Piranha Games has launched MechWarrior Online on Steam, offering another way to access this Windows free-to-play online shooter. They mark the occasion with the launch of the Community Warfare ("Faction Play") feature, and say additional large updates are planned for the near future. This post on Steam is a starting point, and they say they will hold a live stream tomorrow to further discuss their plans:

The road to victory in war is a long one: MechWarrior Online developer Piranha Games has been busy unleashing a series of mega updates for MechWarrior Online, adding the long-awaited Community Warfare (“Faction Play”) feature that allows players from around the world to collectively take part in the great Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Today the Faction Play phase of development is now ready for full player participation with additional large updates planned for the near future as the game also goes live on Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/342200/.

On December 11th, Piranha Games is holding an event at their development headquarters in Vancouver to be livestreamed on Twitch.TV at http://twitch.tv/piranhagames from 5 p.m. until 1 a.m. Pacific, and will feature future development announcements fans will want to tune in for, livestreamed matches and fans from around the globe as 100 of the hardest core MechWarrior fans descend on Vancouver to attend the livestreamed event with the developers of the game.