the sure thing, then taping down the arrow key on the keyboard so it advances a turn regularly
Minuit wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 17:42:TangoBaker wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:57:
We can hope. I'm as much a Battletech fan as the next guy but I've always wanted a PC version of the old FASA Crimson Skies. Or maybe even Renegade Legion.
You probably already know this but there was a PC version of Renegade Legion: Interceptor. It was a pretty faithful adaptation of the board game, and was only missing the important rules for how much damage you took when you accidentally knocked over the little cardboard box miniatures.
TangoBaker wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:57:
We can hope. I'm as much a Battletech fan as the next guy but I've always wanted a PC version of the old FASA Crimson Skies. Or maybe even Renegade Legion.
TangoBaker wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:57:
We can hope. I'm as much a Battletech fan as the next guy but I've always wanted a PC version of the old FASA Crimson Skies. Or maybe even Renegade Legion.
Zor wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 14:59:
Infocom Presents... The Crescent Hawks REVENGE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDL9iZop5LY
TangoBaker wrote on Jul 29, 2015, 16:42:
Who's got Crimson Skies these days?